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Offline VK3BVW

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The RA - Brandon Antennas
« on: September 10, 2016, 0029 UTC »
Hi Folks,

During July and August, Jan and I went on a road trip through New South Wales and Queensland. We travelled just under 10,000km - and had a wonderful time. We also travelled through the little township of Brandon, QLD. I checked out the former Radio Australia transmitter site while we were there. Both shortwave antennas are still up in the air and appear to be maintained, even though they are no longer in use. Anyway, I took a bunch of photos and have a little post now up on the Mount Evelyn DX Report. My thanks to Craig Seager VK2HBT for his additional help with background information.

Perhaps this article may be of interest to some members in this HFU Forum. Your feedback is always appreciated!

http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/the-brandon-antennas.html

73 all,

Rob VK3BVW
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Re: The RA - Brandon Antennas
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2016, 0051 UTC »
Thanks for the interesting post.  Great pics of the curtain arrays too!
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Re: The RA - Brandon Antennas
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2016, 2238 UTC »
Thanks for the feedback! Glad you enjoyed the article. Best 73, Rob
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Re: The RA - Brandon Antennas
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2016, 0020 UTC »
Enjoyed this immensely, Rob.

Thanks for posting!
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Re: The RA - Brandon Antennas
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2016, 1118 UTC »
Thanks so much, Joe. It was a fun visit....for me, but not so much for my wife!  ;)

Rob
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