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Paddington HAM Radio Repeater
Paddington HAM Radio Repeater
by Robert Brand
I was interested to learn that the HAM VHF radio repeater that Laurie MacIlree built in Guam and a few of us installed at OTC Paddington is still going, but of course it has brand new equipment, a slightly different frequency and Laurie is still involved. VK2ROT is still the call sign and it is managed by the local HAM radio club, Waverley Amateur Radio Society. This from their…
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Ceduna Drop In 1987
Ceduna Drop In 1987
Ceduna, on the Way to the Nullabor
by Robert Brand
Three OTC staff and a friend were off to the Nullabor for a 2 week caving adventure and as I did 2 years earlier, I dropped by with the team one sunny day to say hello and to see the station up close.
It was hot, a stinker, and we were glad to actually get into a nice cool air conditioned building. My 4WD did not have air conditioning so it was…
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Univac 418 - Paddington
Univac 418 – Paddington
Computer Message Switching.
by Robert Brand
I need some help with filling out this story, but I will kick it off. I am not sure of the date that this beast was installed, but I was sent there for Field Training in 1971 and It was there for some years earlier. I published this photo on Facebook years ago and got a lot of responses.
As a Trainee, I got to have a play with the offline system – there…
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Nullabor Photography Nailed by OTC Cavers
Nullabor Photography Nailed by OTC Cavers
Abrakurrie Cave
by Robert Brand
Nullabor Plains – Knee high bush
In 1989, the OTC Caving and Canyoning Club put on a trip to Kangaroo Island and the Nullabor Plains. Initially only John Oxley and myself and a group from Sydney University Speleological Society (SUSS) went on the Kangaroo Island trip and later John and I had arranged to meet Jeff Hinwood at noon on a certain day at the Police…
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Mobile GPS 1989 Nullabor Plains
Mobile GPS 1989 Nullabor Plains
Geof Hinwood Working Our “Portable” GPS
by Robert Brand
In 1989, Geof Hinwood, John Oxley and myself set out on an OTC Caving and Canyoning club caving expedition to the Nullabor Plains. It was not an easy but had fun visiting our friends at Ceduna for part of the trip. It was week three and we were in a super remote part of the world. There was a small possibility that we were at least 160km…
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Cable Enterprise Visit mid 70s
Cable Enterprise Visit mid 70s
The Cable Enterprise was docked in Sydney for a few days for some reason and many of the Paddington staff paid the ship a visit. It did not have any cable in the tanks to lay, although I believe it carried some repair cable and that was about all. The ship had a lot of control and thrusters. The deck was covered in cable feeding rollers and a lot of things that only the experienced crew would…
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Bondi Beach Cable Entry Room 1972
Bondi Beach Cable Entry Room 1972
Bondi was the landing point for Compac and at the end of our Cable Course in 1972, Percy Day took us on a tour of the cable path through Centennial Park and the streets of Bondi. Percy toured the Compac Cable path every Monday to make sure that there was no construction work that would put the security of the cable at risk.
We visited the cable entry room and noted that there was more than just…
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Social Club Thredbo Trip 1971
Social Club Thredbo Trip 1971
by Robert Brand
I was on Field Training in 1971 in Head Office in Martin Place and I was approached to join a Ski Trip to Thredbo with the OTC Social and Sports club. I had never been skiing before and I was assured that there were a lot of girls going. Well, I just had to join the trip. I had never tried skiing before and that was my only reason for going – not.
The bus did not have a toilet in…
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Andy Nguyen Balloon Record
Andy Nguyen Balloon Record
Andy Nguyen from Melbourne broke a few records earlier this year. He managed to get one of his foil party balloons around the world nearly 3 times. I’m sure that there are hundreds circling the earth every day, but Andy’s magic is adding a HF transmitter, a VHF transmitter with Frequency change ability by longitude (for different countries) a smart controller, solar charging and batteries and…
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Apollo 11 Tour
November 1st 1969 Sydney Australia
by Robert Brand
I just came across these photos from the Apollo 11 crew that toured Sydney following the moon landing.
I was 17 and I, along with many others, wired up some of the Apollo 11 comms gear at OTC Paddington in Sydney. The tour had a special significance because of the little bit of work that we all did at Paddo. I had to take my place on a Sydney…
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Carnarvon by Jim Crockett
Carnarvon by Jim Crockett
Space and Technology Museum at Carnarvon 10 July Jim Crockett posted this on our ex-OTC Facebook Page:
I just came back from trip on the Norwest coast of Western Australia on my way to the 31st bi-annual conference of the Australian Speleological Federation that was held at Exmouth. On the way we stopped for a visit to the Space and Technology Museum at Carnarvon at the old OTC…
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Sorry for the Absence We're Back. by Robert Brand Hi all. I have had a severe illness hit one of my family and I dropped the ball with the website.
My work and hobbies are all about space and space is a big place so my hobbies are big! weather balloons to 30km /20m, rockets to space and soon to orbit, earth stations for a global space network and soon a space TV show. oh - and much more!
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