THE LAST EVENING OF
NORTHERN TERRITORY SHORTWAVE
YouTube Video
On January 30, 2017, I made recordings documenting a few minutes of the final evening of the ABC Darwin's Northern Territory shortwave broadcasts. These three excerpts are from the transmitters of VL8A Alice Springs (4835 kHz), VL8T Tennant Creek (2325 kHz) and VL8K Katherine (2485 kHz).
I'm glad I took the time to prepare this video that is now available on my YouTube channel. There are lots of station identification announcements. And there's even information on how to listen to ABC after shortwave was switched off! Unfortunately, much of the advice is of no use to farmers and cattlemen camping out in remote parts of the Northern Territory bush, long-haul truck drivers, indigenous communities, tourists visiting the region, and fishermen working off the territory's northern coast.
Still, I hope you enjoy this brief video of the ABC's last night of domestic broadcasting on shortwave. Click the video below.
THE LAST EVENING OF
73 and good DX to you all.
Rob Wagner VK3BVW
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I sure was sad seeing the Northern service leave the air. They were always well heard on the west coast of Canada in our early mornings!
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