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Yes, Murray, the whole operation has closed down but the big dish with its
buildings etc. is still there. The building has suffered from vandalism to
some extent but the Carnarvon Shire has realized the tourism potential of
the dish and the site and seems to be doing something to clean it up. I
was up there four weeks ago on holidays.
I don't know about the VLF station. I think you are confusing that site
with the VLF station at Exmouth a few hundred km further north. That has
closed too, but the huge antenna farm is still there, and I think that the
RAN has taken over some limited operations there. Tower Zero in that farm
is over 1000 feet high.
Radio Australia still has the HF station with its antenna farm next door
to the Carnarvon dish site. I think that is still in operation but I am
not sure of that.
Cheers,
Bob VK6BE
> Around Carnarvon where the
> massive dishes for the space program and the Omega
> VLF station with buried antennas to communicate
> with the Americian Sub's. I think it has all
> closed down and the frequency used was around
> 30kc, someone might know ?
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