Many thanks to Trevor Clay for alerting us to this program on Ceduna.
http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/back-roads/IV1507H001S00#playing
Features the OTC Satellite Earth Station 17 minutes into the video.
It was very interesting. Enjoy!
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At about 19 mins in, the young bloke sitting at the desk at the earth
station is me. Bob Murray is the other young fellow at the spec an, and the
other chap is Fred Sullivan. Earlier in the video, you can see Kerry Adams
with Henry Cranfield. The chap with the dust coat to the right of Henry is
a Canadian, Ross McKinnon, who went from there to Jatiluhur. I’m pretty sure
the bloke with the sideburns just after that is also Fred Sullivan
Cheers
Ron Beckett
Peter Tuckwell provided the pictures that I used above.
He said:
Fantastic to see the old station and dish are still there.
I have a few photos if interested. Great views from up on the Telecom microwave dish.
The last is Fowlers Bay I think. Some people may recognise themselves. I can’t remember who they were.
I had a month as a trainee along with Kim Hopkins and Ian MacMaster back in December 74 or 75.
Memories of Kerry Adams playing in a local production of “HMS Pinafore” or something, a trip along the coast to Fowlers Bay (I think) to see the seals, and Xmas parties including one at the old hotel on the highway where I set a tinsel Xmas tree on our dinner table on fire and the three of us drank plenty of ouzo and polished off a bottle of galiano before xmas.
Hot but very dry.
Staff were all fantastic and welcoming.
A great opportunity for OTC trainees.
Peter Tuckwell
The amazing thing about Ceduna SES was the very low look angle, it was as far east as they could come and reliably “see” the Indian Ocean sat. It would never have worked at that look angle if it was a high rain fall area because of rain attenuation.
Kevin O’Brien