Establishment of OTC(A) Carnarvon Earth Station – 1966
These photos by Guntis Berzins to accompany the article “Establishment of OTC(A) Carnarvon Earth Station” in the March 2023 OTVA Newsletter.
CVN 76 Landscape, view from a staff house
CVN 75 Road heading south to Perth
CVN 74 Road South to Perth
CVN 73 Transport From A Bygone Age
CVN 72 Carnarvon Drapery
CVN 71 Gascoyne River In Flood after Cyclone Elsie
CVN 70 Gascoyne River In Flood post Cyclone Elsie
CVN 69 Gascoyne River In Flood
CVN 68 Neptune Service Station And Restaurant
CVN 67 Homestead - Aerial View
CVN 66 Carnarvon Township, Gascoyne River - Aerial View
CVN 65 Dry Gascoyne River - Aerial View
CVN 64 Dry Gascoyne River - Aerial View
CVN 63 Sunset By The Ocean
CVN 62 Duststorm, view from one of the staff houses
CVN 61 Bridge - Dry Gascoyne River
CVN 60 Bridge - Dry Gascoyne River
CVN 59 Senior Engineer Guntis Berzins En-route To Perth And Then OTC(A) Head Office In Sydney, 10 Feb 1967
CVN 58 Prep For Cyclone Elsie Staff Secure The Antenna With Steel Hawsers, 19 Jan 1967, Cyclone 'Elsie' 22 Jan 1967
CVN 57 Prep For Cyclone Elsie Staff Secure The Antenna With Steel Hawsers, 19 Jan 1967, Cyclone 'Elsie' 22 Jan 1967
CVN 56 Prep For Cyclone Elsie Staff Secure The Antenna With Steel Hawsers, 19 Jan 1967, Cyclone 'Elsie' 22 Jan 1967
CVN 55 Prep For Cyclone Elsie Staff Secure The Antenna With Steel Hawsers, 19 Jan 1967, Cyclone 'Elsie' 22 Jan 1967
CVN 54 Prep For Cyclone Elsie Staff Secure The Antenna With Steel Hawsers, 19 Jan 1967, Cyclone 'Elsie' 22 Jan 1967
CVN 53 Prep For Cyclone Elsie Staff Secure The Antenna With Steel Hawsers, 19 Jan 1967, Cyclone 'Elsie' 22 Jan 1967, Deputy SM Jack Gray 1st on RH (white singlet)
CVN 52 Prep For Cyclone Elsie Staff Secure The Antenna With Steel Hawsers, 19 Jan 1967, Cyclone 'Elsie' 22 Jan 1967, Stn Mgr Leo Mahoney 1st on right
CVN 51 OTC(A) Head Office Engineer Guntis Berzins, 8th Jan 1967
CVN 50 OTC(A) Head Office Engineer Guntis Berzins, Reading Transit Magazine With Cassehorn Antenna On Cover, 8th Jan 1967
CVN 49 L-R, Guntis (Gus) Berzins (OTC(A) Head Office Engineer) And Page Communications Engineers Ralph And Bill Humphrey
CVN 48 Carnarvon Earth Station Staff, OTC(A) Head Office Engineers And Page Communications Engineer, Jan 1967
CVN 47 Carnarvon Earth Station Staff, OTC(A) Head Office Engineers And Page Communications Engineer, Jan 1967
CVN 46 Main Building Carnarvon Earth Station, On The Right, Antenna And The Trailer With The Station Electronic Equipment
CVN 45 The Earth Station’s Cassegrain Horn Antenna
CVN 44 The Earth Station’s Cassegrain Horn Antenna
CVN 43 OTC(A) Carnarvon Earth Station In January 1967, Main Building On The Left, On The Right Power Station With A Diesel Generator
CVN 42 Over Carnarvon Looking Inland, In The Distance OTC(A) Carnarvon Earth Station And The NASA Tracking Station, 28 Dec 1966
CVN 41 Satellite Earth Station And Staff Houses, View Toward The Sea, 28 Dec 1966
CVN 40 Satellite Earth Station And Staff Houses, 28 Dec 1966
CVN 39 Satellite Earth Station And Staff Houses, 28 Dec 1966
CVN 38 Satellite Earth Station And Staff Houses, 28 Dec 1966
CVN 37 OTC(A) Carnarvon Earth Station Christmas Card - Christmas In 1966
CVN 36 Page Communications Engineer (Bill Humphrey) Filming Earth Station
CVN 35 Signals Received In Carnarvon From Hawaii USA 5 Dec 1966, Unplanned Signal Reception
CVN 34 Signals Received In Carnarvon From Hawaii USA 5 Dec 1966, Unplanned Signal Reception
CVN 33 Signals Received In Carnarvon From Hawaii USA 5 Dec 1966, Unplanned Signal Reception
CVN 32 Engineer Guntis Berzins Viewing Transmission From Hawaii USA 5 Dec 1966, Unplanned Signal Reception
CVN 31 Staff Houses On Browns Ridge Of OTC(A) Carnarvon Earth Station Dec 1966
CVN 30 Staff Houses On Browns Ridge Of OTC(A) Carnarvon Earth Station Dec 1966
CVN 29 Views Of TV Monitors At Goonhilly During The Transmission From Carnarvon, First OS TV Broadcast
CVN 28 Goonhilly Earth Station During The TV Transmission From Carnarvon, First OS TV Broadcast
CVN 27 ABC OB Van At The OTC(A) Earth Station, Dishes On The Van For Microwave Link Between Carnarvon And Earth Station, First OS TV
CVN 26 Engineers And Technicians Viewing The Historic TV Transmission, First OS TV Broadcast
CVN 25 Carnarvon Earth Station Surroundings Faintly Visible In Monitor, First OS TV Broadcast
CVN 24 UK ITV Commentator, First OS TV Broadcast
CVN 23 Headline From A UK Newspaper A New Warning On Home Loans, First OS TV Broadcast
CVN 22 Sir Bernard Lovell In The Broadcast Sent By The BBC To The ABC, First OS TV Broadcast
CVN 21 BBC Visible On The Monitor – 25 Nov 1966, First OS TV Broadcast
CVN 20 Engineers And Technicians Viewing The Historic TV Transmission, First OS TV Broadcast
CVN 19 Don Kennedy Tracks Satellite At Tracking Console Which Controlled The Antenna, First OS TV Broadcast
CVN 18 Channel 7 OB Van At The OTC(A) Earth Station – 25 Nov 1966, First OS TV Broadcast
CVN 17 ABC OB Van At The OTC(A) Earth Station – 25 Nov 1966, First OS TV Broadcast
CVN 16 Test Signals Rec 25 Nov 1966, 'Goonhilly Radio Station' Is Faintly Visible, First OS TV Broadcast
CVN 15 Test Signals From Goonhilly Pre-broadcast On 25 Nov 1966, First OS TV Broadcast
CVN 14 Test Signals From Goonhilly Pre-broadcast On 25 Nov 1966, First OS TV Broadcast
CVN 13 Test Signals From Goonhilly Pre-broadcast On 25 Nov 1966, First OS TV Broadcast
CVN 12 Distant View Of OTC(A) Staff Houses And Earth Station Antenna
CVN 11 Cassegrain Antenna During Sunrise Power Van On The Right (Nov 1966)
CVN 10 Cassegrain Antenna During Sunrise Ops Van On Left Guntis Berzins In Doorway (Nov 1966)
CVN 09 Working Inside The Operations Van, Engineer Don Kennedy On The Left Nov 1966
CVN 08 Earth Station Equipment Vans, Power Van (left), Maintenance And Operations Vans On The Right Nov 1966
CVN 07 Cassagrain Antenna Under Construction With Operations Van
CVN 06 Cassagrain Antenna Under Construction
CVN 05 OTC(A)- Page Communications Meeting, Nov 1966 L-R, Ron Knightley OTC, Jim Green And Bob Kuhn (Page), Guntis Berzins And Don Kennedy (OTC)
CVN 04 OTC(A) Earth Station Antenna Visible View From Gascoyne River Oct 1966
CVN 03 Staff Houses Under Construction Browns Ridge - Oct 1966
CVN 02 Staff Houses Under Construction Browns Ridge - Oct 1966
CVN 01 Staff Houses Under Construction Browns Ridge - Oct 1966
CVN 77 Landscape(2)
SOYC-002 Briefing in Hobart
SOYC-003 Briefing in Hobart(2)
SOYC-004 Pre-race RYCT
SOYC-005 Official party leaves for start
SOYC-006 Official guests
SOYC-007 Destiny in Hobart
SOYC-008 Parmelia (B-Woods)
SOYC-009 Spellbound-(US) (J-Hill)
SOYC-010 Aboard HMAS Ardent for start in Hobart
SOYC-011 Rampant II (A-Tucker) (RSYS)
SOYC-012 Merindah Pearl in Hobart(2)
SOYC-013 Spellbound
SOYC-014 Race started in Hobart
SOYC-015 Mary Maltby receives starting shell casing Hobart-Adelaide Leg
SOYC-016 Mary Maltby receives starting shell casing Hobart-Adelaide Leg(2)
SOYC-018 Merindah Pearl - Adelaide bound
SOYC-019 Privateer arrives in Adelaide 0218 am 7-1-1987
SOYC-020 Rampant II arrives in Adelaide 0600 am 7-1-1987
SOYC-021 Fernande arrives in Adelaide
SOYC-022 Merindah Pearl arriving Adelaide passing Truebridge
SOYC-023 Lee Meredith in Adelaide
SOYC-024 Merindah Pearl Hobart to Adelaide Crew
SOYC-026 OTC team in Adelaide(1)
