Shutdown Of Last Short Wave Transmitters At Radio Australia

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7 жыл бұрын

After almost 80 years of shortwave transmissions and 72 years from the Shepparton station in Victoria the Australian Broadcasting Corporation considers HF transmissions to old fashioned and has closed down domestic and overseas services.
The money saved, about twice what the CEO is paid is going to go to more digital services in the cities. Closedown at 1200 hrs 31/01/17.
For more detailed video on the station shot in 2011 see • International Broadcas... "International Broadcast Station Radio Australia" on this channel
And also the unedited footage of the above video, an interesting tour around the building and grounds.
• Unedited Radio Austral...

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@EricWeberGoogle 6 жыл бұрын

Criminal that the shut down, listened to them for a couple of hours every night... There is no replacement for shortwave radio for ships at sea :-(

@hallieboy 6 жыл бұрын

As a listener since I was a young boy in the USA, this is an incredibly sad moment, and a terrible decision.

@jgubash100 5 жыл бұрын

Should of been declared a historical treasure, off limits to the axe.

@johnsmith6586 4 жыл бұрын

My shortwave radio used to be filled with signals from the BBC, Voice of America, Canada, Moscow, Netherlands and hundreds of other station. Now that so many stations are off the air all you can hear is static, and a few dollar for a holler preachers

@MrBrian8749 7 жыл бұрын

That was indeed a sad day...I've been dxing since I was 8 years old...RA was always a prize catch on my old zenith royal. It's like part of my childhood was stolen. thanks for sharing this. 73 Brian

@miguelier

Very sad. Always political dicisions.

@thomthumbe 5 жыл бұрын

Glad I was allowed to live when the magic of radio existed.

@duckmcf 2 жыл бұрын

Likely aided with the loss of the Radio Australia soft power projection into the South Pacific, China has recently signed a security pact with the Solomon Islands. Nice work Oz gov and the ABC for not understanding the importance of Radio Oz.

@gold3084 Жыл бұрын

Radio Australia would of been handy when WW3 starts and we become isolated.

@angeljoseleonardo5474 5 жыл бұрын

SW is not old fashion at all.I´m dxer since 1956.I like to tune in shortwave emissions from all over the world nowadays.

@radioescucha 7 жыл бұрын

It is painful.

@westchestervideos8250 6 жыл бұрын

What a great looking station. I hope the building and equipment not been destroyed

@chuljinkim4084 5 жыл бұрын

As a HAM operator, as a BCL fan, I have several things that will never be forgotten.

@bryanclark8217 7 жыл бұрын

As a regular RA listener since 1961, I feel like a bereaved close relative attending a funeral service. Thanks to all the hardworking technical and programming staff who have played their part in giving Australia a positive image around the world - sadly no more. Bryan Clark NZL

@vallurirajesh 2 жыл бұрын

Some of my fondest childhood memories were about listening to Radio Australia from a small village in Southern India. Every summer break, I used to fiddle with my grandfathers vacuum tube radio, and when it picked up Aussie radio, it was like I hit the jackpot. I would listen to it for hours and bask in the joy of listening to people from a different continent from the comfort of my home. No wires to connect like in the case of internet, no satellites neither. Just a few ionised particles above the earth's surface carrying those voices through all that distance.

@firestormv01 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not even Australian, but hearing the "Waltzing Matilda" at the end of the broadcast suddenly being cut off when the transmitter was shut down made me tear up a bit and felt like watching someone die. Thank you for your many, many years of service, RA.

@TishaHayes Жыл бұрын

Hearing Waltzing Matilda playing as the station was shut down was quite hard to bear. It reminded me of the last moments of the movie "On The Beach" where Australia, finally fell silent and the world was over.

@JohnAlexanderBerry 6 жыл бұрын

Goodbye Radio Australia. You will be sorely missed by many people !! (I worked at Radio Australia Cox Peninsula for almost 2 years and would never have imagined that this could happen to Shepparton).

@RobMacKendrick 6 жыл бұрын

Sad. I used to listen to RA all the time here in North America. That interval signal brings back happy memories.

@jeffking291 4 жыл бұрын

As a teenager, I plugged my [multiband] radio into a timer and set the frequency to Radio Australia.( I had a mark to match the indicator to). I plugged in a large external speaker and cranked up the volume.