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One Sixty Meter Crossband Radio A small insight into a small group of Radio Hams in Melbourne who (since the 1970's) have conducted rambling and inane conversations until the early hours of the morning via complex multiplex radio connections that even the Oz Govt Radio Authorities have
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BBBill Ceivers Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Hear the real BBBill ceivers the man who made his own valve (7mins 1meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Can You Speek Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Short Missions with the Branch, Mr Stu and Egg from 1975(6.5 mins 2.6meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beks Trip To Sydney Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: A trip To Sydney for young Mr Bek, at the start bit of a time warp back 40 years (70 years now) from 1976 (85mins 36meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD You're So Vain Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: The title says it all (1h2m 26meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sick Of Missions Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Played this recently on air and i have not heard it for a while but it is in the classic class,stu moaning about being sick of the missions after being on for 4 years.I think this would date back to about 1979. Quality is not the best as it is...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Veronica Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Branch,Bek,and Stu missions from mid 70's. Bit of a rip off of Ms V White from the department (19min 8meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sunset Boulevard Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Toms Interesting experiences in LA, among other things (121min 50meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Crummy Sisters Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Another hot sumer night hospital missions bit like "Ken in a box" but with some live reaction from the ward (43min 18meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bottle Beacon Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Early Stu Bek missions from 1975 discussing amongst other things the beacon on the mouth of the Elwood canal (It used to transmit on the 160 band and sounded like a bottle pouring) (27 min 11meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Babbagebocp Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: While doing a BOCP of the air the Mr k gets talking about Babbage and early putors (29 min 12meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Real Second Last Branch Missions 29/10/04 Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: While going through my discs i found this missions that i had forgot about and it is the first time the Branch came on via Skype. It goes for quite a while and has some good bits. Who knows we might even find some more. (1HR 30 min 57meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Last Branch Missions 19/11/04 Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: This is the last Branch missions, i am sad to say there will be no more as he died in June 2006. Mr Branch was last on air from his Park St station in 1980, Occasionally he could be convinced to come on a live crossband and this is the last time it...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 2nd Last Branch Missions Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: This is the second last Branch missions from Oct 2003 and was the first time he was on since 1998. Incomming audio was via netmeeting and as you will hear the quality is no way as good as Skype. Dallas and the Bek j...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 3rd Last Branch Missions Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Last in the 1998 series from September that year, a Branch, Stu, Egg missions(71 min 29meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 4th Last Branch Missions Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Another from the 1998 series (48 min 20meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 5th Last Branch Missions Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: The first of the New Branch series from 1998 via a UHF link but it did not gain his interest as there was only three missions and we had to wait till 2003 till the next apperence. 1998 (77min 32meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Last Park St Simplex Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: The last simplex with Mr Head and others from the Park St station 1980. (34 min 14meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Last Park St Xband Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: The last real Branch missions from the Park St studios in 1980 featuring Mr K and the Stu talking about the Newport power station. (58 min 24meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD TV Cabinets Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Very funny missions, First the Bek is worried about walking home from the stu's in the middle of the night due to harassment from the constabulary then the rest of the time is taken up with the Egg and Stu discussing the art of ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mud Houses Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Mr Branch and Mike among other things talking about building mud houses and design and architecture, quite an interesting and sober session. 1978 (47 min 19meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Part 2 of Mud Houses Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Gets on to more general topics than pt 1 1978 (80 min 33 meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bonnie Back Yard Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: A hot summer night means Bonnie and Mr Branch have go to outside to the yard to escape the heat during a "hospital hour" with the Wick. 1976 (69 min 29 meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fish Shop Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Bek Stu Missions about various subjects including the buzzing electric clock at the local fish shop. 1976 (95 min 40 meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Concrete Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: One of the best "scripted" crossbands. While talking to the Branch Mr Speedie finds a saw a cutting through his floor. A mass of concrete then fills the room. 1977 (1hr55 min 48 meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 84 Floors Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: The most requested missions ever. This time Speedie finds a steel trapdoor in the garden and goes down to investigate, he finds a massive industrial complex extending down and down and the secret lies on the last level..... 84. 1977 ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Light Tests Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: The first modulated light beem coms from the stu's upstairs window and the Beks balcony conecting Sth Caulfield and Glenhuntly also features the Branch and the person we are not alowed to name. (5 min 2 meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Life of Herb Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: A programe i put together in January 2005 just after Herb (vk3jo) passed on at age 93. One of the last people with experience from the early days of wireless. This contains interviews from 1994 and 2003 and off air recordings of mai...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Byers Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: The Egg and his Byer tape recorders (7 min 3 meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BTR90"s Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: More with the Egg and ancient tape machines 1976 (8 min 3 meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bad Bek Mitters Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Not a bad Bek Stu missions but the Beks mitters keeps wrecking 1976 (45 min 18 meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Codgutating with Egg pt1 Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Rather straight but not un interesting missions between Branch and the Egg 1976 (52 min 22 meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Codgutating with Egg pt2 Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Goes for a while, good for a long train trip and i pod 1976 (1hr 52 min 47 meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Flash Away Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Stu and Bek with the help of Peter Evens and Flash on the phone via an acatate recording. (57 min 24 meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kimptons Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: A bit of a mess this one but quite a laugh, Egg Stu Bek and harry rings up a bit latter on. 1976 (45 min 23 meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Xmas Xband Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Not Much to do with xmas except it was recorded on xmas 1976. The Head talks about his trip to Alice Springs,and the Stu goes walking about the house with the radio mic, latter the Bek comes on via a tandy phone.(55 min 24Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 1975 Silvers Xmas Broadcast Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: This is the broadcast transmitted on xmas eve 1975. It resulted in a raid by the Silvers and a penalty into the bargin....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Noah's Ark Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: The Branch gets a little mixed up when he tries to explain how the flood might have occured due to physical laws. (103min 30Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Telescope Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Another clasic Bek Stu missions from 1975, the Bek sounds quite fi on this one. (115min 46Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Neese Straunts Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: A bit of a guide about finding good food places in St.kilda and Melbourne in general in the late 1970's. Branch Tom and others. (34min 14Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Battery Valve 80 metre xband Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Some interesting topics like the 3DB traffic plane crash come up on this 160/80 metre xband. The 80 metre end is from a battery valve set in Sth Gippsland, amazing how well it comes through.(46min 19Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Grantly Dee Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Branch and Bek talking about 1960's radio programing. Stax of wax and all that. (14min 6Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nosey Vacume Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: More recent from early this century.Mr Nosey decides to vacume his room while on air(63min 26Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Charlies Wheel Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Rather serious disscussion from the Bek and Branch,has some stuff on old TV programs From 1976 (113min 46Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Squidly Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Stu and Bek on the bad state of telecine operation 1985(16min 6Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Answer Tom Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: One of the best. A very funny rip off of the answer tom column in the old Radio Television And Hobbies mag (76min 36Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Scruffy Nalities Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Not an uninteresting missions from the mid 80's, quite good in fact apart from the first bit maybe.(103min 43Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boots Racecourse Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Mr Boots kite flying tests cause some troubles with air 490, The police chopper(44min 869376Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Russion Missions pt 1 Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Mr Soak goes behind the iron curtian, Travelogue on trip to Russia in 1970.s(113min 47Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Russian Missions pt2 Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Part 2 of above(68min 28Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Telegalore Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: A big night with lots of talkback calls. 1975 (18min 7Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jim Payne Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: An afternoon crossband with the Branch and Agr.A listener drops in to find out how it all works. (67min 12Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD More callback from Mr Wetsdale Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Callbacks on social issues and Mr Wets as well (26min 11Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Soak Cape York Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Mr Soak talks about his travels around Australia(37min 15Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Father John Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: The Maize takes some serious calls (20min 9Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD D Cells Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: During an electricty strike when it is illegal to use more than two light bulbs and a toaster in each house, Mr Branch runs the missions off d cells (10min 4Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD History Of Glenhuntly Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Very early Stu Bek missions and a difinitive description of Glenhuntly in 1975(62min 11Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 1975 Political Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Well would you belive it is 30 years since the dismissal?. This was recorded the night before the following election that was the product that event and things get quite heated(103mins 43Meg) 1975...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Branch Tower Climb Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: A nice tour around the Branch shack and a climb up the unsafe tower(54min 22Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Egg Stu crossband Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: My First big power crossband missions with the egg.(23mins 9Meg) 1975...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Matters Report Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Another rather juvenile early Stu Bek missions(60mins 25Meg) 1975...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Heads Party Night Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: We all went over to the normaly conservitive Dr Head and this very bad missions eventuated.(51mins 21Meg) 1980...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD History Of Branch Mitters Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Mr Branch giving a description of the evolving nature of the transmission facilities.(12mins 5Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Egg Plants Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: The Egg has some trouble with wandering egg plants, sounds like triffid trouble.(63mins 25Meg) 1976...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ken In A Box Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Ken does get out of the box after bit of a struggle, from one of the Bonnie missions hospital hours.(68mins 28Meg) 1976...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Telephone Olympics Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Useing the old black phones a competition on throwing the handset on to the hook. (6mins 5Meg) 1975...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Big Ideas Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Mr Branch after a bit of politics describes all the grand ideas he had when he was younger(28mins 11Meg) 1976...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Visit from Syd Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Syd a friend of the fish makes a visit during a crossband and gets a description of whats going on(19mins 7Meg) 1976...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Flinders ABC Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: The Flinders talks about his time when employed at the Australian Broadcasting Commission during the early 1970's(19mins 7Meg) 1976...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alligators Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Classic Bek Stu missions from the naive period(92mins 38Meg) 1975...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mazie Phone Screams Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Mr Maize is very good at playing with the off normal contacts and producing nice screams on the old step by step system(10 min 3 Meg) 1986...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD peg Phones Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: early Bek Stu Xband Find out why the peg phone got smashed.(1hour 4mins 33Meg) 1975...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mock Ra Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: The Branch, Flinders and with the help of a few others have got control of the multi megawatt transmitters of Radio Australia and are troubled by the fact that when they put them on the lights around the state dim. (1 hour 15mins, 40 meg) From 1976...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wetsdale Rings Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Poor Mr Wetsdale has trouble getting through on the phone...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kilts Monitor Station Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: The Kilt designed and built a super monitoring station in one of the earths quiet zones.(42 mins 17Meg) from 1977...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Life And Times Of Jack Ferry Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: This Guy was only around for a while but quite amazing to listen to.(2hours 31 mins 68Meg) 1977...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Traffic 1 Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Some interesting log tapes from the much used vk3ase trunking system of the early 1980's(1hour32mins 44Meg)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mud Island Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Comments on Beks trip to the isle of mud.(18mins 11Meg) 1988...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD wartime in huntly Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Stu and Bek discuss how wartime would have been like in down town Glenhuntly.(10mins 4Meg) 1976...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Easter Storm Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Recorded during a big storm some easter decades ago. Quite funny and has a spoken id at start....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Night The Sky Fell In Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: This podcast is THE NIGHT THE SKY FELL IN recorded the night the skylab crashed. As you will hear people were ringing in to report bright lights in the sky and loud noises but the experts on the ABC were saying that they must be mistak...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gerrymanda Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Funny discussion on Quensland politcs of the 1970's, quite timely as "Joh" has just left us....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Daylight Savings Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Every time the daylight savings changeover happend we would try to ring the time service and hear the Gordon Gow glass disc announcement change...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cig Packets Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Warning Smoking is a health hazard...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Early Hams Updated: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 Description: Recordings of Aus hams in the 1940's,Gee they sound like a lot of gerryatrics but the fact is they were young men then. It was just the way people talked at that time (Righto old boy!). I like the bit where the guy says he has worked the band since ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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