Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley who shares the following video of VL8A Alice Springs signing off for the final time on January 31, 2017:
Operator at the Alice shortwave transmitter sends a parting message via morse code: Goodbye this is station vl8a ceasing transmission. pic.twitter.com/l48bYKe2QI
— Tom Maddocks (@MaddocksThomas) January 31, 2017
This video was originally posted to Twitter by Tom Maddocks. You might have also noticed this clip in a previous ABC video we posted.
Thanks for the tip, Richard!
Ahhh! The ABC journalist who took this video, Tom Maddocks, is a former high school student of mine! Now based in Alice Springs. Tom still calls me Mr Wagner! He tells me old habits die hard!!
Ha ha! You taught him well, Rob! I mean, Mr. Wagner!