{"id":4902,"date":"2012-11-26T10:22:58","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T14:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=4902"},"modified":"2012-11-26T10:22:58","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T14:22:58","slug":"video-maintenance-on-an-abc-shortwave-antenna-and-transmitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/video-maintenance-on-an-abc-shortwave-antenna-and-transmitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Maintenance on an ABC shortwave antenna and transmitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Paul Thurst on the blog <a title=\"Engineering Radio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2012\/11\/hf-broadcasting-station-maintenance\/\" target=\"_blank\">Engineering Radio<\/a>,\u00a0I discovered <a title=\"You Tube Video of Radio Australia\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/BZuThNVJ1vo\" target=\"_blank\">this\u00a0excellent video<\/a> of the engineering staff of ABC (Radio Australia) servicing some of their HF antennas and transmitters. \u00a0Having visited several shortwave transmission sites myself, I truly appreciate this peek inside Radio Australia.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BZuThNVJ1vo\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Do any of you know which Radio Australia site this is? I&#8217;m curious if it is Shepparton. Please comment!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Paul Thurst on the blog Engineering Radio,\u00a0I discovered this\u00a0excellent video of the engineering staff of ABC (Radio Australia) servicing some of their HF antennas and transmitters. \u00a0Having visited several shortwave transmission sites myself, I truly appreciate this peek inside Radio Australia. Do any of you know which Radio Australia site this is? I&#8217;m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,304],"tags":[1492,368,1493,4093],"class_list":["post-4902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-videos","tag-abc-radio","tag-radio-australia","tag-radio-australia-transmitter-site","tag-videos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1h4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34929,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/editorial-nigels-take-on-restoring-abc-shortwave-service\/","url_meta":{"origin":4902,"position":0},"title":"Editorial:  Need for ABC HF service to remote Australian communities","author":"Thomas","date":"November 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nigel Holmes\u2013\u2013formerly of Radio Australia\u2013\u2013for the following op ed. Developments in the Australian domestic HF broadcasting scene by Nigel Holmes Radio broadcast on HF (high frequency or shortwave) has a solid role to play in the pantheon of media in the Australian and pan-Pacific\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Shepparton-10.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Shepparton-10.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Shepparton-10.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":27384,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/4kz-update-broadcasts-will-commence-after-transmitter-repairs\/","url_meta":{"origin":4902,"position":1},"title":"4KZ Update: broadcasts will commence after transmitter repairs","author":"Thomas","date":"August 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Jerome van der Linden, who shares an update from 4KZ Station Manager, Al Kirton: Hi Jerome 5055 is not on the air yet. The transmitter failed and requires some inexpensive parts which are not available in Australia. They should be here any day from the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Innisfail-Queensland-Australia-4KZ.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Innisfail-Queensland-Australia-4KZ.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Innisfail-Queensland-Australia-4KZ.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23549,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/letter-from-former-district-manager-at-radio-australia-shepparton\/","url_meta":{"origin":4902,"position":2},"title":"Letter from former District Manager at Radio Australia Shepparton","author":"Thomas","date":"January 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, London Shortwave, who shares the following letter by Gary Baker, former district manager at Radio Australia, Shepparton--published in the Shepparton News. Here's an excerpt: Recently I heard that the HF radio transmission site at Shepparton, known as Radio Australia, is to be shut down.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Australia.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23801,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/radio-australias-final-day-broadcasting-on-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":4902,"position":3},"title":"Radio Australia&#8217;s final day broadcasting on shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"January 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"As I write this post, I'm listening to Radio Australia on 9,580 and 12,065 kHz. Other than the sports reports and weather, world news is chock-full of stories--many of which are quite sad. This will likely be the last morning I listen to Radio Australia on shortwave. 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