1910-11 Staff
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Officer in Charge C.B. Kennedy
2nd Operator L. Lucas 3rd Operator T. Crosby |
075 Clearing at Pachena Point.
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074 Constructionat Pachena Point.
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010 A general view of the Pachena Radio station site.
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071 1923 Pachena Point radio direction finding station. Loops have been drawn in on the original to make them visible. The hut underneath the centre mast of the loops housed the receiving apparatus. Staff were warned not to place large metal objects, especially moveable ones, near the loops. Oil lamps were used for illumination as long wires would disrupt the loops.
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073 Another photo of Pachena Point radio direction finding station, showing the antenna loops.
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019 Pachena Light & Wireless station beach landing.
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022 View of Pachena Light Station, taken from the Wireless building.
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Operators Harris, Tucker, Elliot and Kelk in December 1925 from a Victoria
Times article on the station. |
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01 A winter shot of Pachena from the late 1920's. The radio direction finder shed is at the right and the rest of the buildings are staff dwellings. The DF station used two huge loop antennas set within, and at right angles to each other. One of the DF antenna supporting masts is at the rear of the photo.
The old wireless station operation's building was off to the left of the photo. Corriveau Collection |
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The direction finding receiver at Pachena in 1925. Large dial at the left is the goniometer and by rotating it the bearing was determined. If you have ever found a radio station fade out, and then fade in, as the receiver was rotated then you have observed the fundamental concept of a radio direction finder.
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02 Pachena dwelling in the late 1920's. Most likely the one where Hector and his family lived.
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Officer-In-Charge's dwelling some time in the 1930-40 period. |
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05 Late 1920's shot of Pachena light station. Wireless operations building not visible, but is down behind the light tower.
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12 A shot of Pachena. Direction Finder operations building dead centre.
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Probably 1930s view looking towards a couple of dwellings.
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A 1930s Pachena celebration of some sort. Almost two dozen people here, not counting the operator on watch.
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214 Jon Healey advises, "This station is Pachena Point. I have a copy of the photo as well. We lived in the house on the left when my dad was OIC. The photo was taken from the top of the water tower" See also 402 & 403 below to make up a panorama view. 1940's
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403 Pachena from the top of the water tower. Goes with photo 214.
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404 Goes with photo 214 above. Jack notes in his history that some of the stations had well kept gardens.
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056 Pachena's noted gardening in evidence. This photo is verified as the OIC's house at Pachena, sometime before 1948. Thanks to Jon H. for the I.D.
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Looking west in the1940's. Direction finder (DF) receiver shack centered in photo. Wireless station was in a building out of sight behind the light tower. I have a feeling it was demolished at some time and the equipment moved into the DF shack.
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This page is a photo sequence of Pachena light and wireless station with the earliest first. The station was in operation for almost 50 years. All images can be clicked for a larger view.