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Musick Point Radio Group is Branch 86 of the NZ Association of Radio Transmitters.

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  • Home
  • Musick Point / Te Naupata
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  • Auckland Radio
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    • Musick Memorial Radio Station
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      • Technical information
      • Aerials at Musick Point
      • Underground services plan, Musick Point
      • Direction-finding at Musick Point
    • Oliver Rd Transmitter Site
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      • Transmitters
      • Transmitting Antennas
      • Antenna Feedlines
    • Auckland Radio Staff
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      • Auckland Radio Managers
    • Recollections of ZLD
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      • John Milne, Superintendent
      • Fred Gates, Manager
      • Paul Chamberlin, Tech
      • Tom Clarkson, Engineer
      • Coded messages at ZLD
      • Lonely Morse operators
      • Gardener’s Shed
    • 500 kc/s Technical Notes
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      • HR1 emergency transmitter
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        • HR1 transmitter: oscillator
        • HR1 transmitter: modulator
        • HR1 transmitter: RF unit
        • HR1 transmitter: relay
      • 500 kHz receiving antenna
      • 500 kHz transmitting antenna tuner
      • 500 kc/s Pup transmitter
    • Auckland Radio 1912-1919
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      • 1913: Wheeler takes charge at Auckland Radio
      • 1915: Awanui Radio replaces Auckland station
      • World War 1 Field Radios
    • Auckland Radio 1920-1929
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      • 1924: VLD – Very Loud Disturbance
      • 1927: Auckland Radio remote receiver
      • 1928: Profile of George Scull, radio inspector
    • Auckland Radio 1930-1939
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      • 1939: New radio station to be Musick memorial
      • 1939: Radio to link Musick Point and Sydney
      • 1939: Tests at Musick Memorial Station
      • 1939: Foretelling the weather for aviators
      • 1939: Musick Memorial Station in operation
    • Auckland Radio 1940-1945
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      • 1941: RT for small ships
      • 1942: Invitation to Musick Memorial Station opening
      • 1942: Musick Memorial Station opening ceremony
      • 1942: PM was radio fan
      • 1943: Air Force damages Musick Point MWDF
      • WW2 at Musick Point [pdf]
      • Equipment racks at Auckland Radio
    • Auckland Radio 1946
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      • 1946: LG Scull radio interview at Musick Point
    • Auckland Radio 1947-1949
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      • 1949: Feature on Musick Point Radio Station
      • Audio book: Telegraph Tales by J Edward Brown
    • Auckland Radio 1950-1959
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      • 1957: Pencil sharpeners
      • 1957: Photos of Mr Berger and Mr Young
    • Auckland Radio 1960-1969
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      • 1967: NZPO Magazine features Auckland Radio
      • Just another day in the Radio Inspector’s office
      • NZPO Radio Inspector’s mobile DF equipment
    • Auckland Radio 1970-1979
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      • 1974: Proposal to partition 1st floor of Musick station
      • 1978: Transmitter 873 failing
      • 1978: Transmitting towers unsafe
      • 1978: No replacement for transmitter 873
      • 1978: ZLD asks to keep transmitter 873
    • Auckland Radio 1980-1993
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      • 1980: Two new towers for transmitter site
      • 1980: Electronic switching at Auckland Radio
      • 1985: Eight towers to be regalvanised
      • 1985: ‘Terry & Gunrunners’ at Musick Point
      • 1989: ZLD talks with Whitbread racing yachts
      • 1990: Competition to guess Tony’s cycling time
      • 1990: Auckland Radio’s “Sadie” causes a stir
      • 1992: Reunion marks 50 years at Musick Point
      • 1993: Auckland Radio closes
    • Auckland Radio 1993-Now
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      • 1994: Removing the Musick Point towers
      • 1994: Proposal to save transmitter building
      • Sep 2013: 20th anniversary of the closure of ZLD
  • Captain Edwin Musick
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    • Video: Across the Pacific – the story of Pan Am
    • Videos of Captain Edwin Musick
    • Mar 1937: Clipper arrives in Auckland
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      • Mar 1937: Auckland welcomes Musick
      • Mar 1937: Clipper’s Auckland stopover
    • Apr 1937: Pacific air service will come
    • Dec 1937: Imperial plane in Auckland
    • Dec 1937: Clipper’s second flight to NZ
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      • Dec 1937: Clipper’s departure delayed by weather
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        • Dec 1937: Surprise visit by Samoan Clipper
      • Jan 1938: Samoan Clipper leaves Auckland
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        • Jan 1938: First NZ airmail to USA
    • Jan 1938: Capt Musick begins third trip to Auckland
    • Jan 1938: Clipper lost with all aboard
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      • Jan 1938: Crew of ill-fated Clipper
    • Jan 1938: Tributes to Musick and crew
    • Jan 1938: Probe into Clipper crash
    • Memorials to Captain Musick
    • 2016: Airmail flight ended in tragedy
  • The Group
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    • Meetings of the Musick Point Radio Group
    • Club Pennant
    • Ian Walker – founder
    • 1993 News
    • 1996 News
    • 1997 News
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      • Feb: Jock White Field Day
    • 2000 News
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      • Closure of MT Eden VHF site
    • 2001 News
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      • Jul: Letter from Harold Boyd ZL1CH
    • 2002 News
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      • Jan: Hams put Musick Pt back on air
      • Removing the Musick Point generator
    • 2003 News
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      • Jan: Rededication of Musick Memorial Station
      • Radio regulation in NZ, 1903-2003
    • 2005 News
    • 2007 News
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      • Nov: Another top-loaded vertical at ZL1BGB
    • 2008 News
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      • Feb: Building a curtain track J-Pole antenna
    • 2009 News
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      • Feb: Jock White Field Day
    • 2010 News
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      • Nov: Hamfest at Musick Point
    • 2011 News
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      • Coastwatcher John Jones’ 1st visit to Musick Point
      • Coastwatcher John Jones’ 2nd visit to Musick Point
    • 2012 News
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      • Feb: Jock White Field Day
      • Mar: Chandlers’ 60th anniversary
      • Apr: MPRG gets new website
      • May: Replacing rotator on West Tower
    • 2013 News
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      • Feb: Jock White Field Day
      • Sep: First trans-Tasman contact on 630m
      • Sep: 20th Anniversary of Auckland Radio closure
      • Oct: Jamboree on the Air
    • 2014 News
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      • Jan: DX marathon with ZL1SLO
      • Feb: Jock White Field Day
      • Nov: Bernie Smith returns
    • 2015 News
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      • Jan: DX marathon with ZL1SLO
      • Oct: Tony 3D2AG visits Musick Point
      • Oct: IPENZ Heritage Report
      • Dec: ZL1ZLD on AM for H Night
      • Dec: Former rigger ‘Friday’ Anania dies
      • 2015: Centennial Yacht Race TV doco
    • 2016 News
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      • Jan: Japanese hams at Musick Point
      • Feb: Jock White Field Day
      • Mar: Hiro Horiuchi of Icom visits Musick Point
      • May: QSL Bureau on Break-In cover
      • Sep: Presentation to Awarua Museum by ZL1NZ
      • Oct: MPRG featured in Chinese magazine
      • Oct: Sked with K6KPH San Francisco
      • Nov: MPRG at Branch 03 equipment sale
      • Nov: VK7BC works ‘ZLD after 50-year gap
    • 2017 News
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      • Feb: Jock White Field Day
      • Feb: HB9CIC visits Musick Point
      • May: 9W8DEN visits Musick Point
      • June: Longest Night on 630m
    • 2018 News
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      • Mar: Former operator Ray Chandler dies
      • July: Former operator Bernie Smith dies
      • Nov: Antenna maintenance
      • Nov: Antenna maintenance – part 2
      • Dec: RCA xmtr on air for H Night
    • 2019 News
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      • Jan: UTC clock mysteries solved
      • May: Search for Samoan Clipper
      • Dec: Neil Barnett ZL1ANM SK
    • 2020 News
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      • Jan: Portable Activity Day
    • 2021 News
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      • Aug: Ann Walker ZL1BFB (SK)
    • 2022 News
    • 2023 News
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      • 2023 Portable Activity Day
  • Musick Memorial Radio Station Today
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    • Building exterior
    • Ground Floor
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      • Memorial Hall
      • Radio museum
      • Radio workshop
      • Transmitter room
      • ZL1 QSL Bureau
    • 1st Floor
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      • Main room
      • East operating room
      • West operating room
      • Teleprinter room
    • 2nd Floor
    • Vintage receivers
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      • Codan 7004 receivers
      • Collier & Beale 941 SWB
      • Eddystone EC1680/2
      • Lowe HF-235 receiver
      • Marconi CSR5 receiver
      • Marconi Pacific X receiver
      • RCA AR-88 receiver
      • Redifon R50M/FS receiver
    • Vintage transmitters
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      • Collier and Beale 277
      • Collier and Beale 873
      • Collier & Beale 4225
      • Collins 30K-5 transmitter
      • Dansk S 265-3F-4M transmitter
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        • NZPO gets Dansk transmitters
      • JRC NSD-166N transmitter
      • JRC NSD-166P transmitter
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        • Specs: JRC NSD-166 transmitters
      • Marconi Salvita III transceiver
      • Nautel NTT4000 transmitter
      • RCA NZPO 351 transmitter
      • SCR-578 Gibson Girl
      • T98 transmitter
      • 666 transmitter
    • Military radios
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      • ZC1 transceiver
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        • ZC1 Mk II schematic
  • Amateur Radio
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    • ZL1ZLD on HF
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      • Icom IC-7700 installation
    • ZL1ZLD on 630 metres
    • ZL1ZLD on 600 metres
    • East Tower
    • West Tower
    • Vee Beam for 80/40m
    • Multiband Folded Dipole
    • Marconi Tee Aerial
  • Audio & Video
  • Roll of Honour
  • Contact Us
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