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Weddings and wedding photos at Musick Point
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
Musick Point Radio on Twitter
Web link of the month
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
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