Western Australia - 1912 - 1914.
Coastal Radio Stations.

Six Coastal Radio Stations operated in Western Australia:

  1. Perth (Applecross);
  2. Broome;
  3. Esperance;
  4. Geraldton;
  5. Roebourne;
  6. Wyndham.

Perth (Applecross):

Call sign: VIP  
Opened: 30 September 1912. Closed: 1968 but re-opened as a Telecommunications museum.
Location: Applecross - halfway between Perth and Fremantle on the south side of the Swan River.
Transferred to:

In 1932, a 500 watt transmitter was installed for use by the 7PR radio broadcasting station.

T & R room

Marker
Above: Plaque at the Applecross site erected by the Institution of Engineers, Australia.

Left: The transmitting and receiving room at Applecross.

Broome.

Call sign: VIN  
Opened: 12 May 1913. Closed: 1931.
Location: 500 miles north of Perth.

POWER GENERATING PLANT FOR COASTAL RADIO STATIONS.
Adelaide Advertiser 2 March 1929.

"An interesting power plant has recently been assembled to the order of Amalgamated Wireless consisting of a 4-cylinder Fordson tractor engine direct coupled to a 250-volt 500-cycle alternator and a double current 240 volt D.C. 160-volt 60-cycle generator the whole being mounted on a heavy girder bed-plate.

Special features comprise the fitting of impulsator ignition and governor the first mentioned for easy starting and the latter for consistent speed under varying loads. A starting motor is fitted in order that the engine may be started at a distance by means of a switch from the operating table at the wireless station, another switch being provided to stop the engine when required.

The object of the plant is to generate power for operating the wireless transmitters at A.W.A. coastal radio stations. Power units of this description have already been fitted at the coastal radio stations at Thursday Island, Brisbane and Suva, and at the last named station, duplicate power >equipment is installed. These power units are shortly to be installed at the coastal radio stations at Broome, Western Australia and at Darwin, Northern Territory". 

Esperance.

Call sign: VIN  
Opened: 12 May 1913. Closed: 1931.
Location: 500 miles north of Perth.

 

Geraldton:

Call sign: VIN  
Opened: 12 May 1913. Closed: 1931.
Location: 500 miles north of Perth.

Roebourne.

Call sign: VIN  
Opened: 12 May 1913. Closed: 1931.
Location: 500 miles north of Perth.

 

Wyndham.

Call sign: VTW  
Opened: 18 May 1914. Closed: 1947 - one of the first stations to close after OTC took over responsibility for the Coastal Radio Service.
Location: Just outsid the town which is located at the base of a 500 metre high mountain on Cambridge Gulf. It is one of the most remote locations in Australia. Just inside the WA-NT border and south-west of Darwin.