Carnarvon News Clippings


 


Carnarvon Tracking Station was a big story for local, West Australian and national publications.

Here are several news clippings (some also appear in other sections) –

 

Carnarvon news clippings

Western Australia’s largest crane was dispatched to Carnarvon to help with the erection of the FPQ6 Radar.

This clipping from The West Australian, 8 November 1963, was preserved by Hamish Lindsay. 2021 scan by Colin Mackellar.


Carnarvon news clippings

A story about Carnarvon featured in Electronics Australia magazine in December 1965.

Click the image for a 2MB PDF ile.

The photos accompanying the article were supplied by Hamish Lindsay.

The cover photo, however, Hamish’s and is not the 30 foot (9 metre) USB antenna. It looks like it may be the test antenna at the Collins Radio facility near Fort Worth, Texas.

This copy was preserved by Hamish Lindsay.
2021 scan by Colin Mackellar.

 

More to come.