History of wireless telegraphy and broadcasting in Australia/Topical/Stations
Stations
[edit | edit source]Aeradio
[edit | edit source]- VZAD Adelaide - Coming real soon now!
- VZAS Alice Springs - Coming real soon now!
- VZBN Brisbane - Coming real soon now!
- VZBR Broome - Coming real soon now!
- VZBZ Brisbane, Control Launch - Coming real soon now!
- VZCB Canberra - Coming real soon now!
- VZCD Ceduna - Coming real soon now!
- VZCK Cooktown - Coming real soon now!
- VZCR Carnarvon - Coming real soon now!
- VZCS Cairns - Coming real soon now!
- VZCV Charleville - Coming real soon now!
- VZCW Camooweal - Coming real soon now!
- VZCY Cloncurry - Coming real soon now!
- VZDN Darwin - Coming real soon now!
- VZDW Daly Waters - Coming real soon now!
- VZDZ Darwin, Control Launch - Coming real soon now!
- VZFI Flinders Island - Coming real soon now!
- VZFT Forrest - Coming real soon now!
- VZGE Groote Eylandt - Coming real soon now!
- VZGN Geraldton - Coming real soon now!
- VZGZ Groote Eylandt, Control Launch - Coming real soon now!
- VZHB Hobart - Coming real soon now!
- VZHC Halls Creek - Coming real soon now!
- VZHK Holbrook - Coming real soon now!
- VZKA Karumba - Coming real soon now!
- VZKG Kalgoorlie - Coming real soon now!
- VZKI King Island - Coming real soon now!
- VZKM Kempsey - Coming real soon now!
- VZKZ Karumba, Control Launch - Coming real soon now!
- VZLH Lord Howe Island - Coming real soon now!
- VZLR Longreach - Coming real soon now!
- VZLT Launceston - Coming real soon now!
- VZME Mount Eba - Coming real soon now!
- VZML Melbourne - Coming real soon now!
- VZNH Nhill - Coming real soon now!
- VZOD Oodnadatta - Coming real soon now!
- VZOS Onslow - Coming real soon now!
- VZPD Port Hedland - Coming real soon now!
- VZPH Perth - Coming real soon now!
- VZPY Port Moresby - Coming real soon now!
- VZRB Rabaul - Coming real soon now!
- VZRK Rockhampton - Coming real soon now!
- VZRZ Gladstone, Control Launch - Coming real soon now!
- VZSD Sydney (Rose Bay) - Coming real soon now!
- VZSU Salamaua - Coming real soon now!
- VZSY Sydney (Mascot) - Coming real soon now!
- VZSZ Sydney, Control Launch - Coming real soon now!
- VZTC Tennant Creek - Coming real soon now!
- VZTV Townsville - Coming real soon now!
- VZTZ Townsville, Control Launch - Coming real soon now!
- VZWM Wyndham - Coming real soon now!
- VZYZ - Not a station, a collective callsign for any Aeradio station
Coastal
[edit | edit source]- AAA Sydney, Hotel Australia - Coming real soon now!
- AAM Melbourne, Hotel Menzies - Coming real soon now!
- ATY Sydney, Underwood St - Became AAA - Coming real soon now!
- CGI Willis Island, Coral Islands - Coming real soon now!
- KAN, Angaur - KAN while under German Administration, became ??? following ??? occupation in 1914, possibly a different callsign while controlled by ??? military - Coming real soon now!
- KAP, Apia, Samoa - KAP while under German Administration, became ??? following New Zealand occupation in 1914, possibly a different callsign while controlled by New Zealand military - Coming real soon now!
- KBN, Nauru, Marshall Islands - KBN while under German Administration, became VKT following Australian occupation in 1914, possibly a different callsign while controlled by Australian military - Coming real soon now!
- KCA, Yap - KCA while under German Administration, became ??? following ??? occupation in 1914, possibly a different callsign while controlled by ??? military - Coming real soon now!
- MAL Adelie Land - First station on Antarctica, established by Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition - Coming real soon now!
- MNS Perth - See Australasian Wireless Co testing POP prior to handover to Commonwealth
- MQI Macquarie Island - Callsign changed to VIQ 1913? - Coming real soon now!
- NPU Tutuila American Samoa - Operated by US Navy - Coming real soon now!
- POA Adelaide - Callsign changed to VIA 1913
- POB Brisbane - Callsign changed to VIB 1913
- POF Fremantle - Projected callsign for Applecross station, likely never used, likely commenced as POP after AWC handover
- POH Hobart - Callsign changed to VIH 1913
- POM Melbourne - Callsign changed to VIM 1913
- POP Perth - Callsign changed to VIP 1913
- POS Sydney Callsign changed to VIS 1913
- VHR Maron Island, New Guinea - Coming real soon now!
- VIA Adelaide - commenced 1 Oct 1912 as POA, changed callsign to VIA late 1913, coming real soon now!
- VIB Brisbane - commenced 2 Sep 1912 as POB, changed callsign to VIB late 1913, a brief start
- VIC Carnarvon - Coming real soon now!
- VIC Cooktown - commenced 12 Jun 1913, coming real soon now!
- VID Darwin - commenced 25 Sep 1913, coming real soon now!
- VIE Esperance - commenced 21 Jul 1913, largely complete
- VIF Woodlark Island Coming real soon now!
- VIG Port Moresby Coming real soon now!
- VIH Hobart Designed by John Graeme Balsillie, construction supervisor Donald Macdonald, officially opened on 13 April 1912, establishment brought forward to support the Australasian Antarctic Expedition to communicate with MQI at Macquarie Island, initially operated by the Postmaster-General's Department, operated by Royal Australian Naval Radio Service 1914-1920, initial callsign POH, initial OIC William Tamillas Stephen Crawford, initial 2IC Charles Calvert King, callsign changed to VIH in 1913
- VII Thursday Island Coming real soon now!
- VIJ Samarai, Papua Coming real soon now!
- VIK King Island Coming real soon now!
- VIL Flinders Island - commenced 8 Oct 1913, closed 1947, coming real soon now!
- VIM Melbourne Coming real soon now!
- VIN Geraldton - commenced 12 May 1913, largely complete
- VIO Broome - commenced 18 Aug 1913, coming real soon now!
- VIP Perth - Formerly MNS, POF, POP - Coming real soon now!
- VIQ Macquarie Island - change of callsign from MQI 1913? - Coming real soon now!
- VIR Rockhampton - Coming real soon now!
- VIS Sydney - Coming real soon now!
- VIT Townsville - Coming real soon now!
- VIU Kieta - Coming real soon now!
- VIV Madang - Coming real soon now!
- VIW Wyndham - Coming real soon now!
- VIX Misima - Coming real soon now!
- VIY Mt Gambier - commenced 1 March 1913 [1] - Coming real soon now!
- VIZ Roebourne - Coming real soon now!
- VJN Lord Howe Island - Coming real soon now!
- VJN Wewak - Coming real soon now!
- VJQ Salamoa - Coming real soon now!
- VJX Bulolo - Coming real soon now!
- VJX Wau - Coming real soon now!
- VJZ Port Moresby - Callsign change from VIG - Coming real soon now!
- VJZ Rabaul / Bita Paka - Coming real soon now!
- VKN Navy Office - Coming real soon now!
- VKP Navy Flinders Island - Coming real soon now!
- VKQ Navy Garden Island - Coming real soon now!
- VKR Navy Cockburn Sound - Coming real soon now!
- VKS Navy Port Stevens - Coming real soon now!
- VKT Nauru - Coming real soon now!
- VLA Awanui - Coming real soon now!
- VLB Awarua - Coming real soon now!
- VLC Chatham Islands - Coming real soon now!
- VLD Auckland - Coming real soon now!
- VLW Wellington - Coming real soon now!
- VMG Apia, Samoa - Coming real soon now!
- VMR Rarotonga, Cook Islands - Coming real soon now!
- VPB Colombo, Ceylon - Coming real soon now!
- VPD Suva, Fiji - Coming real soon now!
- VPE Labasa, Fiji - Coming real soon now!
- VPF Tavenni, Fiji - Coming real soon now!
- VPK Cocos Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Coming real soon now!
- VQJ Tulagi, Solomon Islands - Coming real soon now!
- VSB Nukualofa, Tonga - Coming real soon now!
- VZE King Island - Coming real soon now!
- VZK Morobe - Coming real soon now!
- VZO Manus Island - Coming real soon now!
- VZR Kavieng / Kaewieng - Coming real soon now!
- VZX Aitape / Eitape - Coming real soon now!
- ??? Daru, PNG - Coming real soon now!
- ??? Oriomo, PNG - Coming real soon now!
- ??? Port Vila, Vanuatu/New Hebrides - Coming real soon now!
Land
[edit | edit source]- VJD Wave Hill - Coming real soon now!
- VJJ Camooweal - Coming real soon now!
Experimental (pre WW1)
[edit | edit source]- XQH Brisbane Coming real soon now!
Broadcast
[edit | edit source]Broadcast - ACT
[edit | edit source]Broadcast - NSW
[edit | edit source]- 2BL Sydney Coming real soon now!
- 2FC Sydney Coming real soon now!
- 2GB Sydney A brief start
- 2KY Sydney Starting to take shape
- 2SM Sydney Coming real soon now!
- 2UE Sydney Starting to take shape
- 2YI Sydney A brief start
Broadcast - Vic
[edit | edit source]Broadcast - Qld
[edit | edit source]4AA Toowoomba - Bright, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster from 1920? - Article Status: Placeholder only
4AB Brisbane - William Frederic Bardin, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Article Status: 80+ of 100+ articles transcribed
4AB Townsville - See 4AB Brisbane, Bardin operated from Townsville in mid 1930s
4AC Innisfail - Waters, Amateur Broadcaster - Article Status: A brief start
4AE Brisbane - Qld Wireless Institute, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster from 1920? - Article Status: A brief start
4AK Brisbane - J. Milner, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster from 1920? - Article Status: A brief start
4AK Oakey - Class B & Commercial - Article Status: A brief start
4AM Atherton-Mareeba - Commercial - Article status: Placeholder only
4AN Brisbane - William Leighton Gibson, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster from 1924 - Article Status: A brief start
4AT Cairns - Alfred Thomas Bauer, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster from 1920? - Article Status: Placeholder only
4AW Brisbane - Arthur Walz, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Article Status: A brief start
4AZ Brisbane - Frank Sharpe, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster A brief start
4BC Brisbane - Class B & Commercial - A brief start
4BH Brisbane - Class B & Commercial]] - A brief start
4BI Brisbane - Junction Park Radio Club, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - A brief start
4BK Brisbane - Class B & Commercial - A brief start
4BN Toowoomba - Cooling, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - A brief start
4CH Brisbane - Arthur Dillon, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster from 1921 - A brief start
4CK Toowoomba - Edgar Lewin Norris, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster A brief start
4CM Brisbane - Val McDowall & Tom Elliott, Amateur Experimenters & Broadcasters from 1920 A brief start
4CN Brisbane - See 4LW Brisbane (changed callsign from 4CN to 4LW in 1929)
4CG Brisbane (Clayfield) - Arthur Nelson Stephens - Amateur Operator, Amateur Broadcaster - A brief start
4CG Brisbane (Hill End) - Clifford Henry Yarburgh Gold - A brief start
4CP Toowoomba A brief start
4CS Gympie - C. S. Geraghty, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - A brief start
4CU Clifton - Walker, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - A brief start
4CW Brisbane - Buck, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster A brief start
4EZ Brisbane - IRE (Qld) - A brief start
4FK Brisbane - Vernon Francis "Vern" Kenna, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster A brief start
4GG Chinchilla - , Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Placeholder only
4GO Brisbane - George Oxlade, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Placeholder only
4GS Brisbane - , Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Placeholder only
4GY Gympie - Commercial - Article status: Placeholder only
4HW Brisbane - Harold Dunbar Walsh, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - A brief start
4JN Brisbane - , Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Placeholder only
4JO Gympie - , Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Placeholder only
4JU Brisbane - , Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Placeholder only
4KL Cairns - , Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Placeholder only
4KZ Innisfail - Commercial - Article status: Placeholder only
4LG Laidley - , Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Placeholder only
4LW Brisbane - Cec Morris, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster, commenced as 4CN A brief start
4NA Nambour - See 4SS Sunshine Coast (changed callsign & area served from 4NA Nambour to 4SS Sunshine Coast in 1980?)
4NW Brisbane - Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - A brief start
4PC Brisbane - , Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Placeholder only
4PK Ipswich - , Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Placeholder only
4PW Ipswich - , Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Placeholder only
4QG Brisbane - Class A & National (ABC) - A brief start
4QL Brisbane - , Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Placeholder only
4RB Brisbane - Robert John Vincent Browne, Amateur Experimenter, Amateur Broadcaster - Notes started (see biographies)
4RJ Brisbane - , Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Placeholder only
4RM Mackay - , Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Placeholder only
4RV Cunnamulla - , Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Placeholder only
4SP Brisbane - Frederick William Stevens, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Placeholder only
4SS Brisbane - Southside Radio Club, Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Placeholder only
4SS Sunshine Coast - Commercial - Article status: Placeholder only
4VH Townsville - , Amateur Experimenter & Broadcaster - Placeholder only
Broadcast - SA
[edit | edit source]Broadcast - WA
[edit | edit source]Broadcast - Tas
[edit | edit source]- 7LJ Burnie Just started
Broadcast - NT
[edit | edit source]Broadcast - External Territories
[edit | edit source]Ship
[edit | edit source]- VHA Kulumbangra 1915 - Not yet started
- VHB Levuka 1915 - Not yet started
- VHC Kyarra 1915 - Not yet started
- VHD Kanowna 1915 - Not yet started
- VHE Karoola 1915 - Not yet started
- VHF Morinda 1915 - Not yet started
- VHG Willochra 1915 - Not yet started
- VHH Warilda 1915 - Not yet started
- VHI Wandilla 1915 - Not yet started
- VHJ Grantala 1915 - Not yet started