1171... Acknowledgements

1172... Preface

1174... Introduction

1176... Chapter 1: The Early Years

1179... Chapter 2: The Training School

1181... Chapter 3: Equipment Installation Records

1182... Chapter 4: The 'Techs' in Antarctica

1183... Chapter 5: The 'Techs' Tell Their Stories

• 1184... Trevor Donald Tells It All; Life in the Bureau from 1947 to 1989
• 1196... Ray Clarke Looks Back
• 1207... Some Memories from Ralph Bulloch
• 1208... Peter Copland Works in Meteorological Electronics
• 1225... Some Titbits from Dave Grainger
• 1231... A Very Modest Tale from Alf Svensson
• 1233... Adrian Porter Pulls No Punches
• 1241... Jack Tait Recalls
• 1242... Some Stories by Colourful Freddie Soutter
• 1249... Some Snippets from Noel Barrett
• 1255... Stephen Courbêt Has His Penny Wworth
• 1255... And a Flyspeck or Two from Lenny Dawson
• 1256... Some Interesting Reminiscences from Jannes Keuken
• 1258... Brief Stories from Phil Black
• 1260... From Gloria West, Wife of the Late Bob West
• 1261... The Life and Bureau Times of Graham Linnett
• 1266... Tales Out of School from Bill Hite
• 1270... Peter Copland on Cyclone Tracy
• 1280... Peter Broughton Tells the Story of Maralinga

1287... Appendix 1: 'Techs' Roll Call

1288... Appendix 2: Trainee Intakes

• 1288... Observer (Radio) Courses
• 1288... Technician-in Training Courses
• 1288... Radio Trainee Courses

1289... Appendix 3: 'Techs' Who Have Served in the Antarctic Region

• 1289... Wilkes
• 1289... Casey
• 1289... Casey (Summer Only)
• 1289... Davis
• 1289... Davis (Summer Only)
• 1289... Macquarie Island
• 1289... Macquarie Island (Summer Only)
• 1289... Mawson
• 1289... Mawson (Summer Only)
• 1289... Heard Island (Summer Only)
• 1289... Unknown Posting
• 1289... Roundtrip

1290... Appendix 4: Summary of Major Installation Projects

1291... Appendix 5: Summary of Major Equipment Variously Installed at Sites and Maintained by Radio Technical Officers

• 1291... Radars
• 1291... Automatic Weather Stations (AWS)
• 1291... Instrumental/Observational
• 1291... Communications
• 1291... Interface Equipment

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