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        Radio Technical Officers 
         Foreword 
         Acknowledgements 
         Preface 
         Introduction 
         Chapter 1: The Early Years 
         Chapter 2: The Training School 
         Chapter 3: Equipment Installation Records 
         Chapter 4: The 'Techs' in Antarctica 
         Chapter 5: The 'Techs' Tell Their Stories 
        Trevor Donald Tells It All; Life in the Bureau from 1947 to 1989 
        Ray Clarke Looks Back 
        Some Memories from Ralph Bulloch 
        Peter Copland Works in Meteorological Electronics 
        Some Titbits from Dave Grainger 
        A Very Modest Tale from Alf Svensson 
        Adrian Porter Pulls No Punches 
        Jack Tait Recalls 
        Some Stories by Colourful Freddie Soutter 
        Some Snippets from Noel Barrett 
        Stephen Courbêt Has His Penny Wworth 
        And a Flyspeck or Two from Lenny Dawson 
        Some Interesting Reminiscences from Jannes Keuken 
        Brief Stories from Phil Black 
        From Gloria West, Wife of the Late Bob West 
        The Life and Bureau Times of Graham Linnett 
        Tales Out of School from Bill Hite 
        Peter Copland on Cyclone Tracy 
        Peter Broughton Tells the Story of Maralinga 
         Appendix 1: 'Techs' Roll Call 
         Appendix 2: Trainee Intakes 
         Appendix 3: 'Techs' Who Have Served in the Antarctic Region 
         Appendix 4: Summary of Major Installation Projects 
         Appendix 5: Summary of Major Equipment Variously Installed at Sites and Maintained by Radio Technical Officers 
        
        
  
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         Regional Maintenance Officers' Conference, September 1970. Left to right, Alan Jarman, Duncan Eales, Peter Broughton, Bruce Aubrey, Jack Byrne, not identified, Reg Stout, Trevor Donald, Charlie Holman, Alf West. (Photograph courtesy of Reg Stout)
          
         
         
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