'Friends of the 277 radar' is a group establishing a display of a 277 radar console and transmitter so to preserve an important piece of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s history in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
This radar was the first type of radar introduced to the Bureau and therefore very significant in the development of the national radar network.
This E-Group is just to help each of us keep contact and share infomation, tales and details of the progress of the project.
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Thanks for quite a few donations: Dennis Hakanson has sent down from QLD. a replacement bakelite push button switch that was highlighted in newsletter #5. It
HI Harvey & the Group. I'll be brief in my reply.... 1. The retired warship Diamantina is resting in the Brisbane river and is on display to the public.
Bernie Keogh just emailed me to say.. "I reckon theres still a fair amount of 277 stuff at the old Met office in Alice Springs. Occasionally I used to go over