Podcasts by One Sixty Metre Crossband Radio
An insight into a small group of Radio Hams in Melbourne who (since the 1970's) have conducted rambling and inane conversations until the early hours of the morning via complex multiplex radio connections that even the Oz Govt Radio Authorities have yet to figure out.
Further podcasts by Mr Stu
Podcast on the topic Technologie
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Early Hams from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.693177
Recordings of Aus hams in the 1940's,Gee they sound like a lot of gerryatrics but the fact is they were young men then. It was just the way people talked at that time (Righto old boy!). I like the ...
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Daylight Savings from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.690949
Every time the daylight savings changeover happend we would try to ring the time service and hear the Gordon Gow glass disc announcement change
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Gerrymanda from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.689635
Funny discussion on Quensland politcs of the 1970's, quite timely as "Joh" has just left us.
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The Night The Sky Fell In from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.688701
This podcast is THE NIGHT THE SKY FELL IN recorded the night the skylab crashed. As you will hear people were ringing in to report bright lights in the sky and loud noises but theexperts on...
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Easter Storm from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.687349
Recorded during a big storm some easter decades ago. Quite funny and has a spoken id at start.
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wartime in huntly from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.686224
Stu and Bek discuss how wartime would have been like in down town Glenhuntly.(10mins 4Meg) 1976
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Mud Island from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.685331
Comments on Beks trip to the isle of mud.(18mins 11Meg) 1988
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Life And Times Of Jack Ferry from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.682748
This Guy was only around for a while but quite amazing to listen to.(2hours 31 mins 68Meg) 1977
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Kilts Monitor Station from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.681713
The Kilt designed and built a super monitoring station in one of the earths quiet zones.(42 mins 17Meg) from 1977
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Wetsdale Rings from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.680410
Poor Mr Wetsdale has trouble getting through on the phone
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peg Phones from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.678683
early Bek Stu Xband Find out why the peg phone got smashed.(1hour 4mins 33Meg) 1975
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Mazie Phone Screams from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.677731
Mr Maize is very good at playing with the off normal contacts and producing nice screams on the old step by step system(10 min 3 Meg) 1986
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Alligators from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.676368
Classic Bek Stu missions from the naive period(92mins 38Meg) 1975
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Flinders ABC from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.675430
The Flinders talks about his time when employed at the Australian Broadcasting Commission during the early 1970's(19mins 7Meg) 1976
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Visit from Syd from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.674522
Syd a friend of the fish makes a visit during a crossband and gets a description of whats going on(19mins 7Meg) 1976
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Telephone Olympics from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.671778
Useing the old black phones a competition on throwing the handset on to the hook. (6mins 5Meg) 1975
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Ken In A Box from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.670726
Ken does get out of the box after bit of a struggle, from one of the Bonnie missions hospital hours.(68mins 28Meg) 1976
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Egg Plants from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.669524
The Egg has some trouble with wandering egg plants, sounds like triffid trouble.(63mins 25Meg) 1976
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History Of Branch Mitters from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.668313
Mr Branch giving a description of the evolving nature of the transmission facilities.(12mins 5Meg)
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Heads Party Night from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.666577
We all went over to the normaly conservitive Dr Head and this very bad missions eventuated.(51mins 21Meg) 1980
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Matters Report from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.665281
Another rather juvenile early Stu Bek missions(60mins 25Meg) 1975
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First Egg Stu crossband from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.664037
My First big power crossband missions with the egg.(23mins 9Meg) 1975
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Branch Tower Climb from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.663095
A nice tour around the Branch shack and a climb up the unsafe tower(54min 22Meg)
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1975 Political from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.661819
Well would you belive it is 30 years since the dismissal?. This was recorded the night before the following election that was the product that event and things get quite heated(103mins 43Meg) 1975
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History Of Glenhuntly from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.660902
Very early Stu Bek missions and a difinitive description of Glenhuntly in 1975(62min 11Meg)
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Soak Cape York from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.657129
Mr Soak talks about his travels around Australia(37min 15Meg)
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More callback from Mr Wetsdale from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.655803
Callbacks on social issues and Mr Wets as well (26min 11Meg)
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Telegalore from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.653618
A big night with lots of talkback calls. 1975 (18min 7Meg)
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Russion Missions pt 1 from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.651386
Mr Soak goes behind the iron curtian, Travelogue on trip to Russia in 1970.s(113min 47Meg)
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Boots Racecourse from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.650416
Mr Boots kite flying tests cause some troubles with air 490, The police chopper(44min 869376Meg)
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Scruffy Nalities from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.649385
Not an uninteresting missions from the mid 80's, quite good in fact apart from the first bit maybe.(103min 43Meg)
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Answer Tom from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.648064
One of the best. A very funny rip off of the answer tom column in the old Radio Television And Hobbies mag (76min 36Meg)
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Charlies Wheel from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.645882
Rather serious disscussion from the Bek and Branch,has some stuff on old TV programs From 1976 (113min 46Meg)
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Nosey Vacume from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.644382
More recent from early this century.Mr Nosey decides to vacume his room while on air(63min 26Meg)
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Grantly Dee from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.643507
Branch and Bek talking about 1960's radio programing. Stax of wax and all that. (14min 6Meg)
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Battery Valve 80 metre xband from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.641881
Some interesting topics like the 3DB traffic plane crash come up on this 160/80 metre xband. The 80 metre end is from a battery valveset in Sth Gippsland, amazing how well it comes through....
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Neese Straunts from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.640322
A bit of a guide about finding good food places in St.kilda and Melbourne in general in the late 1970's. Branch Tom and others. (34min 14Meg)
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Noah's Ark from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.637644
The Branch gets a little mixed up when he tries to explain how the flood might have occured dueto physical laws. (103min 30Meg)
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1975 Silvers Xmas Broadcast from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.635133
This is the broadcast transmitted on xmas eve 1975. It resulted in a raid by the Silvers and a penalty into the bargin.
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Xmas Xband from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.598648
Not Much to do with xmas except it was recorded on xmas 1976. The Head talks about his trip to Alice Springs,and the Stu goes walking about the house with the radio mic, latter the Bek comes on via...
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Flash Away from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.596298
Stu and Bek with the help of Peter Evens and Flash on the phone via an acatate recording. (57 min 24 meg)
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Codgutating with Egg pt2 from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.595332
Goes for a while, good for a long train trip and i pod 1976 (1hr 52 min 47 meg)
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Codgutating with Egg pt1 from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.594184
Rather straight but not un interesting missions between Branch and the Egg 1976 (52 min 22 meg)
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Bad Bek Mitters from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.593137
Not a bad Bek Stu missions but the Beks mitters keeps wrecking 1976 (45 min 18 meg)
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Life of Herb from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.589083
A programe i put together in January 2005 just after Herb (vk3jo) passed on at age 93. One of the last people with experience from the early days of wireless.This contains interviews from ...
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First Light Tests from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.587756
The first modulated light beem coms from the stu's upstairs window and the Beks balcony conecting Sth Caulfield and Glenhuntly also features theBranch and the person we are not alowed to na...
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Bonnie Back Yard from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.583403
A hot summer night means Bonnie and Mr Branch have go to outside to the yard to escape the heat during a "hospital hour" with the Wick. 1976 (69 min 29 meg)
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Part 2 of Mud Houses from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.581903
Gets on to more general topics than pt 1 1978 (80 min 33 meg)
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Mud Houses from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.580172
Mr Branch and Mike among other things talking about building mud houses and design and architecture, quite an interesting and sober session. 1978 (47 min 19meg)
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TV Cabinets from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.578621
Very funny missions, First the Bek is worried about walking home from the stu's in the middle of the night due to harassment from the constabularythen the rest of the time is taken up with t...
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Last Park St Xband from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.577270
The last real Branch missions from the Park St studios in 1980 featuring Mr K and the Stu talking about the Newport power station. (58 min 24meg)
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Last Park St Simplex from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.575741
The last simplex with Mr Head and others from the Park St station 1980. (34 min 14meg)
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5th Last Branch Missions from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.574656
The first of the New Branch series from 1998 via a UHF link but it did not gain his interest as there was only three missions and we had towait till 2003 till the next apperence. 1998 (77min 32meg)
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4th Last Branch Missions from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.573697
Another from the 1998 series (48 min 20meg)
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3rd Last Branch Missions from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.572324
Last in the 1998 series from September that year, a Branch, Stu, Egg missions(71 min 29meg)
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2nd Last Branch Missions from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.570800
This is the second last Branch missions from Oct 2003 and was thefirst time he was on since 1998. Incomming audio was via netmeeting and as you will hear the quality is no way as good as...
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The Last Branch Missions 19/11/04 from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.568522
This is the last Branch missions, i am sad to say there will be no more as he died in June 2006. Mr Branch was last on air from his Park St station in 1980,Occasionally he could be convinced to com...
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The Real Second Last Branch Missions 29/10/04 from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.561086
While going through my discs i found this missions that i had forgot about and it is the first time the Branch came on via Skype. It goes for quite a while and has some good bits.Who knows we mi...
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Babbagebocp from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.559401
While doing a BOCP of the air the Mr k gets talking about Babbage and early putors (29 min 12meg)
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Bottle Beacon from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.557961
Early Stu Bek missions from 1975 discussing amongst other things the beacon on the mouth of the Elwood canal (It used to transmit on the 160 band and sounded like a bottle pouring) (27 min 11meg)
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Crummy Sisters from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.556773
Another hot sumer night hospital missions bit like "Ken in a box" but with some live reaction from the ward (43min 18meg)
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Sunset Boulevard from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.555679
Toms Interesting experiences in LA, among other things (121min 50meg)
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Sick Of Missions from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.554070
Played this recently on air and i have not heard it for a while but it is in the classic class,stu moaning about being sick of the missions after being on for 4 years.I think this would date...
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Beks Trip To Sydney from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.552399
A trip To Sydney for young Mr Bek, at the start bit of a time warp back 40 years (70 years now) from 1976 (85mins 36meg)
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Can You Speek from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.551385
Short Missions with the Branch, Mr Stu and Egg from 1975(6.5 mins 2.6meg)
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BBBill Ceivers from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.550452
Hear the real BBBill ceivers the man who made his own valve (7mins 1meg)
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Pirate Tales from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.549562
The dark side of radio.From those that were there, 27 Megs in Melbourne during the 1970"s the raids and broadcasts and lots of illegal activities. Most of this i did not know as i had lived a very ...
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Pirate Tales 2 from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.548230
A few weeks latter a sequel to Pirate Tales was broadcast. This is IN STEREO so have both speakers working. i have lost the original WAV file so down converting the mp3 and monoising it looses qual...
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Pulse Part OB the Uninvited from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.546709
This is an attempted outside broadcast from an exclusive Party that we were NOT invited to. (66min 33meg)
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Justus On Light from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.541270
Justus on lightbeamish coms (sounds like a carbon telephone to me)with the Stu and Bek. 1976
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Evens Cord from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.538859
Mr Bek and Stu playing around with a home made disc recording cut on a Presto machine of off air recordings of ABC breakfast man Peter Evens.
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Original Henry Tapes from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.537568
Henry set up the first radio network for the Fire Brigade in the 1930's and VKN8 was broadcast all around Melbourne on 1655Khz.When he retired he came on 160 meters. Unfortunately some teenagers us...
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Prime Minsters from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.535997
More Australian history and a lot of other stuff with Mr Mumbles.(who was this Mr Mumbles?)
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The Dismissal from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.534826
Mr Mumbles was at Parliament House in Canberra in 1975 and saw Mr Whitlem dismissed and also he met Bob Hawk on the plane.
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All NEW UPLOADS NOW ONLY ON YOUTUBE "SILLY CROSSBANDS" CHANNEL from 2021-03-05T15:54:12.533520
Strange as it seems it is quicker to just put audio up on youtube
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