New radio museum to be QTH for WIA Centenary special callsign VK100WIA

Members of Victoria’s Central Goldfields Amateur Radio Club are ready to put VK100WIA on air from the Talbot Radio Museum.

The club has already lined-up some local news media which is keen to publicise both the Centenary of Organised Amateur Radio in Australia and the new museum.

There’s a variety of interesting historical radio, telephone and television on display. There’s even a mock-up of commercial radio station 3CV Maryborough.

There’s a variety of transmitters, Morse code keys and other equipment is certain to be of interest to visitors. The museum is the proud owner of a vibrator power supplied Traeger radio used by the Flying Doctor Service.

Alf Treager VK5AX was born in the Dimboola area of Victoria, who with John Flynn of the Flying Doctor Service, also a local from Moligal just north of Maryborough, did so much to open up outback Australia with radio communications.

Central Goldfields Amateur Radio Club President, Peter Rafferty VK3CC tells us that VK100WIA will be operating from the Talbor Radio Museum on Camp Street, Talbot, 10am to 4pm on the third, fourth and fifth of August.

Planned to be used are the major HF bands, plus SSB, FM and IRLP on 2-meters and 70-centimetres.

Wireless Institute of Australia