Memoirs

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Newsletter - June 2010

• HISTORY OF FANNING ISLAND - by Gordon Cupit
• The Fanning Island Cable Station - by Keith McCredden
• Telco Fraud - by Bob Emanuel.

Newsletter - April 2010

• Doonside Recollections - by Neil Yakalis
• Annoying Inbound IDD Calls - by John McDermott
• Shots In The Dark - A memoir from Arthur Major
• Another Cheeky CQ - Ted Bastow, too, calls CQ on a boring shift.

• Telephone Pornography & Internet Filtering - by Bob Emanuel
• IDD Short Stopping - by Bob Emanuel
• The strongest VK ever heard in England - by Brian Woods
• Echoes Of Apollo - by Robert Brand

Newsletter - APR 2009

• The Power of Prayer! - by Chris Bull
• Echoes of Apollo (EOA) - by Robert Brand
  

Newsletter - DEC 2008

• HUNT THE KAISER’S CRUISERS Part II - by Bob Emanuel
• How The OTC Coat of Arms Was Saved - by Tom Barker
• The Introduction of Satellite Communications to the Maritime Industry - By Henry Cranfield
• “OTC Remains An Extravagant Excrescence.” by Bob Emanuel

Newsletter - SEP 2008

• Bernie White regales us with his SEAFARING EXPLOITS
• THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL RADFONE CONVERSATION
• For God’s Sake - Who Has Been Sliding in The Dish! - By Paul McCann
• HUNT THE KAISER’S CRUISERS By Gordon Cupit

Newsletter - MAY 2008

• SPUTNIK, THE FIRST ARTIFICIAL EARTH SATELLITE: By Cyril Vahtrick
• THE MIRACLE ON SECOND AVENUE: by Bob Lions

Newsletter - FEB 2008

• More on Colossus - Part 2 of a Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) article about the computer used to crack German codes in WWII (Ed)
• Modern Maritime Communications (2) - by Henry Cranfield
• The transistor at 60 - article from the SMH (Ed)
• The birth of Integration - extract of an article about the early days in Bell Laboratories (Ed)
• Hybrid Integrated Networks (Transistorised valves) - by Bob Lions

Newsletter - NOV 2007

• Eamon Fitzpatrick Interrupts The Duke Of Edinburgh - by Johnny Walker
• Background and evolution of modern maritime communications - by Henry Cranfield
• Recollections of a Radio Officer mate during WWII - by Bernie White
• Where are they now ? - Digitised voice technologies - by George Maltby
• Tales Of The White Rajahs - Part2 - Bob Emmanuel on life in a Malaysian telecom
• The Origins of 0011 - by Bob Lions
• Editor's indulgence - a look at local line drops in overseas countries - by Bob Lions
• Travel tips - Bob Lion's travel tips (cold beer on a budget)

General History

• 2006 Golden Anniversary Celebration - Highlights from OTVA's history
• THE ADVENT OF COMMUNICATIONS VIA SATELLITE - Australia's Story by Cyril Vahtrick (27 pages)
• O.T.C. 40th Anniversary - The big Wagga weekend cricket game
• La Perouse Cable Station - Recollections of the early days of the cable station
• O.T.C Port Moresby - Recollections from Neil Yakalis
• The Commercial Branch, Interplex, and OTC'S New York Office. - by Tom Barker