Cooby Creek Installation photos – from David Hancock

 

David Hancock took these transparencies as the Transportable Ground Station was assembled in September 1966.
Special thanks to David’s son, Roger, for scanning these photos.


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The Installation team at Cooby Creek.

Another view here. Photo with IDs added here.

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The Cooby Creek site, looking south to the storage tanks,
from near the site of the VHF antenna .

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The 40 foot antenna arrives on the antenna pad.

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The antenna rib structure is assembled.

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The dish support structure takes shape.

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The dish support structure takes shape.

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The pedestal has been erected.

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The 40 foot antenna in place.

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The 40 foot antenna with VHF antenna at right.

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VHF TACO antenna.

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Cooby Creek from the front gate.

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Looking from the top of the 40 foot antenna across the Cooby Creek Reservoir towards the Coll tower.

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The Cooby Creek site from the Collimation Tower on the other side of the Cooby Creek Reservoir.

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Shift transport.


Images restored and colour-corrected by Colin Mackellar.