More photos of the outside of the Station



HSK early photo

Another version of Hamish Lindsay’s classic Honeysuckle photo.

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Photo: Hamish Lindsay. From the Tidbinbilla archives, scan: Glen Nagle. Minor image repair: Colin Mackellar.

Honeysuckle Creek

A kangaroo poses beside the roadway into the station.

Note the two dark-coloured microwave dishes on the link tower. These were installed just prior to Apollo 10 in preparation for relaying television from the station during Apollo 11.

This photo was taken 1969 or 1970. (The small trees have grown in this October 1971 photo.)

Photo: Ian Grant. Scan: Colin Mackellar.

HSK and cherrypicker

Maintenance on the Y axis gears.

The concrete pad in the foreground is a parking bay for the cherry picker. I notice that there is a portable rail put up to stop traffic entering the antenna pad while the operation is in progress.

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Photo and notes: Hamish Lindsay.

Honeysuckle antenna

The antenna in May 1970.

Photo: Hamish Lindsay. 5x4" negative scan: Colin Mackellar, Feb 2024.

HSK

Look carefully, and you can see two kangaroos silhouetted against the dish in this August 1977 photo by Hamish Lindsay.

Negative scan by Colin Mackellar.

HSK

A beautiful photo of the Honeysuckle antenna by Hamish Lindsay. Undated.

5x4 inch negative scan by Colin Mackellar.

HSK at dawn

Honeysuckle Creek, the cherrypicker, and the crescent Moon at dawn.

Maintenance at Honeysuckle Creek went on around the clock. Tony Salvage cranks up the cherry picker to work on the antenna as a crescent moon hangs above the dawn.

Photo and notes: Hamish Lindsay. 2017 updated scan from a print: Colin Mackellar.

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HSK at dawn

Scan of the 4x5 inch negative by Colin Mackellar, 2021.

HSK at dawn

Undated transparency by Hamish Lindsay shows the cherrypicker in place to service something on the antenna. This is the MSFN configuration. 2023 scan by Colin Mackellar.

HSKby floodlight

Honeysuckle Creek by floodlight, during Deep Space days. (Note the MSFN acquisition aid is now gone from the apex of the quadripod.)

Photo: Hamish Lindsay.

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HSKby floodlight

Honeysuckle Creek by floodlight. 2018 updated scan from the original transparency.

Photo: Hamish Lindsay. Scan: Colin Mackellar.

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HSKby floodlight

Honeysuckle Creek DSS44 during Deep Space days. Undated.

Transparency: Hamish Lindsay. Scan: Colin Mackellar.

The HSK Antenna

The Honeysuckle antenna.

Photo: Tom Sheehan, 22 April 1971.

HSK at dawn

Honeysuckle Creek at dawn, December 1975.

Taken from the roof of the Operations Building.

Note the planet Venus just to the right of the dish. Venus was a morning star in December 1975.

Photo: Hamish Lindsay. 2019 slide scan: Colin Mackellar.

HSK at dawn

Honeysuckle Creek at dawn, December 1975.

Taken from the roof of the Operations Building.

Photo: Hamish Lindsay. 2019 slide scan: Colin Mackellar.

 

The Road

Page from Ed von Renouard’s scrapbook

The same spot – during the Apollo 14 mission in February 1971.

Click the image to see a page from Ed von Renouard’s scrapbook.

Station from main gate

A view from the main gate.

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Photo: Colin Mackellar, October 1971.

HSK from the cherrypicker

Looking north-east from the cherrypicker.
Dead Man’s Hill is the hill on the left.

Photo: Kaz Kijac. Scan: Alan Scheckenbach.
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HSK panorama

Here’s the photo above, combined with another taken from the cherrypicker on opening day.

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Composite by Colin Mackellar.

Apollo Road from Antenna

The Apollo Road as viewed from next to the sub reflector.

Photo: Alan Foster. Scan: John Saxon.

 


 

The Operations Building

Operations Building 1978

The Operations Building viewed from the southern side of the Antenna, January 1978. Photo by Rhelma Lawrence, scan by Nevil Eyre.


Honeysuckle Creek

Honeysuckle Creek, November 1970. Image HSK/5/9/7/2-59.

Photo: Hamish Lindsay. 124 format negative scan: Colin Mackellar.

Honeysuckle Creek

The Honeysuckle Creek 26 metre antenna, as seen through the adjoining granite boulders. Undated but during MSFN days.

Transparency from the Tidbinbilla archives.
Scan: Colin Mackellar.