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 back to about 1979. Quality is not the best as it is an of air recording and
we thought it was not being loged but maybe that is why it is as good as it is.
(1h 24min 35meg)
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)
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 might even find some more. (1HR 30 min 57meg)
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 come on a live crossband and this is the last time it happened in November 2004. The Branch was on via
Skype and the wik on Eccolink.(65 min 27meg)
This is the second last Branch missions from Oct 2003 and was the
first time he was on since 1998. Incomming audio was via netmeeting
and as you will hear the quality is no way as good as Skype. Dallas and
the Bek join latter on. All these recent missions have not been put up before as
frankly i did not concider them all that interesting, but now as they are the last in a
long line there is some appeal. 2003 (2H26min 61meg)
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 to
wait till 2003 till the next apperence. 1998 (77min 32meg)
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 constabulary
then the rest of the time is taken up with the Egg and Stu discussing the art of
TV cabinet watching. 1975 (90 min 38 meg)
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)
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)
One of the best "scripted" crossbands. While talking to the Branch Mr Speedie
finds a saw a cutting through his floor. A mass of concrete then fills the room. 1977
(1hr55 min 48 meg)
The most requested missions ever. This time Speedie finds a steel trapdoor in
the garden and goes down to investigate, he finds a massive industrial complex extending
down and down and the secret lies on the last level..... 84. 1977 (2hr6 min 53 meg)
The first modulated light beem coms from the stu's upstairs window and
the Beks balcony conecting Sth Caulfield and Glenhuntly also features the
Branch and the person we are not alowed to name. (5 min 2 meg)
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 1994 and 2003 and off air recordings of mainly
historical reminisces by Herb and also as anchor man for the long running
one sixty metre 11 am coffe break, ends with a recording from 1945 when President
of the WIA. (58 min 24Meg)
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 a tandy phone.(55 min 24Meg)
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 valve
set in Sth Gippsland, amazing how well it comes through.(46min 19Meg)
During an electricty strike when it is illegal to use more than two light bulbs and a toaster in each house, Mr Branch runs the missions off d cells (10min 4Meg)