| Table of Contents 
 Radio Technical Officers
 
 Foreword
 
 Acknowledgements
 
 Preface
 
 Introduction
 
 Chapter 1: The Early Years
 
 Chapter 2: The Training School
 
 Chapter 3: Equipment Installation Records
 
 Chapter 4: The 'Techs' in Antarctica
 
 Chapter 5: The 'Techs' Tell Their Stories
 Trevor Donald Tells It All; Life in the Bureau from 1947 to 1989
 Ray Clarke Looks Back
 Some Memories from Ralph Bulloch
 Peter Copland Works in Meteorological Electronics
 Some Titbits from Dave Grainger
 A Very Modest Tale from Alf Svensson
 Adrian Porter Pulls No Punches
 Jack Tait Recalls
 Some Stories by Colourful Freddie Soutter
 Some Snippets from Noel Barrett
 Stephen Courbêt Has His Penny Wworth
 And a Flyspeck or Two from Lenny Dawson
 Some Interesting Reminiscences from Jannes Keuken
 Brief Stories from Phil Black
 From Gloria West, Wife of the Late Bob West
 The Life and Bureau Times of Graham Linnett
 Tales Out of School from Bill Hite
 Peter Copland on Cyclone Tracy
 Peter Broughton Tells the Story of Maralinga
 
 Appendix 1: 'Techs' Roll Call
 
 Appendix 2: Trainee Intakes
 
 Appendix 3: 'Techs' Who Have Served in the Antarctic Region
 
 Appendix 4: Summary of Major Installation Projects
 
 Appendix 5: Summary of Major Equipment Variously Installed at Sites and Maintained by Radio Technical Officers
 
 
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   | Fred Soutter operating the 277F radar at Townsville, Queensland, in 1958.  
          
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