Hostworks MD steps down
15 August, 2013Broadcast Australia has announced that Paul Mullen, managing director of Hostworks, is to leave the company.
The FM innovator
25 July, 2013 by Mike Smyth, specialist technical writerConsidered by many to be the most prolific inventor in radio history, Edwin Armstrong, the pioneer of FM, is barely known today.
The man who gave radio its voice
27 June, 2013 by Mike Smyth, specialist technical writerA largely forgotten Canadian was once the world’s most famous radio inventor, responsible for the first audio broadcasts.
The man who led AWA
26 June, 2013Listen to this fascinating program about Ernest Fisk, a pioneer of wireless in Australia in the 1930s and 1940s.
Radio’s polar pioneer
17 April, 2013 by Mike Smyth, specialist technical writerWalter Hannam helped establish communications between Antarctica and the rest of the world in the early days of exploration of the frozen continent.
10 minutes with... Cameron Grambau
25 February, 2013Cameron Grambau, managing director of CTG Radio, discusses why radio technicians need ARCIA accreditation and how he started in the industry.
Forgotten genius: the legacy of Henry Sutton
13 February, 2013 by Mike Smyth, specialist technical writerHenry Sutton could well stand among the world’s greatest inventors because he was involved not only in radio and television but in electricity, carbon filament electric light bulbs, telephones, aeronautics, automobile engineering, colour printing and hydraulics.
Bandwidth: just how much is enough?
01 November, 2012Ian Miller responds to the ACMA’s approach to the emergency services spectrum and asks whether 10 MHz is really enough for public safety broadband.
Does radio need a paternity test?
22 October, 2012 by Mike Smyth, specialist technical writerMike Smyth delves into history and asks the question, who was the true inventor of radio? Marconi or Tesla?
10 minutes with… Geoff Spring
09 October, 2012Geoff Spring, chair of APCO Australasia, discussed the changes he has seen through his time in the public safety communications industry.
Radio through the years
20 September, 2012 by Mike Smyth, specialist technical writerBecause of its vast area and sparse population, it was natural that Australia took to radio like a duck to water. Elsewhere in the world, the science was also welcomed. Mike Smyth takes a look at some of the not-so-known facts on radio.
Airwave gets new Head of Network Solutions
19 September, 2012Airwave Solutions Australia has welcomed its Head of Network Solutions to be based in Brisbane.
10 minutes with… Ian Miller
21 August, 2012Ian Miller, consultant for Orange Horizons and part of industry association, ARCIA, discussed the changes he has seen in the industry over the past 40 years.
Hamill returns to Sepura
15 August, 2012Jonathan Hamill has returned to Sepura after a role as sales and marketing director of APD.
CSIRO appoints group executive
06 August, 2012A CSIRO group executive has been appointed for Information Sciences.
