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5DN portable outside broadcast unit

1960

5DN portable outside broadcast unit

1960

  • NFSA IDWQKVX32F
  • TypeObjects
  • MediumArtefact
  • FormStill Image
  • Year1960

Purpose-built broadcasting device produced by ABC engineers at Adelaide radio station 5DN, enabling station journalists to report directly ‘in the field’.

Housed in a brown leather suitcase, this unit includes a Philips microphone and set of headphones.

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Courtesy of
Ray Barnes Collection

Purpose-built broadcasting device produced by ABC engineers at Adelaide radio station 5DN, enabling station journalists to report directly ‘in the field’.

Housed in a brown leather suitcase, this unit includes a Philips microphone and set of headphones.

Return to Radio 100 Chapter 3

Courtesy of
Ray Barnes Collection
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