BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

December 1967.
From 1967 the VLF station was the largest and most powerful of the three
principal VLF stations in the US world-wide submarine communications
system. The other two stations were at Jim Creek, Washington State, and at
Cutler Creek, Maine. Although the High Frequency (HF) arrays were fairly
common by comparison with the VLF arrays they were also extremely
important to US military operations, in particular the mining of Haiphong
and other North Vietnamese harbours in 1972. United States presence on
Australian soil further complicated the political picture at a time when
Australia supported an Indian Ocean 'zone of peace' and nuclear
disarmament was a major 'Cold War' issue. In 1974 a demonstration of some
700 activists resulted in the arrest of 41 people; the 'People for Nuclear
Disarmament' campaign continued into the 1980s.
In 1992 the US Navy vacated the base, with US personnel leaving by
September 1993, under a transitional agreement. The facility contributed
significantly to Australia's 'defence in depth' strategy and continued to
provide US forces with the necessary communications for their presence in
the Asia-Pacific region, with America paying some 75% of the operational
costs. In May 1999 ownership of NAVCOMMSTA H E Holt reverted to the
Commonwealth Department of Defence.
A civilian Base Operations Maintenance and Support (BOMS) contractor now
provides service support to the station, with some 130 staff. In addition
there were some 24 RAN personnel (to be reduced to 3 by May 2002), 12
civilian defence personnel and 13 security personnel. During the 1990s
those parts of the station not included in operational areas were passed
to the Defence Estate Organisation for management. Some buildings in Area
B are now used for other than Defence purposes including dive operations,
tourist accommodation, bar and bistro, ten-pin bowling and a community
arts centre.
The towers dominate the landscape of Cape Range and are a strong tourist
attraction.
(Ian Baxter-AUS, SW DXsite Mar 22)
AUSTRIA TWR TRANS WORLD RADIO -- EUROPE
TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE Summer A08. 29 Mar 2008 -- 25 Oct 2008
Updated: 25 March 2008
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