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18 February, 2026
Wimmera radio mast has stories to tell
TOWERING over the Wimmera for decades now is the landmark of the Dooen radio antenna, and this month marks 90 years since construction began in a time when building methods and equipment were nowhere near as developed as they are today.
The mast’s ‘top hat’ design involves employing various aspects of physics to be ‘tuned’ to the 594KHz AM frequency and achieve a good balance of output.
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