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Posted: 08 Jan 2013

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Goodbye Rachel: Macquarie Island 1968

Goodbye Rachel: Macquarie Island 1968
"Rachel" was the name given to the ancient (WW2 vintage) AA3 Mk VII anti-aircraft radar that had been used to track weather balloons at Macquarie Island since (I think) 1953. She lived in a small hut, to give some weather protection, with a radome above. One of our first tasks was to dismantle the hut and decommission her, to be replaced with a new WF2 radar.
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