Australian 'black box' flight recorder inventor honoured
27 March, 2014The Australian inventor of the black box aviation flight recorder has been honoured with the naming of a Defence building in Canberra.
Sepura creates senior government and public safety role
11 March, 2014Digital radio company Sepura has appointed Jonathan Hamill into a newly created senior executive role of VP government and public safety.
Kordia Australia gets new chief executive
05 March, 2014Kordia Group has announced the appointment of Ken Benson to the position of chief executive of Kordia Australia.
INTERVIEW: Bevan Clarke, Motorola Solutions
21 February, 2014 by Jonathan NallyCritical Comms digs into the Orion Network, which delivers digital comms across most of Australia … and with similar networks coming online in other countries.
New GM for Simoco's Australasia division
08 January, 2014Simoco has appointed Robert Meachem as the new general manager for its Australasia division.
Motorola appoints new head for Australia, NZ
29 August, 2013Motorola Solutions has appointed Steve Crutchfield as managing director, Australia and New Zealand.
Hostworks MD steps down
15 August, 2013Broadcast Australia has announced that Paul Mullen, managing director of Hostworks, is to leave the company.
Yagi - the man behind the antenna
15 August, 2013 by Mike Smyth, specialist technical writerThe Yagi antenna can be found everywhere - land, sea and air. So who was the man who brought us this ubiquitous device?
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.
