The AWA B32 transistor portable was a relatively large unit with a leather case and a metal front panel. This view shows the set after restoration.

Although broadcast-band sets dominated, some of the transistor receivers produced by Australian manufacturers during the 1960s were multiband sets, which meant that the ABC’s shortwave inland services could be heard almost anywhere in Australia. Of course, those original inland services, located at Lyndhurst (Melbourne) and also near other capital cities, have long since closed down. In fact, the old Lyndhurst site is now a housing estate!

However, there are now three stations that have taken over this role and they are located near Alice Springs, Tennant Creek and Katherine. They transmit at night on 2310kHz, 2325kHz and 2485kHz and during the day on 4835kHz, 4910kHz and 5025kHz. The daytime transmissions are not usually heard in populous areas but some of the night-time transmissions can be heard quite clearly in these areas.