Relay Stations
The following stations relay ABW throughout Western Australia:
| Call | Region served | City | Channels (analog/ digital) |
First air date | 3rd letter’s meaning |
ERP (analog/ digital) |
HAAT (analog/ digital)1 |
Transmitter coordinates | Transmitter location |
| ABAW | Southern Agricultural Area | Albany | 2 (VHF) 11 (VHF) |
6 June 1966 | Albany | 200 kW 50 kW |
321 m 375 m |
34°39′21″S 117°38′49″E / 34.65583°S 117.64694°E / -34.65583; 117.64694 (ABAW) | Mount Barker |
| ABCW | Central Agricultural Area | Northam | 5A (VHF)2 45 (UHF) |
28 March 1966 | Central Agricultural area | 160 kW 300 kW |
251 m 270 m |
31°59′4″S 117°11′24″E / 31.98444°S 117.19°E / -31.98444; 117.19 (ABCW) | Mawson Trig |
| ABCMW | Morawa | Morawa | 8 (VHF) 7 (VHF) |
8 March 1975 | ABC Morawa | 13 kW 3.2 kW |
137 m 137 m |
29°19′6″S 115°52′53″E / 29.31833°S 115.88139°E / -29.31833; 115.88139 (ABCMW) | Mount Campbell |
| ABCNW | Carnarvon | Carnarvon | 7 (VHF) 6 (VHF) |
30 June 1972 | CarnarvoN | 0.5 kW 0.125 kW |
112 m 112 m |
24°54′20″S 113°43′13″E / 24.90556°S 113.72028°E / -24.90556; 113.72028 (ABCNW) | Brown Range |
| ABDW | Dampier | Dampier | 29 (UHF)3 28 (UHF) |
17 December 1973 | Dampier | 0.08 kW 0.02 kW |
79 m 79 m |
20°39′19″S 116°43′42″E / 20.65528°S 116.72833°E / -20.65528; 116.72833 (ABDW) | Kangaroo Hill |
| ABEW | Esperance | Esperance | 10 (VHF) 9A (VHF) |
21 October 1974 | Esperance | 2 kW 0.5 kW |
128 m 130 m |
33°52′30″S 121°53′41″E / 33.875°S 121.89472°E / -33.875; 121.89472 (ABEW) | Wireless Hill |
| ABGW | Geraldton | Geraldton | 6 (VHF) 41 (UHF) |
8 December 1969 | Geraldton | 32 kW 150 kW |
257 m 273 m |
28°40′55″S 114°40′37″E / 28.68194°S 114.67694°E / -28.68194; 114.67694 (ABGW) | Moresby Range |
| ABKW | Kalgoorlie | Kalgoorlie | 6 (VHF) 9A (VHF) |
27 January 1970 | Kalgoorlie | 8 kW 4 kW |
110 m 110 m |
30°43′2″S 121°26′25″E / 30.71722°S 121.44028°E / -30.71722; 121.44028 (ABKW) | Peters Hill |
| ABKAW | Karratha | Karratha | 54 (UHF)4 53 (UHF) |
17 December 1973 | KarrathA | 0.8 kW 0.25 kW |
114 m 114 m |
20°44′8″S 116°51′33″E / 20.73556°S 116.85917°E / -20.73556; 116.85917 (ABKAW) | Karratha |
| ABMW | Moora | Moora | 60 (UHF)5 52 (UHF) |
30 September 1974 | Moora | 120 kW 30 kW |
142 m 142 m |
30°38′7″S 116°9′35″E / 30.63528°S 116.15972°E / -30.63528; 116.15972 (ABMW) | Quarrel Range |
| ABNW | Norseman | Norseman | 7 (VHF) 6 (VHF) |
14 April 1971 | Norseman | 0.08 kW 0.02 kW |
69 m 70 m |
32°8′34″S 121°43′40″E / 32.14278°S 121.72778°E / -32.14278; 121.72778 (ABNW) | Norseman |
| ABPHW | Port Hedland | Port Hedland | 7 (VHF) 8 (VHF) |
3 October 1973 | Port Hedland | 3 kW 0.75 kW |
52 m 52 m |
20°22′2″S 118°33′32″E / 20.36722°S 118.55889°E / -20.36722; 118.55889 (ABPHW) | Finucane Island |
| ABRBW | Roebourne | Roebourne | 9 (VHF) 9A (VHF) |
17 December 1973 | RoeBourne | 2 kW 0.5 kW |
71 m 73 m |
20°46′19″S 117°8′32″E / 20.77194°S 117.14222°E / -20.77194; 117.14222 (ABRBW) | Mount Welcome |
| ABSW | Bunbury | Bunbury | 5 (VHF)6 36 (UHF) |
10 May 1965 | South West | 300 kW 300 kW |
308 m 332 m |
33°23′48″S 115°54′53″E / 33.39667°S 115.91472°E / -33.39667; 115.91472 (ABSW) | Mount Lennard |
| ABSBW | Southern Cross/Bullfinch | Southern Cross | 9 (VHF) 7 (VHF) |
16 July 1973 | Southern Cross/Bullfinch | 2 kW 0.5 kW |
117 m 118 m |
31°16′34″S 119°30′33″E / 31.27611°S 119.50917°E / -31.27611; 119.50917 (ABSBW) | Ghooli |
| ABW | Broome | Broome | 8 (VHF) 9 (VHF) |
2 kW 0.5 kW |
75 m 75 m |
17°53′19″S 122°15′48″E / 17.88861°S 122.26333°E / -17.88861; 122.26333 (ABW) | Broome |
Notes:
- 1. HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
- 2. ABCW was on VHF channel 4 from its 1966 sign-on until the late 1970s, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.
- 3. ABDW originally broadcast on VHF channel 10.
- 4. ABKAW originally broadcast on VHF channel 7.
- 5. ABMW was on VHF channel 10 from its 1974 sign-on until 1987, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate a new TV station in Perth on channel 10 (NEW).
- 6. ABSW is the only station in Australia to use channel 5.
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