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5DN portable outside broadcast unit
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Title:
5DN portable outside broadcast unit
NFSA ID
1692674
Year
1960
Courtesy
Ray Barnes Collection
Purpose-built broadcasting device produced by ABC engineers at Adelaide radio station 5DN, enabling station journalists to report directly ‘in the field’.
Housed in a brown leather suitcase, this unit includes a Philips microphone and set of headphones.
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