Dublin silo VK-DBN5

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My first activation on Wednesday 10th April 2024 for the Eyre Peninsula trip was the Dublin silo VK-DN5, for the Silos On The Air (SiOTA) program. Dublin is about 65 km north of the city of Adelaide.

Above:- Map showing the location of Dublin, South Australia. Map c/o Google Maps.

Dublin lies in the cadastral Hundred of Dublin which was named in 1856 by Governor Richard MacDonnell in honour of his birthplace of Dublin in Ireland. It was officially proclaimed on the 22nd day of May 1856 and covered an area of 91,520 acres. (Cockburn 1990) (Dublin History Group 2012)

Above:- Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell. Image c/o Wikipedia.

The first known landowners in the Hundred of Dublin were Messes Grant and Butler, who in 1851, secured a 14-year lease in lieu of an occupation licence. In 1873 the township of Dublin was surveyed and on the 13th day of April 1876, the township was gazetted. The town plan was based on the principles used by Colonel William Light in the planning of the city of Adelaide. Other early settlers at Dublin included Thomas Stephenson in 1866, Charles Burney Young in 1873, William and Jonathon Porter in 1874, and Robert Dawson and William Camens in 1876. (Dublin History Group 2012)

The Dublin silos are part of Dublin Clean Grain, a leading grain cleaning service north of Adelaide. The Dublin silo complex has a 780 tonne silo storage capacity feeding directly to a Cimbria 108 sieve cleaner and two Cimbria gravity tables. There are six 130 tonne silos. Grains that are cleaned at the complex include wheat, lentils, beans, barley, canola, and peas. (Dublin Clean Grain 2024)

I parked on Carslake Road and operated from the 4WD, running the Icom IC-7000, 100 watts, and the Codan 8350 antenna with the 1.5 metre stainless steel whip.

I worked the following stations on 40m SSB:-

  1. VK2EXA
  2. VK3APJ
  3. VK5AAF
  4. VK5NM/p
  5. VK7ZA
  6. VK3PF/m

I worked the following station on 20m SSB:-

  1. VK5IS

References.

  1. Dublin Clean Grain. (n.d.). Dublin Clean Grain. [online] Available at: https://dublincleangrain.com.au/ [Accessed 9 May 2024].
  2. ‌www.dublinhistorygroup.com.au. (n.d.). dublin. [online] Available at: https://www.dublinhistorygroup.com.au/page/dublin.htm [Accessed 9 May 2024].‌

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