MOTAT oral history interview with Warwick Thorley

Object detail

Accession number

14-0011

Maker

Warwick Thorley
Megan Hutching

Description

Oral history interview with Warwick Thorley covering his work as a telecommunications engineer for the New Zealand Post Office (later Telecom). Includes information about setting up Warkworth satellite station, early cellphone microwave sites and cellphone network, setting up satellite communications network in Pacific, and changes to Post Office in 1980s and ‘90s.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Synthetic/Plastic
Processed Material/Synthetic/Plastic

Physical description

1 sound disc (ca. 141 minutes) : digital

Credit line

Warwick Thorley et al. 11 Apr 2013. MOTAT oral history interview with Warwick Thorley, 14-0011. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Current rights

My shortlist

Classification

Disk, Optical Videodisc, Digital Tools & Equipment for Communication Data Processing T&E Data Processing Media

Production place

Birkenhead North Shore City Auckland District Auckland New Zealand

Subject: all levels

Interviews Thorley, Warwick, 1946- Anecdotes New Zealand Education Anecdotes New Zealand Sports Anecdotes Employees New Zealand Post Office Anecdotes Employees, Training of Anecdotes New Zealand Transmitters and transmission Radio Anecdotes New Zealand Telecommunication Anecdotes Receivers and reception Shortwave radio Anecdotes Radio wave propagation Anecdotes Receivers and reception Television Anecdotes Pulse code modulation Anecdotes Telecom New Zealand Limited Anecdotes Pacific area Anecdotes Artificial satellites in telecommunication Anecdotes Cellular telephone systems Pipe, Plastic Anecdotes Mobile communication systems Anecdotes Optical fibre communication Anecdotes Telephone cards Sound recording and reproducing

Collection type

Audio Visual Walsh Memorial Library

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