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From: henry@garp.mit.edu (Henry Mensch)
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Subject: Australian Broadcast Call Signs
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They are all under VK (i.e., the FM station 4GGG on Australia's gold
coast has a call sign of VK4GGG).  The number indicates (mostly)
which state the station is in (1=Tasmania <I think>, 2=New South
Wales, 3=Victoria, 4=Queensland, and I don't know the rest :>)

Since they're all VK callsigns, the VK becomes "silent."  New Zealand
broadcast stations use a similar convention: the "ZL" becomes silent,
and the number indicates location (1=North Island, 2=South Island).

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