WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

Do any of CB operators from the 80's know this place?? Bit run down from how it was in the 80's.

CREST Bunkers Kwinana

Good Call Enviro. Bit of a shame the condition they are in now, given the history of the buildings from WW2 and with Perth CREST.

excuse my lack of knowledge, but whats the purpose of the building post ww2 in regards to CB use

now that pic brings back memories many a night i used to sit in there monitoring my callsign was perth crest 22

I think it was given to them for a base, Citizen Radio Emergency Service Team had no funding and were looking for somewhere to house there operation.

It was set up at a time when there were quite a few incidents involving water craft around Kwinana, Rocky and Freo area although they also took calls for other emergencies over the radio, 29 & 27mhz. This was a valuable service because there was no mobile phones around then.

They were monitoring mostly 24/7 and all volunteers, even took radio calls for water craft in Mandurah as the only other (by Memory) service was located at Whitfords or somewhere north of river, memory fails me atm.

that you are right we monitoried 27 cb marine and uhf ch 5 when ch 5 was located in orange grove