Ian O'Toole founded the Kurrajong Radio Museum - a privately run museum dedicated to the preservation of radio technology near Sydney Australia.

In this interview conducted on the 21/11/2010, Ian explains what he collects, why and how he became interested in electronics and radio. The museum has an amazing number of radios (over 800 at last count 2010), including the radio from the captured North Korean vessel the Pong Su, which sits directly behind Ian in the interview. The collection has a huge number of radios and other devices made by the Australian firm AWA, a father Shaw radio that is similar to the one used by the Antarctic Expedition conducted by Sir Douglas Mawson, and a vast collection of military radios.

For me personally, I was also captivated by the large collection of broadcast equipment, including transmitters, tape recorders, decks and studio gear.

If you visit NSW Australia and are interested in radio equipment/history, take a trip to the Kurrajong Radio Museum which is situated outside Sydney - 842 Bells Line of Rd, Kurrajong Hills NSW 2758 or visit their website https://vk2bv.org/archive/museum/ for more information.

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