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Audio Guide Orkney Wireless Museum

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Orkney Wireless Museum

Audio guide Orkney Wireless Museum in English

In this audio guide, Emily Thompson takes you through Orkney Wireless Museum telling the story as you walk. In your accent, no need to read signs — just let your eyes take in what's in front of you.

What you'll hear inside Orkney Wireless Museum:

  • 1
    Wartime Communications Section

    Authentic and replica wartime radio equipment illustrating how Scapa Flow and the Home Fleet were defended.

  • 2
    Domestic Radio Collection

    British and American civilian receivers spanning crystal sets of the early 1900s through to valve sets of later decades, with sets by EKCO, Cossor, Philco and others.

  • 3
    Amateur Radio Station GB2OWM

    A fully operational amateur radio station with its own official callsign, based inside the museum.

  • 4
    Replica Radar Station

    A centrepiece of the museum's wartime displays, evoking the radar installations that guarded Scapa Flow.

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inhabited.inhaler.darkens, 1 Junction Rd, Kirkwall KW15 1LB, UK
Opening hoursMonday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Thursday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Friday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Sunday: Closed
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