George Peterson was a TV engineer who lived in Ayr, North Queensland. He was active with DX-TV from 1958-1973.
George also operated radio/TV business in Ayr (George Peterson Electrical).
Ayr is near Townsville, QLD, which are excellent locations for TEP. George often received the checkerboard test card from chR1 China. TEP chR1 signals from China and Russia often reached 200-500 microvolts signal strength.
George was regularly contributed VHF DX reports to Roger Bunney's DX TV column in Television magazine. In 1970-71, George also sent F2 and TEP TV DX reports to Glenn Hauser's Australasian Scene Thailand WTFDA newsletter.
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