Photographs

Fifty years in the field

Photographs from more than 50 years of antenna work: first at CSA, then on consultancy projects with BSC Associates.

The CSA years

Brian Collins beside a road sign to Alice Springs, Tennant Creek and Katherine, Northern Territory — 1970An afternoon off while commissioning an HF antenna near Darwin, Northern Territory.

Three engineers kneeling on grass around a helical antenna on a tripod — 1970sDemonstrating a foldable helical antenna for 225–400 MHz, CSA.

Brian Collins standing beside an antenna on a mast inside a wind tunnel — 1970sTesting an L‑band antenna in a wind tunnel.

View straight down a tall lattice mast to the ground and buildings far below — 1970sLooking down while commissioning a TV antenna 320 m above ground, Iraq.

Brian Collins presenting loop array diagrams to colleagues around a table with loop antennas — 1980sLoop array presentation to colleagues, CSA.

Brian Collins and a colleague examining a large copper coil in a factory — 1980sInductor for a high‑power MF antenna tuning unit, CSA.

Consultancy with BSC Associates

Brian Collins standing at the base of a red lattice mast in the desert — 2005Commissioning a shunt‑fed MF radiator, Kuwait.

Brian Collins on a balcony above traditional Chinese tiled roofs, with the sea behind — 2006After a client meeting, Penglai, Shandong, China.

Brian Collins in front of the National Palace Museum, Taipei — Free time before a meeting in Taipei.

Brian Collins at an outdoor antenna test range with a wooden A‑frame, groundplane and network analyser — 2011Measuring an AIS antenna.

Brian Collins in a hi‑vis vest, seated in an equipment cabinet doorway with a test set — 2014Measuring an LF Tee antenna at Sumburgh Head Lighthouse, Shetland.

Brian Collins beside his conference poster on reducing hazardous field strength near an LF Tee antenna — 2014Poster presentation at LAPC on the same LF Tee antenna (read the paper).

Brian Collins presenting a slide on the Antenna Interface Standards Group — 2015Presenting AISG at the Comba Antenna Technology Seminar, China.

Brian Collins beside a transmitter building with feeder lines overhead — 2018Commissioning a high‑power MF station, Djibouti.

Work with BSC Associates

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