It was inaugurated by the Australian Post Office at Lyndhurst, Victoria on 21 September 1964,[1] although a predecessor service using the callsign VLX had begun in March 1946 alongside shortwave radio station VLR.
VNG is a standard frequency and time signal service of the Australian Telecommunications Commission.
The area has since been converted to housing estates with the only hints to the former site at Lyndhurst and the vast antenna arrays for VNG and other radio services ever existing is "Tower Hill Park" and a road called "Towerhill Boulevard".
The replacement Radio VNG service operated from 33°42′52″S 150°47′33″E / 33.71444°S 150.79250°E / -33.71444; 150.79250, Shanes Park, Llandillo, NSW, until 30 June 2002 on 2.5 and 8.838 MHz.
Daytime reception of overseas shortwave and longwave time signal services in Australia (and New Zealand) is rather poor as the nearest HF (and longwave) time signal services are BPM (China), JJY (Japan), WWVH (Hawaii, USA) and WWV (Colorado, USA).