The Night of Nights
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Tonight is the 20th anniversary of the end of marine radiotelegraphy. You can listen in to the activities detailed below. KFS is currently booming in here on 12MHz on my K3.
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It sure would have been nice to have heard about this before it became
OLD NEWS. If there was an announcement made here, I never saw it. Not everyone is plugged into to every nook and cranny of the radio world. A small timely announcement of this event would have been appreciated - by me and probably by others also. I interviewed at WCC in the 70s and was offered a job. I declined - fortunately. I have to say the entire operation was a step back in time - even then. It was like being in the 40s as soon as you entered the door. Sorry to have missed this event. Bill W2BLC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Bill . . .
It's been going on for 20 years every July 12th, and I saw announcements on at least 4 reflectors. Put it on your calendar for next year so you won't miss it. Also, a donation to keep them on the air would also be appropriate (as many of us do). 73, Kent K9ZTV On 7/13/2019 8:36 AM, Bill wrote: > It sure would have been nice to have heard about this before it became > OLD NEWS. If there was an announcement made here, I never saw it. > > Not everyone is plugged into to every nook and cranny of the radio > world. A small timely announcement of this event would have been > appreciated - by me and probably by others also. > > I interviewed at WCC in the 70s and was offered a job. I declined - > fortunately. I have to say the entire operation was a step back in > time - even then. It was like being in the 40s as soon as you entered > the door. > > Sorry to have missed this event. > > Bill W2BLC > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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They are also QRV each Saturday starting about 1830z. K6KPH is workable too. See www.radiomarine.org for times and frequencies.
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I'm pretty sure it was posted here on the Elecraft list as well as
CWops, NASOTA, and many club lists. KPH and a number of other museum stations and ships gather on maritime MF and HF frequencies on the night of 12 July each year at 0001 GMT, one minute after the final broadcast ~20 years ago. One of the only nights you can hear activity on the Holy Frequency which is eerily silent the rest of the year. K6KPH comes up on 3550 kcs, 7050 kcs, 14050 kcs, and several frequencies in the WARC bands and will accept traffic and signal reports. KPH will accept messages addressed to anyone who has an email address. They send it as a PDF on an authentic radiogram form from KPH's heyday. You must format it in "commercial style" which is a bit different than amateur NTS format. Check out the Marine Historical Radio Society [radiomarine.org] and look at the latest news letter. It is formatted as a commercial message [note: CODH is one of several message classes, it means "company deadhead", a non-revenue message within the company. Your message would normally be class "P"]. Kind of a neat way to send birthday and other greetings. KPH/K6KPH is staffed on most Saturday afternoons from about 1800 to 2200-2300 GMT. They begin with PX [press], and then start their wheel and look for ships. K6KPH usually comes up when the PX finishes. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 7/13/2019 6:36 AM, Bill wrote: > It sure would have been nice to have heard about this before it became > OLD NEWS. If there was an announcement made here, I never saw it. > > Not everyone is plugged into to every nook and cranny of the radio > world. A small timely announcement of this event would have been > appreciated - by me and probably by others also. > > I interviewed at WCC in the 70s and was offered a job. I declined - > fortunately. I have to say the entire operation was a step back in > time - even then. It was like being in the 40s as soon as you entered > the door. > > Sorry to have missed this event. > > Bill W2BLC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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