[AGCW] [WUN] Historic KPH CW Station will return to the air

[Thomas M. Rösner]

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73, Tom
DL8AAM


>Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 12:00:56 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Garie Halstead K8KFJ <khyberpass65 at yahoo.com>
>To: WUN <wun at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [WUN] Historic KPH CW Station will return to the air
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>> In the fifth annual event that has become known as the "Night of 
>> Nights", historic Morse code radio station KPH will return to the air
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>> in commemoration of the last commercial Morse message sent in the 
>> United States.   
>> 
>> KPH, the ex-RCA coast station located north of San Francisco,  will 
>> return to the air for commemorative broadcasts on 12 July at 1701 PDT
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>> (13 July at 0001 GMT), 5 years and one minute after the last 
>> commercial Morse transmission in the US. These on-the-air events are 
>> intended to honor the men and women who followed the radiotelegraph 
>> trade on ships and at coast stations around the world and made it one
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>> of honor and skill.  
>> 
>> Transmissions are expected to continue until at least midnight PDT 
>> (0700GMT).     
>> 
>> For this fifth annual Night of Nights one frequency for the equally 
>> historic coast station KFS may possibly be activated.  We are working
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>> now to repair the antenna needed for the KFS transmission.    
>> 
>> Veteran Morse operators, including former KPH staff members, will be 
>> on duty at the receiving station at Point Reyes, CA listening for 
>> calls from ships and sending messages just as they did for so many 
>> years before Morse operations were shut down.    
>> 
>> The transmitters are located 18 miles south of Point Reyes in 
>> Bolinas, CA at the transmitting station established in 1913 by the
>> American Marconi Co.  The original KPH transmitters, receivers and
>> antennas will be used to activate frequencies in all the commercial
>> maritime HF bands and on MF as well.     
>> 
>> KPH will transmit on 4247.0, 6477.5, 8642.0, 12808.5, 17016.8 and
>> 22477.5kc on HF and 500 and 426kc on MF.  
>> 
>> If KFS is activated  transmissions will be on 12695.5kc.
>> 
>> These frequencies have been made available through the generous 
>> cooperation of Globe Wireless, the current owner of the KPH and KFS 
>> licenses.      
>> 
>> Many of the transmitters will be 50s vintage RCA sets.  Power output 
>> will be 4 to 5kW.  The transmitting antennas include a Marconi T for 
>> MF, double extended Zepps for 4, 6 and 8Mc and H over 2s for 12, 16 
>> and 22Mc.      
>> 
>> Operators will listen for calls from ships on 4184.0, 6276.0, 8368.0,
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>> 12552.0, 16736.0 and 22280.5kc on HF and 500kc on MF.        
>> 
>> KPH, and KFS if activated, will send traffic lists, weather and press
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>> broadcasts as well as special commemorative messages, many of which 
>> will be sent by hand.  At other times the KPH and KFS "wheel" will be
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>> sent to mark the transmitting frequencies.      
>> 
>> Reception reports may be sent to:
>> 
>> Ms. DA Stoops
>> P.O. Box 381
>> Bolinas CA  94924-0381
>> USA
>> 
>> Denice is a former KPH operator and was the first female telegrapher 
>> hired at the station.
>> 
>> Members of the public are invited to visit the receiving station for 
>> this event.  The station will be open to visitors beginning at 
>> 1500PDT (3:00pm).  The station is located at 17400 Sir Francis  Drake
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>> Boulevard and is on the route to the Point Reyes lighthouse.  Watch 
>> for a cypress lined driveway on the right about a mile past the entry
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>> to Coast Guard station NMC.     
>> 
>> KPH is operated by the Maritime Radio Historical Society in 
>> cooperation with the Point Reyes National Seashore, part of the 
>> National Park Service.     
>> 
>> Further information may be found on the Maritime Radio Historical 
>> Society Web site at http://www.radiomarine.org or by contacting 
>> Richard Dillman at +1 415-990-7090 (email: ddillman at igc.org) or Tom 
>> Horsfall at +1 510-237-9535 (email: wa6ope at hotmail.com).   
>> 
>> BV ES VY 73 TO ALL,
>> 
>> RD
>> 
>> ======================================               
>> Richard Dillman, W6AWO
>> Member of the Maritime Radio Historical Society
>> http://www.radiomarine.org
>> Collector of Heavy Metal:
>> Harleys, Willys and Radios over 100lbs.
>> ======================================
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