[Boatanchors] New MF Amateur Band Approved at WRC- 472 to 479kHz

[Bry Carling]

"WAS" = not any more!

On 18 Feb 2012 at 6:30, Rob Atkinson wrote:

> 500 kc was (is?) the emergency radiomarine frequency; KPH ran rigs
> up
> to 40 KW and that frequency was used for ocean going vessels
> declaring
> an emergency.
> 
> Lots of information at http://www.radiomarine.org
> 
> 73
> 
> Rob
> K5UJ
> 
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 1:15 AM, Richard Knoppow
> <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> >
> >     When 500khz was still being used by ships I was able to
> > hear commercial stations at least 500 miles distant in the
> > daytime and much further at night, but these frequencies
> > were used mostly for fairly short distance communication,
> > the HF bands being used when the ships were at sea.