[CW] Mini Night-of-Nights

Tue Oct 28 16:36:11 EDT 2014

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SPECIAL EVENT - 630/600 METERS

     The 630/600-meter operators will be conducting
a special event during the weekend of Oct 31 - Nov 1 - 
Nov. 2.  This event marks the 106th anniversary of the
Berlin Treaty that created the international distress
frequency at 500 kHz.  This event includes US experimental
stations, Canadian amateur stations, and US heritage
maritime stations.

     For US experimental ops, this will be a CW event and 
the main activities will be:

-  Some stations will run beacons with special anniversary
   messages, perhaps followed by special QSLs.

-  Other stations will simulation maritime communication.
   They will call CQ on a designated calling frequency and
   then QSY to complete the QSO.  Silent periods will
   be observed.

-  The frequency bands are
   465 to 480 kHz and
   495 to 510 kHz.
   Different licensees have different frequency authorizations

-  The designated calling frequencies are
   475 kHz for the lower band
   500 kHz for the upper band.

-  This may be the last such event with operations on
   500 kHz itself.  This band is not being included
   in new experimental licenses as it is supposedly
   reserved for a new maritime-data service.

     The Maritime Radio Historical Society (MRHS) will
conduct a mini "Night of Nights" with special attention to 
MF operations.  This will give listeners the best chance
of copying their MF signals by operating during the winter 
and extending our operating hours well into the evening 
hours Pacific time.  KSM/KPH will keep 500 kc and 426 kc 
(and HF) active with special messages, press and weather.  
And they will send a verification to any listeners who mail 
in a reception report.

     Three Canadian amateurs will be operating in the
472 - 429 kHz band.

In addition to activities similar to those of the US
experimental stations, the Canadian amateurs will
conduct cross-band communication tests with amateurs
operating on 80 and 40 meters.  The plans include:

Station: VO1NA (Joe) GN37 TORBAY, Newfoundland
Time: 2130Z - 0130Z Friday evening Oct 31-Nov1
TX Frequency: 477.7 kHz
RX (QSX) Frequency: 3562 / 7062 kHz

Station: VE7SL (Steve) CN88 Mayne Island, B.C.
Time: 0200Z - 0600Z Friday evening Nov 1(Z)
TX Frequency: 473.0 kHz
RX (QSX) Frequency: 3566 / 7066 kHz

Station: VE7BDQ (John) CN87 Delta, B.C.
Time: 0200Z - 1000Z Friday evening Nov 1(Z)
TX Frequency: 474.0 kHz
RX (QSX) Frequency: 3536 kHz

All stations will either call CQ or run "VVV" 
marker beacons while listening on their respective 
QSX frequencies.  QSX frequencies will be included 
in the CQ or marker beacon.

     The official time period is

00:00 on Nov. 1 through 
23:59 on Nov. 2.

These include Friday and Saturday evenings in North
America.  Stations on the east coast may start a
little earlier if they like.

     More information may be available at www.500kc.com
as the time approaches.

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 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Richard Dillman" <ddillman at igc.org>
Date: Oct 27, 2014 10:52 PM
Subject: [Radio Officers, &c] Special KSM MF Transmission 1 November
To: "Boatanchors" <boatanchors at theporch.com>, "UDXF" <udxf at yahoogroups.com>,
"Radio Officers" <radio-officers at googlegroups.com>

Coast station KSM, operated by the Maritime Radio Historical Society, will
be holding a Mini Night of Nights event on 1 November emphasizing Medium
Frequency transmissions on 500kc and 426kc.

What's the idea behind this event?  Well, we know it's tough for many folks
to copy the MF signals of KSM during our normal daytime (Pacific time)
operations. We've often thought about a Mini Night of Nights during the
winter that would continue into the evening hours and emphasize MF
operations.

The propagation of our HF signals will be different too, so listeners
beyond MF range may be able to copy us at locations where we are not heard
during the day.

Date: 1 November 2014

Time: It will be a normal operating day for KSM and K6KPH, meaning that
press and weather broadcasts will begin at 1000 Pacific time (1700gmt). The
difference is that operations will be extended well into the evening hours,
probably until 2100 or 2200 Pacific time (0400 or 0500gmt).

Our advice? Get your MF receivers warmed up and grease up your Beverage
antennas to see what you can snatch out of the aether. Then send in your
reports. If the event seems popular then we'll consider making it an annual
thing.

We're working in cooperation with Dr. Fritz Raab for this event. He's the
coordinator for the ARRL 500kc experiment. He's organizing a concurrent
event during which the experimental stations that have been authorized for
MF operation will also be on the air.

This event marks the 106th anniversary of the Berlin Treaty that created
the international distress frequency at 500kc. US experimental stations,
Canadian amateur stations and commercial coast stations like KSM will be on
the air.

KSM will keep 500kc and its working frequency 426kc active with special
messages, weather and traffic lists.

Report address:

Maritime Radio Historical Society
PO Box 392
Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
USA

See our Newsletter No. 49 for full information on this event as well as
other interesting articles at:

http://tinyurl.com/kdjsb7o

Best,

RD

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Richard Dillman, T2-GB-061170
Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM
Maritime Radio Historical Society
http://www.radiomarine.org
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Steve WD8DAS

sbjohnston at aol.com
http://www.wd8das.net/
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