[CW] KLB in Seattle

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

Danny,

Don't be hard on yourself.  He did mention "coast stations" but if you
weren't a salty type of radio person, you might not know he meant maritime
coast stations with radiotelegraphy Morse code.

KLB was run initially by ITT/Mackay Marine, I don't know what year it came
into existance.  It was near Seattle, Washington.  KLC was also ITT/Mackay
Marine and it was near Galveston, Texas.  I know that by the middle 1990s
both stations were owned by private individuals, with only KFS San
Francisco being part of ITT/Mackay as far as I know.  KFS still exists but
it went through a ping pong ball game of ownership changes near 1999.  It
is currently owned by Globe Wireless or was recently.

The coast stations on the West Coast excepting USCG stations were since
1980, KOK Los Angeles (ITT/Mackay,) KFS on the south lip of SFO Bay
(ITT/Mackay,) KPH on the north lip of SFO Bay, (RCA, later MCI.) and KLB
Seattle (ITT/Mackay,) then WLQ Lena Point, Alaska, WKM Ketchikan, Alaska,
and WKR Nome, Alaska formerly RCA then Alaskcom. WBL was in Buffalo, NY
which had CW, and that's about it, except for the East and Gulf Coasts.
East:  WCC, WSL, WKM (West Haven, CT), WAX Ojus, FL (TRT), WOE Lantana, FL
(near Miami) WPD Tampa, WLO Mobile, Alabama, WNU Slidell, Louisiana, (TRT),
WPA Port Arthur, TX (RCA), and KLC Galveston (ITT/Mackay,) later privately
owned.

73
David N1EA


On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 10:43 PM <n7dc at comcast.net> wrote:

> I hate this computer, just dropping me out of email while I am still
> typing.
>
> Yeah, I apparently missed the first of the conversation. But it may be
> interesting to some anyway. Wondered why it was on the cw reflector. HI. I
> had heard some of the costal stations in my early years as a listener, but
> wasn't much interested in them, as far as reporting etc. Some of the
> listeners did copy them and try to get confirmations, and we had some books
> that showed addresses, etc.  The ISWL club is still around, and you might
> find some old books or even some reprints someplace, from them.  I havent
> looked, in 20 years.   Do know they have web pages now.  We used to call
> the non-government/non-ham stations "UTILITIES".  Some of them just
> appeared to sit around and send either their calls, or some list or the
> other.  Some were also the 4 or 5 letter/number code groups, and we always
> figured were spy stations, and even had a few guys specializing in those,
> trying to ID.  HI.
>
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