[CW] 500 kHz: English Channel TEA PARTY!

[Richard Knoppow]

    The local RCA station here was KSE. I used to listen to 500Khz wiht 
a simple regen receiver, actually the detector from a General Radio 
frequency measuring rig. KSE used MCW on 500Khz. They would call CQ for 
TFC LIST, the modulation would come on as they sent, missing perhaps the 
first CQ, like the filaments of the oscillator were off until they 
started sending. He would announce the list and his working frequency.
    This was not a very sensitive receiver and KSE was not far away. I 
did hear local ships and probably other stations but don't remember 
which ones.
    Anyone who has done any broadcast DX'ing knows that those low 
frequencies have tremendous range at night.

On 1/23/2024 6:54 PM, Radio KH6O wrote:
> That was a typical night at Coast Guard Radio Honolulu, NMO! The entire 
> Pacific came alive after sundown -- Alaska to Australia, the West Coast 
> to Asia. Man, I miss that "symphony" of signals.
> 
> In the recording many of the stations are using A-2 / MCW. That was rare 
> in the Pacific.
> 
> 73, Jeff KH6O

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
SKCC 19998