[Elecraft] OT: SAQ schedule

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Thanks Steve! Be sure to click on the link:
Alexanderson-alternatorn (or go directly to page:
http://tinyurl.com/2lmoe

To see the actual RF-generator (yes, it is a mechanical spinning
generator!). 

They were the FIRST clean continuous wave generators. Wow! I'd not only love
to hear it, but I'd love to be there when it is howling away. Comparing it
with a K2, the rigs have gotten smaller over the years. 

A little easier to hear on the air is the "night of nights" broadcasts
planned by the KPH project on 13 July that Kevin mentioned recently. See
http://tinyurl.com/3fvgz 
for more details on this historic (but absolutely modern, compared to the
Alexanderson alternator!) station that was part of the RCA CW radio network.
The short wave frequencies should be audible over much of North America.
While a K2 won't tune many of them, any general coverage shortwave receiver
will and, of course KX1 owners will be able to listen to many of them on a
true Elecraft rig <G>. 

Note that reports are handled by Ms D.A. Stoops. She was a female pioneer in
a very male profession. You can see her sitting in the middle of the "guys"
in the operating "den of thieves" at:
http://tinyurl.com/2b6n9
See the bottom photo on that page. 

It's your chance to copy some "press" like the shipboard "sparks" used to do
at sea. 

Here's the announcement for this year:

>             HISTORIC MORSE CODE RADIO STATION 
>                        WILL RETURN TO THE AIR
> 
>        Former RCA Station KPH To Be Heard Once Again
> 
> 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
> 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
> (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
> 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
> 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,
> 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
> 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
> 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
> 
> 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
> 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