[Hammarlund] FW: [ndblist] KPH On The Air - Night of Nights IV

Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:05:52 -0000

Hi. =20
Here is a chance for you to listen to some "Vintage style" broadcasts on
your vintage Hammarlund or other receivers.  While this came over the =
NDB
(longwave beacon) reflector they will also be using some higher =
frequencies.

73 de Phil, KO6BB
DX begins at the noise floor!
[email protected]
Merced, California
37.18N  120.29W  CM97sh

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 NDB List Information Page:
http://www.beaconworld.org.uk/info.htm

Hi All,

Here's a chance to hear the loudest MF station in California.  You may
want to brush up on your 20WPM code copying speed beforehand :O)

GL de Mike KB6WFC

--- Richard Dillman <[email protected] wrote:
 To: [email protected],
               [email protected]
 From: "Richard Dillman" <[email protected]
 Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:46:58 -0700
 Subject: [MF Monitors] KPH On The Air - Night of Nights IV
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           HISTORIC MORSE CODE RADIO STATION=20
                        WILL RETURN TO THE AIR
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        Stations KPH and KFS To Be Heard Once Again=20
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 In the fourth annual event that has become known as the "Night of=20
 Nights" historic Morse code radio station KPH will return to the air=20
 in commemoration of the last commercial Morse message sent in the=20
 United States. =20
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 KPH, the ex-RCA coast station located north of San Francisco,  will=20
 return to the air for commemorative broadcasts on 12 July at 1701 PDT
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 (13 July at 0001 GMT), 4 years and one minute after the last=20
 commercial Morse transmission in the US. These on-the-air events are=20
 intended to honor the men and women who followed the radiotelegraph=20
 trade on ships and at coast stations around the world.  Transmissions
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  are expected to continue until at least midnight PDT (0700GMT).   =20
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 For this fourth annual Night of Nights one frequency for equally=20
 historic coast station KFS will also be activated.  =20
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 Veteran Morse operators, including many former KPH and KFS staff=20
 members, will be on duty at the receiving station at Point Reyes, CA=20
 listening for calls from ships and sending messages just as they did=20
 for so many years before Morse code operations were shut down.  =20
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 The transmitters are located 18 miles south of Point Reyes in=20
 Bolinas, CA at the transmitting station established in 1913 by the=20
 American Marconi Co.  The original KPH transmitters, receivers and=20
 antennas will be used to activate frequencies in all the commercial=20
 maritime HF bands and on MF as well.    =20
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 KPH will transmit on 4247.0, 6477.5, 8642.0, 12808.5, 17016.5 and=20
 22477.5kc on HF and on 500 and 426kc on MF.  KFS will transmit on=20
 17026.0kc.  These frequencies have been made available through the=20
 generous cooperation of Globe Wireless, the current owner of the KPH=20
 and KFS licenses.    =20
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 Many of the transmitters will be 50s vintage RCA sets.  Power output=20
 will be 4 to 5kW.  The transmitting antennas include a Marconi T for=20
 MF, double extended Zepps for 4, 6 and 8Mc and H over 2s for 12, 16=20
 and 22Mc.    =20
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 Operators will listen for calls from ships on 4184.0, 6276.0, 8368.0,
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  12552.0, 16736.0 and 22280.5kc on HF and 500kc on MF.      =20
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 KPH and KFS will send traffic lists, weather and press broadcasts and
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 commemorative messages, many of which will be sent by hand.  At other
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 times the KPH and KFS "wheel" will be sent to mark the transmitting=20
 frequencies.   =20
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 Reception reports may be sent to:
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 Ms. DA Stoops
 P.O. Box 381
 Bolinas CA  94924-0381
 USA =20
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 Members of the public are invited to visit the receiving station for=20
 this event.  The station will be open to visitors beginning at=20
 1500PDT (3:00pm).  The station is located at 17400 Sir Francis  Drake
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 Boulevard and is on the route to the Point Reyes lighthouse.  Watch=20
 for a cypress lined driveway on the right about a mile past the entry
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 to Coast Guard station NMC.   =20
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 KPH is operated by the Maritime Radio Historical Society in=20
 cooperation with the Point Reyes National Seashore, part of the=20
 National Park Service.   =20
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 Further information may be found on the Maritime Radio Historical=20
 Society Web site at http://www.radiomarine.org or by contacting=20
 Richard Dillman at +1 415-990-7090 (email: [email protected]) or Tom=20
 Horsfall at +1 510-237-9535 (email: [email protected]). =20
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 VY 73,
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 RD
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 <http://www.radiomarine.org
 Collector of Heavy Metal:
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