[Lowfer] MHRS web page

[Zack Widup]

The MHRS also has an event called Night of Nights every year on July 12,
commemorating the last commercial Morse transmission on July 12, 1999.
Morse transmissions are made on many frequencies by KPH, KFS and others.
including 500 kHz.

Zack W9SZ

On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 10:23 AM Doug Reed <dhreed55109 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  <https://www.radiomarine.org/>
> I ran into this web site today in a LOWFER bounce. It was interesting to
> see that the Maritime Radio Historical Society was formed to maintain and
> operate the old KPH maritime commercial radio station within a national
> park. Kind of like the radio clubs that operate from lighthouse stations in
> other parks.
>
> I also read in their newsletter #101 about an annual crypto event they run
> in August each year. They create a simulated WW2 message and run it through
> an Enigma machine then transmit the resulting coded message over the radio.
> The event challenge is to copy the code groups then decode the message
> using partial information from a supposed German code book.
>
> " ...160 decodes were submitted for verification. Of that number there were
> 141 successful decodes.....  Noteworthy is that one station used an
> original World War 2 era ENIGMA machine. Eleven other stations used replica
> ENIGMA machines. This is of particular interest in that for the 2022 ENIGMA
> cryptography event only two stations used replica machines. Most
> participants used one of the several simulators that are available on the
> Internet or as standalone apps."
>
> Check their web page for full event info and past newsletters.
>
> 73, Doug Reed, N0NAS.
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