[Milsurplus] "Marine Operator" years ?

[Michael Clarson]

Hue: There was nothing that required marine operators to be run by telcos.
Some were run by independent companies. You can probably find any still
operating by searching the FCC ULS database by frequency or service.
--Mike, WV2ZOW

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Hubert Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> My question is, when was the last VHF “marine ( telephone ) operator”
> station closed?
>
> I mean the old channel 28 VHF.
>
> I found a bunch of paper docs for the local operation, “Newport Marine
> Operator” that indicate the local station
>
> was installed in 1976. The last test spec doc i could find was for 1996.
> There’s no one in this town who actually
>
> worked on this gear, so i can’t refer to them.
> Do you know when VHF marine operator services started and ended?
>
> For the HF high-seas Marine Operator, wiki says AT&T closed 1999, and
> Mari-Tel 2003.
>
>
>
> I think after “Bell System divestiture” maintenance kind of fell down. I
> recall complaining about Olympia
>
> ( WA ) Marine not working, this around 1983.  After MONTHS i was notified
> it was back up, and working for
>
> the company, i could ask what the failure was. I was told a cabinet door
> hadn’t been properly shut. Interlock
>
> switch had prevented radio powering up.
>
>
>
> I have some station licenses and such. I know no one is interested in that
> stuff, but i can’t just throw it away.
>
> Probably i’ll have to eventually scan it and offer a page of history
> online.
>
> I went up to the ruin of the old station once, when i was still working
> and had a gate key. Fortunately for me,
>
> another fellow went along in his truck, because i went off the cleared
> area and got stuck and needed a push
>
> out. The old VHF marine transmitter had been sold off long ago, maybe to
> Mari-Tel – i have the papers somewhere –
>
> but there was a 450 MHz truck dispatch transmitter still in place. I am a
> dedicated scrounger so i just had to haul it
>
> away. I took out the decks and ended up giving away the sections, power
> supply, radio, diplexers, SWR measuring.
> So i got nothing cash-wise for it, but i do believe for my trouble i get
> rewarded otherwise. People have been generous
>
> to me.  I should have gotten some photos of the place when i was there.
> The antenna, which still stands, was pretty
>
> basic, a VHF antenna on top a telephone pole.
>
>
>
> Not “antique” at this point but someday this too will be “antique
> wireless”.
>
> -Hue Miller
>
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