[Milsurplus] Lighthouse radio beacons of the past ?

[Paul Thekan]

I toured the Lightship Relief docked here in Oaklands Jack London square
about 8 yrs ago. It has the same radio and beacon gear as the Overfalls.

 The radio area was roped off and asked the tour guide if I could step in
to get some pics of the gear on my camera.
Was told under no circumstance was anyone allowed to step in there but ship
staff...he was being a jerk and wouldnt take the pics for me if I gave him
the camera to do so.

 Its docked by FDR's presidential Yacht Potomac. There is a radio room on
board with gear that really doesn't belong there and well...that's a whole
other story.

Paul
N6FEG




On Tue, Dec 7, 2021, 4:56 AM MICHAEL ST ANGELO <mstangelo at comcast.net>
wrote:

>
> I toured the Overfalls Lightship in 2018. Here are pictures of the Radio
> Beacon and Ship-to-Shore radio.
>
> The beacon is a Hallicrafters TB-142 Transmitter built in 1949. The
> Ship-to-Shore transmitter is a Radiomarine Corporation of America
> T-298/URC-7 with a MD-223/URC-7Z Modulator/Power Supply. The receiver is
> an RCA R-413/URC-7. The Overfalls had two Ship-toShore radios.
>
> I strongly recommend touring the ship when in Delaware. Other interesting
> equipment include a RCA Radar and a Lionel Compensating Binnacle holding
> the compass.
>
>  Lewes is right down the road from Cape Henlopen State Park
>
> Mike N2MS
>
> On 12/02/2021 9:40 AM Ray Fantini <rafantini at salisbury.edu> wrote:
>
>
> We have a Lightship museum over in Lewes Delaware and they still have the
> original LF Beacon transmitters. You can see it on picture “E” on this
> link. No idea what the transmitters are.
>
>
> https://www.overfalls.org/VirtualTour.html
>
>
> Ray F/KA3EKH
>
>
>
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