[Milsurplus] AM beacons

[Bruce MacMillan]

In the beginning there was the West Coast Radio Service. This 
established communications and navigation stations at lighthouses and 
other shore stations from Victoria to the Alaskan border. In 1937 it 
became the federal Dept. of Transport. 1630 was the working frequency 
for the westcoast of B.C. so would be monitored by all stations. In the 
1960s B.C. Telephone Co. took over ship to shore on their own 
frequencies, also in the marine band. I spent many nights listening to 
the fish boats phoning home but only 1/2 of the conversation. The rest 
was beeps.

Bruce  M0SOE (ex VE7)

On 27/01/2026 23:50, Hubert Miller wrote:
> Above the band, on 1630 kHz, was 'Bull Harbor Radio', an AM coastal 
> radio station from BC Canada. You could hear it in Seattle on any 
> competent radio receiver. I am wondering right now if it was a Canada 
> coast guard station  because i don't recall hearing ship , shore phone 
> traffic.