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 <[email protected]> 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 ā€œEā€ on this link. No idea what the transmitters are.


https://www.overfalls.org/VirtualTour.html


Ray F/KA3EKH