[SFDXA] Fla & Bahamas 2 MHz info needed

[John W. Morris]

Mark, I have an old 2mhz marine am rcvr in a corner here .... seems to
be a RCA AR-8712 with direction finder.

It has 3 scales on the dial:

1. Beacon ........   .20 to .415
2. Broadcast ..... .55 to 1.6
3. Marine ............ 1.7 to 3.4

I guess it is at least 40 years old ...... all tubes ...... havn't fired
it up in at least 10 years probably .. I used to use it mainly to listen
to football games in the shack on the AM band.... good luck with your
research......  73, John, W4GD



Mark Cobbeldick wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> I am attempting to locate any information on the old 2
> MHz Public Coastal stations that existed in the South
> Florida area back in the 1960's and 1970's.
>
> These stations were the prime method of communications
> for vessels out to 300 miles offshore in the days
> prior to the establishment of the current VHF-FM
> Marine band (156-157 and 161-162 MHz) in the mid
> 1970's.
>
> The stations I remember listening to the most
> were:
> -------------------------------
>  WDR (Miami)
>  WDR-2 (Miami)
>  Nassau Radio
>  the US Coast Guard
>
> ...There were several others on-the-air in that
> period.
>
> I had gotten interested in radio in the mid-1960's and
> had modified an old tube-type AM Broadcast radio to
> listen to the 160-meter amateur band, only to discover
> there was a marine band just above it!
>
> The modified radio would receive 1700 to 2780 kHz.
> Since all communications in those days were in the AM
> "phone" mode, on both the marine and ham bands, it was
> all great fun for a nine-year-old kid.  ("Sandy"
> Arroyo, WA4KSD was my Elmer in those days.)
>
> I am looking for old frequency information,
> photographs, memorabilia, etc. which could be
> photographed/scanned/photocopied.  I am interested in
> hearing from anyone who might have been employed for
> these stations.
>
> If you have an old 2 MHz AM marine radio in a corner
> somewhere, look and see what frequencies were in it.
> I would be interested in knowing.
>
> All information will be greatly appreciated.
>
> 73,
> Mark Cobbeldick   KB4CVN / C6AMC
> kb4cvn@yahoo.com
>
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