[Wswss] Fw: [ham-hist] Digest Number 1482, Historic Coast Station Returns to the Air

[Steven Rapata]

Historic Coast Station Returns to the Air,
read below....



Thank you & God Bless
WSWSS Secretary
Steven Rapata
kg6tcv at hotmail.com
KG6TCV





>From: "Ron Baker WA6AZN" <wa6azn at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: "Ron Baker WA6AZN" <wa6azn at earthlink.net>
>To: "Ron Baker" <wa6azn at earthlink.net>
>Subject: Fw: [ham-hist] Digest Number 1482
>Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:39:42 -0800
>
>Hello everyone.
>Chris, AE6EE sent the below message to me about a historic radio station.
>For those of you who can copy CW, this is a "choice" station to listen to
>this coming Sunday at 10 AM PST.  If you have all wave receivers, take a
>listen to the other frequencies as well.  This is History repeating itself,
>and most likely will never happen again.  IF you hear the signals be sure 
>to
>send in a signal report as requested.  Happy hunting.  Ron
>
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>Topics in this digest:
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>       1. Historic Coast Station Returns to the Air
>            From: Richard Dillman <ddillman at igc.org>
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>Message: 1
>    Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 20:28:55 -0500 (EST)
>    From: Richard Dillman <ddillman at igc.org>
>Subject: Historic Coast Station Returns to the Air
>
>HISTORIC MORSE CODE STATION TO BROADCAST FROM ORIGINAL MARCONI SITE
>
>The Maritime Radio Historical Society, in cooperation with the Marconi
>Conference Center, will return historic Morse code radio station KPH to the
>air from its original Marin county, CA location on Sunday, 26 February.
>
>KPH, once called the â?o"wireless giant of the Pacificâ?", arrived in 
>Marin
>county in the early 1920s.  With its receiving station at Marshall, CA and
>transmitters at Bolinas, CA, KPH provided telegram service to ships at sea
>via Morse code.
>
>Operation at Marshall continued until the beginning of WWII when KPH was
>shut down for the duration.  After the war the receiving station was moved
>to the Pt. Reyes peninsula.  But on Sunday, 26 February, KPH will return to
>the air from Marshall for the first time since 1942.
>
>Vintage equipment will be used.  The transmitters at Bolinas will be
>operated remotely from Marshall just as was originally done.  Messages will
>be exchanged with historic ships including the SS Red Oak Victory, a WWII
>Victory ship using its original radio equipment.  And radiograms will be
>accepted from the public for transmission by Morse code and delivery
>anywhere in the U.S.
>
>On HF, KPH will transmit on 6477.5kc and listen for calls from ships on
>6276.0kc.
>
>On MF, KPH will transmit on 500kc and 426kc.
>
>K6KPH will also be operational for handling radiogram traffic from visitors
>to the event.  K6KPH will guard 7050kc for calls.
>
>Reception reports may be sent to:
>
>Ms. DA Stoops
>P.O. Box 381
>Bolinas CA 94924-0381
>USA
>
>Operations are expected to begin at 1000pst/1800gmt.
>
>The public is invited to visit the receive site at Marshall.  For 
>directions
>to the Marconi Conference Center see:
>
>http://marconiconference.org/
>
>VY 73,
>
>RD
>
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>Richard Dillman, W6AWO
>Maritime Radio Historical Society
>http://www.radiomarine.org
>Collector of Harleys, Willys and
>Radios over 100lbs.
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