Earlier in this thread I mentioned that the old RCA coastal marine station at Point Reyes, CA still gets on the air from time to time courtesy of a lot of hard work by ex ops who are also Hams.
They have announced that they will be on New Year's Eve to help celebrate SKN on the Ham bands as well as on the 600 meter Marine band. The Amateur call sign is K6KPH and the marine call sign is KPH. K6KPH will begin operation at 1600 PST/0000 GMT. They expect to operate for about six hours, or until 2200 PST/0600 GMT. Frequencies - K6KPH will be on 3545kc, 7050kc, 14050kc and 21050kc if the band is open. There is a slight possibility that a transmitter will be activated on 18097.5kc. Operators will advise if that frequency is being monitored. Multiple operators will be on duty at the operating positions, some of whom are likely to be ex-KPH ops. The transmitters for 3.5Mc, 7Mc and 14Mc will be 1950s vintage RCA sets. The transmitters for 21Mc, and 18Mc, if activated, will be a Henry commercial sets. The transmitters for 3.5Mc, 7Mc and 14Mc will be 1950s vintage RCA sets. The transmitters for 21Mc, and 18Mc, if activated, will be a Henry commercial sets. KPH will be on the air with continuous transmissions on MF beginning at 1700 PST/0100 GMT. Frequencies - Announcements will be made on 500kc. Press, weather, and other information will be sent on 426kc. 500kc will be monitored for calls from ships at sea. The silent period on 500kc will of course be observed. Equipment - The transmitter will be a Henry commercial set. Power will be about 5kW. Antenna - The MF transmitting antenna will be a Marconi T. Signal Reports & QSLs - Signal reports and QSLs may be sent to: Ms. Denice Stoops P.O. Box 381 Bolinas CA 94924-0381 USA ---- AR ----- Denice was the first woman operator at KPH. In the past, at least, they QSL 600 meter reception reports and contacts on the ham bands with genuine RCA message forms (there were bunch over when commercial operations shut down) filled out on a vintage mill (all caps CW typewriter). Work 'em with your Elecraft rigs and marry history with the future <G>. It's a fun way to spend some time New Year's eve. Don't be surprised not to get a RST report. If you snag an old commercial op, they'll report your signal strength using the system commercial stations have used for many decades: QSA 1 through QSA 5. 1 = barely in there, 5 = "armchair" copy. Answer the report in kind an give an OT at the KPH key a nice feeling of being back "home" again... Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
