Re: [Elecraft] The Night of Nights
I'm pretty sure it was posted here on the Elecraft list as well as CWops, NASOTA, and many club lists. KPH and a number of other museum stations and ships gather on maritime MF and HF frequencies on the night of 12 July each year at 0001 GMT, one minute after the final broadcast ~20 years ago. One of the only nights you can hear activity on the Holy Frequency which is eerily silent the rest of the year. K6KPH comes up on 3550 kcs, 7050 kcs, 14050 kcs, and several frequencies in the WARC bands and will accept traffic and signal reports. KPH will accept messages addressed to anyone who has an email address. They send it as a PDF on an authentic radiogram form from KPH's heyday. You must format it in "commercial style" which is a bit different than amateur NTS format. Check out the Marine Historical Radio Society [radiomarine.org] and look at the latest news letter. It is formatted as a commercial message [note: CODH is one of several message classes, it means "company deadhead", a non-revenue message within the company. Your message would normally be class "P"]. Kind of a neat way to send birthday and other greetings. KPH/K6KPH is staffed on most Saturday afternoons from about 1800 to 2200-2300 GMT. They begin with PX [press], and then start their wheel and look for ships. K6KPH usually comes up when the PX finishes. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 7/13/2019 6:36 AM, Bill wrote: It sure would have been nice to have heard about this before it became OLD NEWS. If there was an announcement made here, I never saw it. Not everyone is plugged into to every nook and cranny of the radio world. A small timely announcement of this event would have been appreciated - by me and probably by others also. I interviewed at WCC in the 70s and was offered a job. I declined - fortunately. I have to say the entire operation was a step back in time - even then. It was like being in the 40s as soon as you entered the door. Sorry to have missed this event. Bill W2BLC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] The Night of Nights
They are also QRV each Saturday starting about 1830z. K6KPH is workable too. See www.radiomarine.org for times and frequencies. 73, Brian, K0DTJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] The Night of Nights
Bill . . . It's been going on for 20 years every July 12th, and I saw announcements on at least 4 reflectors. Put it on your calendar for next year so you won't miss it. Also, a donation to keep them on the air would also be appropriate (as many of us do). 73, Kent K9ZTV On 7/13/2019 8:36 AM, Bill wrote: It sure would have been nice to have heard about this before it became OLD NEWS. If there was an announcement made here, I never saw it. Not everyone is plugged into to every nook and cranny of the radio world. A small timely announcement of this event would have been appreciated - by me and probably by others also. I interviewed at WCC in the 70s and was offered a job. I declined - fortunately. I have to say the entire operation was a step back in time - even then. It was like being in the 40s as soon as you entered the door. Sorry to have missed this event. Bill W2BLC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to k9...@socket.net --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] The Night of Nights
It sure would have been nice to have heard about this before it became OLD NEWS. If there was an announcement made here, I never saw it. Not everyone is plugged into to every nook and cranny of the radio world. A small timely announcement of this event would have been appreciated - by me and probably by others also. I interviewed at WCC in the 70s and was offered a job. I declined - fortunately. I have to say the entire operation was a step back in time - even then. It was like being in the 40s as soon as you entered the door. Sorry to have missed this event. Bill W2BLC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] The Night of Nights
Tonight is the 20th anniversary of the end of marine radiotelegraphy. You can listen in to the activities detailed below. KFS is currently booming in here on 12MHz on my K3. Maritime Radio Historical Society | | | | || | | | | | Maritime Radio Historical Society | | | | 73, Eric WD6DBM Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KPH Night of Nights!
In this eighth annual Night of Nights, historic Morse code radio station KPH will return to the air in commemoration of the closing of commercial Morse operation in the USA. Frequency and reception report information for all stations appear below. KPH, the ex-RCA coast station located north of San Francisco, will return to the air for commemorative broadcasts on 12 July at 1701 PDT (13 July at 0001 GMT), 8 years and one minute after what was thought to be the last commercial Morse transmission in the US. Now the Maritime Radio Historical Society's own KSM carries on the tradition of commercial Morse. These on-the-air events are intended to honor the men and women who followed the radiotelegraph trade on ships and at coast stations around the world and made it one of honor and skill. Transmissions are expected to continue until at least midnight PDT (0700GMT). Veteran Morse operators, including former KPH staff members, will be on duty at the receiving station at Point Reyes, CA listening for calls from ships and sending messages just as they did for so many years before Morse operations were shut down. The transmitters are located 18 miles south of Point Reyes in Bolinas, CA at the transmitting station established in 1913 by the American Marconi Co. The original KPH transmitters, receivers and antennas will be used to activate frequencies in all the commercial maritime HF bands and on MF as well. Many of the KPH transmitters will be 50s vintage RCA sets. KFS will use a 1940s vintage Press Wireless PW-15 transmitter on 12Mc. This is the transmitter that was in service at KFS on the last day of American Morse and is thought to be the last PW-15 in service in the world. The transmitting antennas include a Marconi T for MF, double extended Zepps for 4, 6 and 8Mc and H over 2s for 12, 16 and 22Mc. KPH will send traffic lists, weather and press broadcasts as well as special commemorative messages, some of which will be sent by hand. At other times the KPH, KSM and KFS wheel will be sent to mark the transmitting frequencies. Members of the public are invited to visit the receiving station for this event. The station will be open to visitors beginning at 1500PDT (3:00pm). The station is located at 17400 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and is on the route to the Point Reyes lighthouse. Watch for a cypress lined driveway on the right about a mile past the entry to Coast Guard station NMC. KPH and KSM are operated by the Maritime Radio Historical Society in cooperation with the Point Reyes National Seashore, part of the National Park Service. Further information may be found on the Maritime Radio Historical Society Web site at http://www.radiomarine.org or by contacting Richard Dillman at +1 415-663-8982 (email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]). ___ 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
