KOK. I worked there while a high school senior in 56-57. KFS was in the
SF Bay area south of the SFO airport.
Fred K6DGW
On 4/19/2011 11:40 PM, Robert Friess wrote:
> As a kid, I often visited a station in S. California, in Hawthorne, I think.
> Long time ago. I don't remember the call sign.
KFS was in the SF Bay area too. I used to bump into reps from KFS coming
aboard ships in the S.F. bay promoting their station.
Here's a link to a story about the shut-down of the Globe Wireless stations
including KFS:
http://jproc.ca/radiostor/kph.html
I don't know about station WPD.
As a kid, I often visited a station in S. California, in Hawthorne, I think.
Long time ago. I don't remember the call sign. Maybe KFS.
Bob
On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Ken - K0PP wrote:
> I used to "hang out" at Tampa's WPD ... boy, that
> was a long time ago! Helped ole Al Burnham pet
I used to "hang out" at Tampa's WPD ... boy, that
was a long time ago! Helped ole Al Burnham pet
the wharf cats.
Anyone know when it went QRT?
73! Ken - K0PP
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Geoff.
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On April 19, 2011 at 22:56 +0100, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> Transmitters will be Henry commercial HF5000D units except for 7050.0
> which
> will be using a 1950s vintage RCA trans
For CW enthusiasts interested in an unusual contact, K6KPH, the amateur
station of the Maritime Radio Historical Society, will be on the air for
this year's International Marconi Day on Saturday 30 April.
K6KPH will use the transmitters of ex-Marconi, ex-RCA coast station KPH at
the 1913 Marconi s
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