Night of Nights - An Historic event this Friday July 12th
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rfoxwor1 at tampabay.rr.com
Thu Jul 11 18:03:14 PDT 2013
LARC,
Tomorrow night (Fri) is the annual Night of Nights when the coastal
telegraph stations all mark the time when commercial CW disappeared from
HF and MF radio. You can copy them typically in the 6 to 12 MHz range.
You can also work K6KPH on CW in the HF hambands and get a nice QSL.
73 Bob k2euh
---- MFDXA email list <mfdxa.n2mft at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks to Marvin K2VHW
>
> http://tinyurl.com/llmqlr6
>
> The U.S. Coast Guard will participate in an historic return to the air of
> several maritime coastal radio stations.
> Marvin
> K2VHW
>
> NIGHT OF NIGHTS 2013 FINAL INFORMATION
> FLASH!
> USCG WILL PARTICIPATE IN NIGHT OF NIGHTS!
>
> Event Date: 12 July 2013 Pacific Daylight Time
> First Transmission form MRHS Stations: 5:01pm Pacific Daylight Time 12
> July, 0001Z 13 July
>
> Historic coast stations KPH, KFS and KSM will return to the air
>
> RCA "H Set" Transmitter 298 to be on the air
>
> USCG Coast Stations NMC and NMQ will be on the air
>
>
> Historic Stations WLO and KLB may join the event
>
> K6KPH will be listening for calls and signal reports
>
> Join us in person or on the air
>
> Morse code.
>
> It's just beeps in the air. Yet on 12 July 1999 some very tough looking
> grizzled old radio pioneers had tears in their eyes as the last commercial
> Morse code radiogram was sent. It was the end of an era. And as the last
> beeps faded away into the static they witnessed the end of the career to
> which they had devoted their lives.
>
> These men - and some women - had stood watch over the airwaves on shore and
> at sea. Theirs was mostly the business of maritime commerce. But when their
> ship was in peril they were called upon to send the most electrifying three
> letters in radio, S O S, knowing that all their fellow radio operators
> would press their earphones close to get every scrap of information and
> bring aid to their stricken ship.
>
> Once, our coasts were dotted with great Morse code radio stations, all
> communicating with ships at sea. They're all gone now... all except one,
> the one they called the Wireless Giant of the Pacific, located at Point
> Reyes.
>
> On that sad day in 1999 another event took place. The Maritime Radio
> Historical Society (MRHS) was formed. We made it our life's work to honor
> the men and women of wireless by restoring that wireless giant. One year
> and one minute later the giant's voice once again spanned the oceas as we
> picked up the thread and kept the faith with our colleagues of the air.
>
> Every year since, in an event that became known as the Night of Nights,
> Morse code station KPH has returned to the air, joined by KFS and the
> station of the MRHS, KSM.
>
> This year our friends and colleagues at USCG station NMC have labored
> mightily to bring that storied call sign back to life on Morse code for the
> evening along with NMQ in Cambria, CA.
>
> We hope that stations WLO and KLB will join us again as hey have in years
> past.
>
> This is a global and local event. Hundreds of listeners around the world
> will be waiting with their earphones on, waiting for the signals of the
> great station to once again arc over the dome of the Earth to their
> receivers.
>
> You can be with us in person!
>
> Dozens of people will join us at the RCA receiving station in the Point
> Reyes National Seashore to watch as the signals are transmitted by hand
> using vintage telegraph keys.
>
> A guest operating position will be available so bring your key and 'phones
> or use ours and operate K6KPH. No license required! So if you're an
> ex-commercial op who never became a ham here's your chance to sling some
> Morse again. Or if you hold a current commercial radiotelegraph ticket you
> can operate KPH, KFS and/or KSM and have your license endorse to that
> effect.
>
> Date: Friday 12 July 2013 Pacific Daylight Time
>
> Location: RCA receiving station, 17400 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Point Reyes
> National Seashore
>
> Time: Doors open at 3:00pm pdt, first transmission 5:01pm pdt (0001gmt 13
> July)
>
> Refreshments: Served
>
> Photographs: Encouraged
>
> Tours: Given
>
> None of this would have been possible without the trust and vision of the
> Point Reyes National Seashore. The only reason these facilities were
> spared the bulldozer that visited all the others is that they are on park
> land. And the only reason they have been restored to operation is that the
> PRNS staff understood their importance and trusted the MRHS to restore them
> to life.
>
> THIS IS THE MOST ACCURATE AND COMPLETE NIGHT OF NIGHTS 2013 INFORMATION
> AVAILABLE AT PRESS TIME BUT LAST MINUTE CHANGES MAY TAKE PLACE
> This year we will send last minute changes and signal reports by Twitter.
> You can join Twitter free at:
> https://www.twitter.com
> and follow us at @Radiomarine
> MRHS Stations
> Sixteen transmitters will be on the air from the MRHS transmitter site in
> Bolinas. That doesn't include transmitters held in ready reserve in case
> of failure. Members of the crack MRHS Transmitter Department and the H Set
> Team will be on hand to assure that all goes well.
>
> > KPH:
>
> Frequency Transmitter Antenna
>
> 500/426 Henry MF-5000D Marconi T
> 4247.0 RCA K Set Double Extended Zepp
> 6477.5 RCA K Set Double Extended Zepp
> 8642.0 RCA L Set Double Extended Zepp
> 12808.5 RCA L Set H over 2
> 17016.8 RCA L Set H over 2
> 22477.5 RCA H Set H over 2
>
> The restoration of the H set has been chronicled in past issues of the
> Newsletter. It will return to revenue service for the first time in
> decades for Night of Nights. See Newsletter No. 38 for information about
> and photos of this magnificent transmitter.
>
> FLASH! We have just confirmed that Point Reyes National Seashore
> superintendent Cicely Muldoon will press the button to formally dedicate H
> Set Transmitter 298 and put it on the air for Night of Nights!
>
> > KFS
>
> Frequency Transmitter Antenna
>
> 12695.5 Press Wireless PW15 H over 2
> 17026.0 Henry HF-5000D H over 2
>
> > KSM
>
> Frequency Transmitter Antenna
>
> 500/426 Henry MF-5000D Marconi T
> 8438.3 Henry HF-5000D Double Extended Zepp
> 12993.0 Henry HF-5000D H over 2
> 16914.0 Henry HF-5000D H over 2
>
> > K6KPH
>
> Frequency Transmitter Antenna
>
> 3550.0 Henry HF-5000D Double Extended Zepp
> 7050.0 RCA L Set Double Extended Zepp
> 14050.0 Henry HF-5000D H over 2
> 21050.0 Henry HF-5000D H over 2
>
> > Reception Reports
>
> Reception reports and verification requests for the MRHS stations listed
> above may be sent to:
>
> Maritime Radio Historical Society
> PO Box 392
> Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
> USA
>
> > Station Telephone
>
> The receive site may be contacted by phone on +1 415-669-9646
>
> USCG Stations
>
> > NMC (Transmit Bolinas, Receive Pt. Reyes)
>
> Frequency Transmitter Antenna
>
> 448.0 Nautel ND2500TT/6 173' monopole tower
> 472.0 Nautel ND2500TT/6 173' monopole tower
> 500.0 Nautel ND2500TT/6 173' monopole tower
> 6383.0 Harris RT-2200 Conical omni-directional
> 8574.0 Harris RT-2200 Conical omni-directional
> 17220.5* Harris RT-2200 Conical omni-directional
>
> > NMQ (Transmit Cambria, Receive and Control Pt. Reyes)
>
> Frequency Transmitter Antenna
>
> 448.0 Nautel ND2500TT/6 173' monopole tower
> 472.0 Nautel ND2500TT/6 173' monopole tower
> 500.0 Nautel ND2500TT/6 173' monopole tower
>
>
> > Reception Reports
>
> Reception reports and verification requests for the USCG stations listed
> above may be sent to:
>
> Attn: OSCS Phil Marsh
> USCG CAMSPAC Point Reyes
> 17000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
> Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
> USA
>
> Shipcom LLC Stations
>
> The participation of Shipcpm LLC stations WLO and KLB was unconfirmed at
> press time but the stations used these frequencies for previous Night of
> Nights events. We list them so you can make them part of your listening
> scan - just in case!
>
> But Wait! Just before pressing the Send button we received word that WLO
> and KLB will be on the air for Night of Nights 2013!
>
> > WLO
>
> 2055.5
> 4343.0
> 8658.0
> 12992.0
> 16968.5
>
> > KLB
>
> 488.0
> 500.0
> 8582.5
>
>
> > Reception Reports
>
> No information is available for the Shipcom LLC stations
>
>
> > Calling Channels
>
> All commercial and USCG stations listed above will listen for calls from
> ships on 500kc and on ITU Channel 3 HF:
>
> 4184.0
> 6276.0
> 8368.0
> 12552.0
> 16736.0
> 22280.5
>
> Listen on these frequencies if you want to copy both sides of ship to shore
> contacts.
>
>
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>
> 73,
> Tony N2MFT, President
> Mid Florida DX Association W4FDX
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