SPECIAL MARITIME RADIO EVENT - JULY 13


SPECIAL MARITIME RADIO EVENT
JULY 13 FROM 0001 UTC


 Today I received a lovely email from Brian, W9IND (Indianapolis, USA) with information of an upcoming event on July 13, organised by the Maritime Radio Historical Society of America. Brian writes:

 Hi, Rob,

Found your Mount Evelyn DX Report page for the first time today and thought you might be interested in an upcoming shortwave event, the annual “Night of Nights,” in which historic maritime CW stations such as WLO and KPH return from the dead for a few hours. It’ll begin at 0001 UTC July 13, which of course is the evening of July 12 for Statesiders. And for hams such as yourself, there’ll be a pair of amateur stations – K6KPH and W4WLO – making Morse code contacts.

Lots of great nostalgia, plus the possibility of collectible QSLs. The event is sponsored by the Maritime Radio Historical Society.

You can check the full list of participating stations and frequencies by clicking on the following link: Maritime Radio Special Event

73 from Indianapolis,
Brian, W9IND

P.S. I started as a teenage SWL around 1969 and played around with CB (Dad’s call was KCY-2965) before graduating to amateur radio. My original callsign as a 15-year-old was WN9ICB, followed (after a 9-year absence) by KA9OIH, WO9I and my current vanity call.

 A brief summary of Brian's information appears below:

NIGHT OF NIGHTS 2016 - MARITIME RADIO EVENT


 First Transmission from MRHS Stations: 0001 UTC on 13 July 2016
MRHS Stations

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

 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    
6474.0                 Henry HF-5000D           
12993.0               Henry HF-5000D            H over 2
16914.0               Henry HF-5000D            H over 2
22445.8               Henry HF-5000D           

 K6KPH

 K6KPH ops will monitor the frequencies below as propagation and the number of available operators permit.

 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

 FURTHER DETAILS: Maritime Radio Special Event

 73 and good luck!

 Rob Wagner VK3BVW


Comments

  1. Rob WagnerJuly 12, 2016 at 11:43 AM

    NOTE: The above links sent by Brian have now been updated to include much more information on this event. Thanks Brian. Rob

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