[A-DX] Night of Nights; WOR on KVOH imminent

[Roger]

Am 13.07.2014 02:07, schrieb Glenn Hauser  [dxld]:
> If you copy CW, a reminder that the Night of Nights has just begun at 
> 0000 UT July 13; details at
> http://www.marineradio.org
>
> Also, World of Radio debuts on KVOH at 0130 UT Sunday. 9975. I`d be 
> interested in informal reports of reception from everywhere; including 
> California, Arizona and Nevada whether these areas are in the skip zone.
>
> Glenn

NOT:
http://www.marineradio.org



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NIGHT OF NIGHTS XV: July 12, 2014

 From the Point Reyes National Seashore (California) website:

In the annual "Night of Nights", historic Morse code radio
station KPH returns to the air in commemoration of the closing of
commercial Morse operation in the USA.

KPH, the ex-RCA coast station located north of San Francisco,
returns to the air for commemorative broadcasts every year on
July 12 at 5:01 pm PDT (13 July at 0001 GMT). On July 12, 1999,
the last commercial Morse transmission in the U.S. was thought to
have been broadcast at 5 pm PDT (13 July at 0000 GMT). Now the
Maritime Radio Historical Society's own KSM carries on the
tradition of commercial Morse. Transmissions are expected to
continue until at least midnight PDT (0700 GMT).

Night of Nights is an annual event held on the 12th of July by
the Maritime Radio Historical Society (MRHS) to commemorate the
history of maritime radio and the closing of commercial Morse
operations in the USA. 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.

Once, the maritime mobile bands were populated edge to edge with
powerful coast stations operating from virtually every country on
every continent. Once, the ships of world trade and the great
passenger liners filled the air with their radiograms--and with
their calls for help when in danger on the sea. Now those bands
are largely silent.

http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_nightofnights.htm 
<http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_nightofnights.htm>



See also:

http://www.radiomarine.org/


<EOT>

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Here are the frequencies of the California transmitters (13 July
2014 0000-0700 UTC):

Frequency (kHz) Transmitter         Antenna

KPH:
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:
12695.5         Press Wireless W15  H over 2
17026.0         Henry HF-5000D      H over 2

KSM:
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
22445.8         Henry HF-5000D      H over 2

K6KPH (amateur radio):
3550.0 Henry HF-5000D      Double Extended Zepp
7050.0 RCA L Set           Double Extended Zepp
14050.0         Henry HF-5000D      H over 2
18097.5         Henry HF-5000D      H over 2
21050.0         Henry HF-5000D      H over 2


<EOT>

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A list of all frequencies, including those of other U.S. martime
stations which may participate, is available at:
http://www.radiomarine.org/gallery/show?keyword=nonxi&panel=pab1_5#pab1_5


If your CW copying skills are rusty, remember that you can use
Fldigi to decode CW.


<EOT>


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roger
(IC-R75/Boomerang 11m/STUDIO1/FLDIGI, D-06193 Petersberg, Germany)