[HCDX] HISTORIC MORSE CODE RADIO STATION KPH RETURNS TO THE AIR FOR "NIGHT OF NIGHTS VII

["KK4XO - Bill" <kk4xo.bill@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know whether many HCDX members are also Utility DX'ers but, if so,
then this  be of interest:

 

HISTORIC MORSE CODE RADIO STATION KPH RETURNS TO THE AIR FOR "NIGHT OF
NIGHTS VII
 
Former RCA Station KPH Celebrates Its 101st Anniversary
 
In the seventh annual event that has become known as the "Night of Nights",
historic Morse code radio station KPH and others will return to the air in
commemoration of the last commercial Morse message sent in the United
States.
 
Frequencies and reception report information for all stations are on the
Maritime Radio Historical Society website.. See address 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), 7 years and one minute after the last commercial Morse transmission in
the US. 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.
 
KPH will send traffic lists, weather and press broadcasts as well as special
commemorative messages, many of which will be sent by hand. At other times
the
KPH and KSM "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 is 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/non7.html
 
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