Re: [HCDX] KPH

[Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

At 08:02 AM 7/13/2008, you wrote:
>Walter,
>
>Post this to the HCDX list for me.
>
>You said:  "The only channel I'm
>not getting is 500 kHz.  Not sure why....perhaps they're not on the
>air as promised.......Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC  (06:45 UTC)"
>
>The reason you didn't receive 500 kHz is that you were receiving 426
>kHz!  There is only one transmitter and it is switched to 500 kHz when
>ships (or coast stations) were calling them.  Stations responded to
>calls on 500 kHz and then informed the ship that they should shift to
>426/425 namely that KPH would go to 426 and the ship should go to 425
>kHz which was one of the stzandard ship working frequencies - which
>were 425, 454, 468, 480 kHz.
>
>Ships also had 410 kHz for sending radiodirection finding shgnals as
>well as 500 for distress and calling and responding, as well as 512
>which was used as a back up calling frequency if 500 kHz was being
>used for distress and calls were prohibited there because of the SOS.
>
>At 0001 UTC if they got off on time, you would have heard on 500 kHz -
>"CQ CQ CQ DE KPH KPH KPH = KPH NIGHT OF NIGHTS RETURNS TO THE AIR QSW
>426/HF =" which would have been sent on 500 kHz and all running HF
>frequencies.  Then KPH would shift to 426 kHz and what was being sent
>on 426 kHz would also be sent on HF.
>
>Of course in the heyday of marine radio, each frequency would be
>manned by a different operator so more traffic could be handled and
>more income generated:  The frequencies were only simulcast during
>traffic lists and weather - or at night when the number of operators
>was cut back and propagation closed 12, 16 and 22 MHz.
>
>73
>
>David Ring, N1EA
>former Radio Officer, U.S. Merchant Marine
>=30=



Thanks, David!  By the way, what power(s) were you using?  ........Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC


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