It was the Weather Bureau (as it was called at the time). It was at the upper end of the LF band and could be heard on the low end of AM radio. It’s around now after a few months off the air because of storm damage. Cal Birdsall N5BR
Sent from my iPhone 713-419-1977 > On Dec 8, 2025, at 6:05 PM, Rod Neumann via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have a trivia question for the Houston Oldtimers who may remember in the > 1950s (maybe) but certainly the 1960s, if you tuned to the bottom of the AM > broadcast band (520? 530kc?), there was a broadcast station. It was a > continuous repeating voice loop of weather info followed by an ID. I think > I remember it was Galveston/Houston weather data, especially tidal info. For > decades I remembered the call ID because the repeated Morse Code > identification got drummed in my kid brain, but now that brain cell must have > died because I no longer remember. What was it? Coast Guard? Commercial > Fishing? I just don't remember and it's bugging me... but I'm hoping someone > in BVARC land remembers and can tell me so I can quit wondering. > > Thanks, > ROD W5IE > > > > Rod Neumann cell: (832)444-0192 > ALLogic Inc. / AdorStore > PO Box 217 > New Ulm, TX 78950 > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
