Yes, that sounds like it (weather bureau top of LF band).... I was hoping someone could remember the ID. It repeated in Morse Code on each loop of the tape. I think it was only three letters. I wish I could remember.... it doesn't matter of course -- just I'm stuck on it while it's on the tip of my tongue, so to speak.
Rod Neumann (832)444-0192 ALLogic Inc. / AdorStore PO Box 217 NEW ULM, TX 78950 On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM Cal Birdsall via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]/ >
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