I have worked the ham station call for the past two years during the "Night of Nights" and also monitored KPH on all marine frequencies except the 600 meter frequencies. I simply don't have an antenna for anything that low. After the second year I sent a QSL and, as you mentioned, I received a nice QSL on an RCA message form from Ms. Stoops. The volunteers there are doing a wonderful job in preserving an important part of radio history by restoring the old equipment and keeping the station available for tours, etc. I also understand they secured a new coastal station license for KSM which uses the same equipment as KPH and can accept commercial traffic when it is in operation.
Monitoring KPH, KFS and WCC helped me with learning Morse back in the days when I was thinking of getting a ham license. I understand WCC was dismantled except for the receive building which they are trying to preserve as a museum but the transmitter location was dismantled and the receive location has no equipment. Fortunately, KPH has not suffered that fate. I wish I lived close enough to the station to visit during the next Night of Nights. Bruce - W8FU -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron D'Eau Claire Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 3:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Elecraft] VLF/LF Converters Wow, Mike! Have you told them? They'd like to know and you'll get a nice 'QSL' from the Grand Dame of KPH, Denise Stoops (the first female operator there). She sends "QSLs" out on original RCA radiogram forms as long as the supply left over from full time station ops lasts in response to an SASE. They put in a nice signal here, but I'm only 600 miles away. On the other hand, I'm close enough that I've managed to be at the station for one of their "night of nights" activities. That's a special bit of nostalgia for me since I used to chat with them on the air from ships visiting San Francisco Bay while testing the shipboard CW gear. For those here on the reflector without MF capability, KPH also transmits CW and RTTY on various HF frequencies and is active as K6KPH on several Ham bands, usually on 7050, 14050 and 21050 kHz and occasionally on 3550 kHz. There's more info about the facilities, stations in operation and frequencies used on: http://www.radiomarine.org Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Interesting Ron.....and,as a matter of interest, on the 'Night of Nights', I've copied KPH, on 426kHz, here in the far north of NZ's North Island, for several years now. 73 de Mike, zl1mh. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1629 - Release Date: 8/23/2008 1:16 PM _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
