MARITIME RADIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
16 April 2018
BULLETIN
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K6KPH Will be Active for International Marconi
Day
K6KPH, the amateur station of the MRHS, will be active for International Marconi Day (IMD) 2018 to help celebrate the birthday of the Great Man.
IMD is organized by the Cornish Amateur Radio Club each year on the weekend closest to Marconi's birthday
of 25 April 1874. This year the event will be held on 21 April UTC.
Since K6KPH transmits from the original Marconi site
that went into service in 1914 it is a registered IMD station. The Cornish
Amateur Radio Club will issue an award to stations that
contact 15 officially registered IMD stations like K6KPH.
> Date & Time - K6KPH will be in operation Saturday 21 April beginning
at 0000 UTC (5:00 pm Friday
20 April PDT). Operations will continue
for several hours until our operators run out of steam. See below if you would
like to be a K6KPH operator for this event!
> Frequencies - K6KPH will guard
these frequencies:
3550.0
7050.0
14050.0
18097.5
> Calling Procedure
- Since we will have KPH on the air as well (see below), the operators will be
very busy and may not be able to call CQ on each amateur channel. But they will
be scanning all the channels. So the best bet is to use commercial procedure
when calling K6KPH:
Continue to call on your chosen frequency until the
K6KPH operator responds with DE. Then respond with your call sign.
The station can be reached by phone on +1 415-669-9646
if you want to call in a report or arrange a special listening watch. The phone
will be answered only when the station is on the air.
> Be a K6KPH
Operator - If you would like to be a K6KPH operator for IMD we would
welcome your help. Bring your key and 'phones or use ours (but be advised that
some modern electronic keys may not work with the K6KPH keying system so bugs
and straight keys are encouraged). Show up early so we can familiarize you with
the K6KPH equipment and procedures. You'll be using fixed frequency 1.5kW
commercial transmitters 20 miles from the receive/control site so operations are
a little different from usual amateur practice! For more information please
send an email to info@radiomarine.org
> KPH Will Be On The Air
- KPH will be transmitting on
these frequencies and will of course be listening for calls from ships on 500kc
and ITU channel 3 HF.
426
500
4247.0
6477.5
8642.0
12808.5
17016.8
22447.5
VY 73,
MRHS
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