The St. Charles Amateur Club meetings location and dates will change in the 2011 calendar year.

New Location:

O'Fallon VFW Hall
8500 Veterans Memorial Pkwy
O'Fallon, MO 63366

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For the 14th consecutive year, members of the Stu Rockafellow Amateur Radio Society will be traveling to Whitefish Point, MI and Paradise, MI to do a ham radio ‘Special Event’ “Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald”. The Fitzgerald went down with her crew of 29 on November 10th 1975 in Lake Superior approximately 17 miles from Whitefish Point, MI. This marks the 35th year of that tragedy.

The call sign used at Whitefish Point will be N8F and the call sign used at Paradise, MI (11 miles South of Whitefish Point) will be K8F. The Whitefish Point Lighthouse # is USA 887. We expect to be operational Friday November 5th thru Sunday November 7th with up to 4 stations.

Our target frequencies are 3860, 7240, 14260, 18160*, 21360, and 28360* (kHz SSB) (* secondary) NOTE: CW operation is not planned.

Only a certificate will be available. Send a 9x12 SASE (N8F / K8F only) to W8VS - Richard Barker 264 N. East St. Brighton, MI. 48116. E-Mail Rich - W8VS@COMCAST.NET

PLEASE OBSERVE THE CORRECT QSL ROUTES!

Also, teaming up with us this year are:

1: The Livonia Amateur Radio Club from Livonia, MI. using the call sign W8F and operating from the Dossin Museum, Sun. Nov. 7th , located on Belle Isle in the Detroit River.

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World War Two radio continues to pick up vintage broadcasts despite not having any power.

Scottish TV (STV) 04 June 2010 11:57 GMT

The Pye wireless with Marie Paton whose father owned it

A 70-year-old radio at a Scottish heritage center has been picking up vintage broadcasts featuring Winston Churchill and the music of Glen Miller.

A Pye valve wireless at Montrose Air Station, a heritage center that tells the story of the men and women who served there, has no power and is not connected to any source of electricity.
The aerodrome has been a source of paranormal sightings and sounds for almost a century, with reports of ghostly figures, eerie footsteps and door handles turning, but the mysterious wireless broadcasts have had even the most skeptical staff at the station searching for a rational explanation. The vintage radio set is kept in a recreation of a 940s room. Several people have heard Second World War era broadcasts including the big band sound of the Glenn Miller orchestra and speeches by Winston Churchill. The broadcasts come on at random and can last for up to half an... [Read More]