Monday, February 27, 2006
Radio club transmits history
Steve Hawkes, center, listens to Morse code, above, as Charles Jackson, left, Sharon Primbsch and Larry Fitzsimons talk Sunday in Richmond. About 30 members of the Red Oak Victory Amateur Radio Club demonstrated code transmission.
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Vintage radio equipment from World War II crackled back to life Sunday as the Red Oak Victory Amateur Radio Club hosted a demonstration of the ship's original radio equipment, which included a Morse code transmission to historical maritime radio station KPH, west of the small Marin County town of Bolinas.
The demonstration was held in addition to regular guided tours of the Victory ship, which was built nearby at Kaiser shipyard number one.
The Red Oak Victory is moored at the end of Canal Boulevard (follow the ROV signs). For more information on the historic ship, visit http://www.ssredoakvictory.com.
-- John Geluardi
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