A coast (or coastal) radio station (short: coast station) is an on-shore maritime radio station which monitor radio distress frequencies and relays ship-to-ship and ship-to-land communications.
A coast station (also: coast radio station ) is – according to article 1.75 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR) [1] – defined as «A land station in the maritime mobile service.»
Coast Radio Station had an important role in the history of wireless radio communication as well as in maritime and war history.
Recent costal radio station provide medical advice services for ships, transmitting meteo messages and navigational warnings (NAV-Notice) on a regular base and all of them do a distress chanel watch (DSC-Watch) on VHF Chanel 16. Not all station monitore 2182 kHz shortwave anymore.
Coast radio stations
| Name | Callsign | Location | Operator | Periode of activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kystradio Radio | Bodø, Norway. | Telenor Maritim Radio, | 1938 - ongoing | |
| Scheveningen Radio | PCH | Scheveningen, Netherlands | PTT | 1904-1999 |
| Navy Coast Station Marlow | DHO26 | Marlow, Rostock, Germany | German Navy | 1990this - ongoing |
| Bern Radio | HEB | Bern, Switzerland | Swisscom Broadcast AG | 1941-2016 |
| PNS Hameed | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan | Pakistan Navy | 2016 - ongoing | |
| Isfjord Radio | Kapp Linné, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway | Norwegian Polar Institute | 1933 - ongoing | |
| Norddeich Radio | DAN | Osterlood, Norden, Germany | German Telekom | 1907-1998 |
| KPH | KPH | Iverness, California, USA | RCA | 1930-1998 |
| WCC | WCC | Originally Cape Cod, USA | RCA, Western Union | 1903-1997 |
| Shanghai Radio | XSG
XSG21 |
Shanghai, PR China | ongoing | |
| Taupo Maritime Radio | ZLM | Lake Taupō (tx), Lower Hutt (HQ), New Zealand | Maretime New Zealand [2] | ongoing |
See also
- Marconi Station
- Utility station
- KPH - A preserved RCA coastal wireless station in California
- WCC - A former coastal wireless station on Cape Cod, now operating from Maryland
- Portishead Radio - former UK station
References / sources
- ^ ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems – Article 1.75, definition: coast earth station / coast earth radio station
- ^ "Our home page - Maritime NZ". www.maritimenz.govt.nz. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
