** U S A. CW stations to rise from the dead --- OK, maybe a little off-topic,
but interesting nonetheless; some silent coastal CW stations are going to
return to the air beginning tomorrow and they want reception reports:
http://www.eham.net/articles/17064
(Harry Helms, W5HLH, Smithville, TX EL19, July 11, ABDX via DXLD) Viz.:

Night of the Living (Commercial) CW:
from Brian D. Smith, W9IND (ex-WO9I, KA9OIH, WN9ICB) on July 11, 2007
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The last commercial CW station fell silent in 1999, but once a year, several of
them fire up their vintage equipment for a one-night return to the airwaves.

The eighth annual "Night of Nights" will begin at 0001 UTC July 13 -- which, in
the continental United States, is the afternoon/evening of Thursday, July 12.

CW transmissions will continue until at least 0700 UTC July 13, and the
stations will issue QSLs to those who submit valid reception reports. Scheduled
participants include such time-honored stations as KPH, WLO, KFS (returning to
the air) and NMN (participating for the first time since the U.S. Coast Guard
ended the use of Morse code).

Although "Night of Nights" is traditionally an SWL event, this year the
commercial stations will be joined by K6KPH, representing the Radio Maritime
Historical Society. Manned by professional operators, K6KPH will accept
reception reports for KPH, KFS and KSM. But the Society encourages all hams to
work the station: "(P)lease don't hesitate to call, no matter what your code
speed or experience level may be."

Incidentally, the stations prefer reports expressed as QSA/QRK or SINPO/SINFO,
since RST is "frowned upon," according to the Society.

For fans of CW and/or radio history, this is the real deal -- a chance to
obtain QSL cards from stations that are essentially returning from the dead.
For many hams, these stations provided a daily source of code practice, thanks
to their constantly repeating messages and perfectly spaced characters.

For more information, follow this link: http://www.radiomarine.org/non8.html
[see also the eham link for more info and comments] (via DXLD, Glenn Hauser)

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Michigan
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