PORTISHEAD RADIO

A HISTORY IN PICTURES OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS MARITIME RADIO STATION SET TO MIKE BATT'S 'PORTISHEAD RADIO' SONG.
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[messybluesboy371]

This song takes me way back. I don't care what anyone says - this song is an under-rated Classic

[wa4aos]

Ham for 41 years, WITH CALL SIGN, but that music stinks.

[zoolkhan]

wow.. thats cool. ts440S is still my only rig here.. with a dipol attached to it, 100 watts is all i need to get around the globe.

It was a sad day when DAN stopped its service alltogether.. hey, youd find me on the "fists" QRGs 14058 etc.. oh8xat

[T5radioop]

Yes, I did. But it was for a phone patch. We were on the Congo River in Zaire discharging grain to a lighter ship. The satellite (EB) failed, and we were using a amateur radio (Kenwood TS-440S) to do all our HF Comms. We loaded it into the ship's longwire with 100 watts. The phone patch worked just fine.

I loved that German SITOR unit we had on a German Reflag ship, but I forget the name of it. The ship was renamed M/V Strong Virginian.

[zoolkhan]

Ever used DAN (radio norddeich?) 73 de DRKF

[Infidel7153]

music sucks !

[mta415]

well alrighty then...

[mta415]

you must not be a HRO...

[MaXwell Falstein]

Thank you very much Larry for a wonderful video of all the old pictures of Portishead Radio.

My Grandfather used to work there, his name was Terry Falstein, I wonder if you know him?

Thanks again, MaX.

[T5radioop]

I was one of the few American ships to run traffic through your station. I ran SITOR traffice through there and also sometimes did HF SSB traffic for crew because you had such a good signal. $5/minute was cheaper than the $10/minute or more for satellite comms. You were the best station, and WLO was probably the best American station. The U.S. Coast Guard also ran a lot of SITOR traffic for free, but they have just about stopped thier SITOR operations except for one station. de KCDK KKKK