12 JUL 1999 WCC KPH WNU KFS CLOSE CW

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

12 JUL 1999 WCC KPH WNU KFS CLOSE CW

CQ CQ CQ DE WCC WCC WCC = IN 1901, CALLSIGN WCC WAS ASSIGNED TO THE

SOUTH WELLFLEET MASSACHUSETTS WIRELESS TELEGRAPH FACILTY OPERATED BY

GUGLIELMO MARCONI. MORSE CODE SIGNALS FROM WCC HAVE BEEN HEARD AROUND

THE WORLD EVER SINCE. TODAY WILL RETIRE WCC FROM WIRELESS TELEGRAPH

OPERATIONS. WCC WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE THE MARITIME COMMUNITY IN

ASSOCIATION WITH THE GLOBAL RADIO NETWORK OPERATED BY GLOBE WIRELESS =

DE WCC WCC WCC SK

CQ CQ CQ DE WNU WNU - 12/2347 UTC JUL 99 BT \PEARL RIVER RADIO/WNU

NOW CEASES RADIOTELEGRAPH SERVICE AFTER EIGHTY-SEVEN YEARS OF CONTINUOUS

OPERATION . WE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE THE MARINER THROUGH OUR ELECTRONIC

MAIL SERVICE AS PART OF THE GLOBE WIRELESS NETWORK.

73 DE WNU WNU WNU SK

VVV VVV DE KPH KPH KPH =

CQ CQ DE KPH KPH KPH KPH =

WE NOW CLOSE THE RADIOTELEGRAPH OPERATION OF STATION KPH.

SINCE 1904, STATION KPH HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF US ONE OF THE MOST WELL

KNOWN AND RESPECTED CALL SIGNS IN THE THE WORLD, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO

SO AS PART OF THE GLOBAL RADIO NETWORK OF HF STATIONS BT

NW CL DE KPH SK =

CQ DE KFS = THIS IS THE FINAL CW TRANSMISSION FROM STATION KFS -

TH LAST COMMERCIAL RADIOTELEGRAPH STATION IN NORTH AMERICA. APPROPRATELY,

WE CLOSE CW AND EMBARK ON A NEW ERA OF COMMUNICATION WITH SAMUEL F. B.

MORSE'S WORDS OF155 YER ? YEARS AGO = NW CL 73 = WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT

DE KFS SK

ENDS

WCC WNU KPH KFS RO 2359Z 12JUL99

Thanks to N2NA Richard Ostrowski for this. 

[Radio KH6O]

That was emotional to read. Thanks, Dave.

Jeff KH6O (formerly of USCG station NMO)

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72 / 73 / 3579, 

Jeff KH6O / 6

[Richard Dillman]

Hi Jeff.  Emotional indeed.  I was there for the event when this message was sent.  They even let me send some of the last messages.  There were some tough looking old buzzards in that room - ROs who had sailed every ocean.  They had tears in their eyes, as did most of us.  For those who haven't read it, my account of that day is here:

https://www.radiomarine.org/incredible-radio-tales/end-of-morse

VY 73,

RD

On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 6:52 PM Radio KH6O <radio...@gmail.com> wrote:

That was emotional to read. Thanks, Dave.

Jeff KH6O (formerly of USCG station NMO)

         

Richard Dillman

Maritime Radio Historical Society

https://www.radiomarine.org