Historic Coast Stations

During the golden age of maritime communications the globe was populated with hundreds of coast stations, each with its own area of coverage, call sign and personality.  Many of us remember tuning across the marine bands and hearing these stations, standing shoulder to shoulder with hardly any space between them, calling out for traffic or working ships.  Recordings of some of these stations were preserved and are posted in the Coast Station Recordings section of this Web site.  But what did these stations actually look like?  We here at the MRHS have collected as many photos of these historic stations as we could find and posted them here for your enjoyment.  They range from many photos showing the big, well documented to a single photo for a small station that was in operation for only a few years.

Do you have photos like these you'd like to share?  Please let us know.  We'd be honored to post them.