Coast radio station
A coast (or coastal) radio station (short: coast station) is an on-shore maritime radio station which may 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.»
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
