qsl für diese meldung kam von oxz, oxj, 9ar, ohc und eaf +

31/23:55
cq de lgq (rogaland)
since 1919 lgq has made a continous watch on 500 khz for distress urgency and safety traffic. this period is now over. sri om/yl tks for mni qso and we hope the gmdss will take care of security as good as the morse signals have done.
we gerally regret that this period has come to an end.  sri and best 73 tk sk

qsl von oxz, ost, oxj, 9ar

01/00:03
cq de tfa (island)
meldung nicht lesbar

qsl von ejm, eaf

01/00:20
cq de oxz = final note nw =
on february 1st 1999 at 0001 utc the gmdss will be the only distress system for shipping =
this means that wt is no more a part of the maritime distress system and we therefore close down wt service on 500 khz as well as on hf =
this concludes an era of more than 90 years of wt service from danish coast stations starting in 1909 with koebenhavn radio/gra later oxa and blavand radio/oxb in 1914 =
lyngby radio started public wt service to ships on hf in 1927 and later took over the wt service on mf from koebenhavn radio/oxa =
finally skagen radio//oxp was opened in 1945 =
now this service will be closed =
we thank all ships and remaining coast stations that may monitor 500 khz on one of our hf wt frequencies for good cooperation through the years =
de oxz oxz oxz ii oxz oxz

qsl von lgq / sae / ejm / ejk / eaf / ohc /spe

01/0040 =
ejk (valentia/irland) sendet letzte meldung =
hier nicht lesbar
qsl von ejm / lgq / eaf / oxz 

cq de gkb =
effective 31/2359z january 1999 portishead radio will cease nav warning and wx broadcast on w/t. weather broadcast will continue as normal on radio telex and radio telephone. W/t will continue to be available for traffic after this date. =
Portishead radio 15/1200z january 1999 +

atuh atvb j8tg5 rtt s2lw + de gkb + 

cq cq cq de gkb gkb gkb =
regret to announce the closure of GKB and all uk vhf services at 1200z sunday 30 april 2000. mf stations will close at 1200z on friday 30 june 2000.
we send our thanks and best wishes to the maritime community, which we have served for over 90 years =
maritime radio services, london, 30 march 2000 +
 

Dazu gab es am 13-apr-00 folgende info:

Nachricht: #345 von: dl8aam 
Datum: 13-Apr-2000 
Titel: Portishead Radio wkg HAMs-Eve found on the WUN (Utility SWL-DXing) 
Internet-Reflector: 
From: Jim Dunnett 
Subject: [WUN] GKB Closure Event 

As Day Watson informed us earlier this month, PortisheadRadio/GKB is to close on the 30th of April. To mark the event, Portishead will work amateurs cross-band for 12 hours on the day before closure. All are welcome to call, but check that your national regulations allow you to work a maritime fixed station cross-band. 

Details are: 
Date: 29th April 2000. Time 0700 - 1900 UTC 
Call sign Frequency Amateur Frequency + or - 5 kHz GKB2 4274 3525 GKB4 8559.5 7025 GKB5 12835.4 14050 GKB6 17113 18075 GKB7 22448.7 21050 
There will be three stations operating at any one time - subject to the commercial requirements of the station. BT has appointed the Radio Officers Association to handle the amateur side of this operation and the liaison officer is David Barlow/G3PLE. ALL QSOs WILL RECEIVE A QSL VIA THE RSGB BUREAU. 

Contact details: - 
David Barlow  G3PLE PO Box 50, Helston, TR12 7YQ 
e-mail (for this event) dbarlow@u.genie.co.uk 

Event Website:
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Am 30. November 2000 lief diese Meldung in der CQ-Schleife:
cq cq cq de lgw lgb lgj = qsx 4185 8368,5 12552,5 16736,5 kHz =
rogaland radio will close down morse telegraphy from 1st december year 2000 at 0001 utc =
brief history: the first coast radio station in norway (soervaagen) was opened in 1908 with long wave telegraphy. in 1912 bergen radio was opened but provided only mf telegraphy until 1927 when hf telegraphy was taken in use.
rogaland radio was opened in 1960 and took over the hf service from bergen radio and has provided both mf and hf morse telegraphy until this date. on 1st december 2000 at 0001 utc the last morse signals will fade out at rogaland radio. 
we thank all our customers and listeners for wonderful service and cooperation throughout all these years. we will
still be offering commercial service in the vhf mf and hf telephony bands.
best regards = manager and staff rogaland radio, pobox 3070, 4392 sandnes norway = qru +
 

Am 30. November um 23:55 UTC und 23:59 UTC kam diese letzte Meldung:
the time has come to take a last farewell with all here at lgb.
with a little bit of nostalgia  we "bury" our morse keys and may they r.i.p. = 
nw qru tu bi bi de lgb cl cl cl + + sk sk . . . - . -

cq cq cq de ead ead ead =
from first may 00.00 utc, all the spanish radiotelegraphy coast stations will close their transmissions.
The public correspondence could be transferred to the radiotelephony stations.
thanks, telefonica-maritime service + 

aufgenommen mit QSA 1-2, am 24.01.99 um 21.50 utc auf 8520 kHz

PS. VIP gehört, wie auch ZSC zu Globe Wireless
73's
Rolf Marschner +

From tonight (26/1/01)until 2359Z on the 1st of February, V51ZSV - a special event CW-only ham station - will be operating around 14.030, 21.030 and 7.030 kHz depending on conditions.
The station is situated on the premises of Walvis Bay Radio, whose call sign had been ZSV until 1994 when we became V5W (hence the call sign).

Walvis Bay - "Kurz kurz lang lang kurz lang ..." Hein Betram, Mitarbeiter der "Telecom Namibia" beim Walvis Bayer Rundfunksender, ist dabei, den ersten drahtlosen Telegrafenapparat in der Weltgeschichte zum letztenmal zu bedienen. Er informiert die Schiffe auf See, dass das Zeitalter des Morsesystems offiziell seinen Atem ausgehaucht hat.

Links:  Hein Betram, Mitarbeiter der "Telecom" bei "Walvis Bay Radio" und Amateurfunker, sendet die letzte Nachricht via Morseapparat in den Äther. Es dauert eine Weile, ehe die ungewöhnlich umfangreiche Nachricht in den Äther geschickt ist. "This is the final Morse Code Transmission of Walvis Bay Radio on 500 kHz..." Ein Hauch von Wehmut ist zu spüren. Immerhin gehörte die erste Fernübertragung von Nachrichten durch vereinbarte Zeichen in der Form kurzer und langer Stromimpulse seit fast 80 Jahren zu dieser Station, die etwa drei Kilometer südöstlich von der Hafenstadt Walvis Bay gelegen ist. Obwohl das Morsezeichensystem im Februar 1999 ausrangiert wurde, um dem so genannten "Global Maritime Distress and Safety System" (GMDSS) einen Platz einzuräumen, hielt "Walvis Bay Radio" diesen Dienst freiwillig für viele seiner Empfänger - haupt- sächlich russische Fischerboote - aufrecht. Seit dem 1. Februar aber gehört das Morsealphabet endgültig der Vergangenheit an.