Coast radio station

"Coast station" redirects here. For the light rail station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, see Coast station (PAAC).

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.

Former Belgium coast station, exposed in the National fishing-museum in Koksijde

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

1. ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems – Article 1.75, definition: coast earth station / coast earth radio station

• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)