Mission Statement

The New England Historical Radio Society was organized to preserve the art and equipment of using Morse code on the maritime frequencies as a viable and vital method of communications. This mode of communications will be lost to history for all time if something is not done to preserve these methods and practices for future generations. The goal for this organization is to have a working interactive museum with a licensed Coastal Radio station to demonstrate this operation for all to enjoy and still supply a vital communication link in an emergency for those to still use. There are a dwindling number of ships on the high seas along with museum ships that are set up along the coasts of the United States who still have Radiotelegraphy equipment that can be used. We would dedicate this operational museum to all maritime radio operators and especially the operators who went down with their ships still at there telegraph key trying to make sure help was on the way in an effort to save as many lives as possible.

Another aspect of the organization is to restore antique radio equipment that would include communications receivers, transmitters and antenna systems of yesterday that could educate the younger generation in this element of history. All of this was needed to get to where we are today that in general is taken for granted and should not be. At this time 2/5/2008 there is a restored RCA coastal station in operation in California that is now considered a national landmark and two more that have been licensed to come on the air as museum stations, one station in Washington and one station in Florida.