Le Conquet radio or FFU (station Française Fixe de Ushant) was a French maritime radio station located on the island of Ushant

Ushant

Ushant is an island at the south-western end of the English Channel which marks the north-westernmost point of metropolitan France. It belongs to Brittany and is in the traditional region of Bro-Leon. Administratively, Ushant is a commune in the Finistère department...

. The station was established in 1904, by the French Administration of Posts and Telegraphs, as a result of the work by wireless telegraphy

Wireless telegraphy

Wireless telegraphy is a historical term used today to apply to early radio telegraph communications techniques and practices, particularly those used during the first three decades of radio before the term radio came into use....

 pioneer Camille Papin Tissot

Camille Papin Tissot

Camille Papin Tissot , was a pioneer of wireless telegraphy and established the first French operational radio connections at sea.- Origins :...

. The station was to facilitate the exchange of telegrams between the island and the military staff at Brest

Brest, France

Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...

. The station operated in both daytime and at night and was monitored by two officers working 12 hour shifts. It received the radio code FFU.