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Posted: 4/23/2014 3:50:33 PM EDT

Just a heads up. The club that I'm in will be going to the battleship USS North Carolina and working from the club station that is onboard.

We will be arriving at approx. 10:00 am on Saturday May 10 2014. I don't know how long we will be there and we don't have any plans as to what bands we will be active on, so I guess y'all will just have to hunt for us. The original vintage ship radio's are down for maintenance (rats!), so we won't be able to operate them.

And in the future, if you happen to visit the USS North Carolina, if you contact the Battleship in advance you too can get an opportunity to operate from the USS North Carolina as well!

Vulcan94

Posted: 4/23/2014 4:18:08 PM EDT

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That's pretty cool. Haven't been since I was a kid.

Would be cool to work one of the rigs. Might have to try that out. Thanks for the heads up. I'll try to work you guys.

Posted: 4/23/2014 4:56:23 PM EDT

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I betting that not long after IDing that we are on the Battleship we should pop up on the spotting networks. Might even have a mini-pileup.

Vulcan94

Posted: 4/23/2014 4:57:47 PM EDT

[#3]

I'm sure. If not, I'll put you on there.

Posted: 4/23/2014 4:59:58 PM EDT

[#4]

I'll try to remember to look for you. I took a tour of the USS North Carolina, back around 1963.

Posted: 4/23/2014 5:14:11 PM EDT

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If you are ever in the neighborhood you should take another tour. They have opened up more areas and have restored a Vought OS2U Kingfisher float plane. If I remember correctly, it had crashed on Calvert Island (British Columbia).

From what I understand, the station is in a area that is not on the tour and we will have to pass through several watertight doors to get there. I will be bringing my camera so I can take some pics.

Vulcan94

Posted: 4/23/2014 5:19:35 PM EDT

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I'd have to check my log but I busted through a pile up on a WW@ ship by screaming "Fire Mission!! Request Naval gunfire!!"

EVERYTHING shut down for that one and I called in the coordinates etc and we did a fire mission WW2 style.

I ended it with, "Thanks, Mac! Ya clobbered him! Hey don't forget to check out the gams on that little tomato in Stars and Stripes!"

Posted: 4/23/2014 6:44:46 PM EDT

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Do want battleship cards!!!

Do want to operate radios from them!!!!

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Posted: 4/24/2014 1:32:46 AM EDT

[#8]

Tagging this for retrieval when we get closer to the date.

Posted: 4/24/2014 4:10:03 AM EDT

[#9]

I'll be sure to look for you guys, too. Thanks Vulcan94.

Posted: 4/24/2014 4:28:45 AM EDT

[#10]

Also mark your calendar for Museum Ships on the Air, 0000Z June 7 through 2359Z June 8, 2014.

http://nj2bb.org/museum/

Posted: 4/24/2014 5:07:00 AM EDT

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You will be operating CW won't you?

Posted: 4/24/2014 5:46:21 AM EDT

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If it's me you're talking to ... nope. Scheduled to work that weekend. As I keep telling the club members. Sorry I can't help y'all. Call me in a few years when I retire. In the meantime I've got to work to pay for your social security.

Our typical operations is phone on 20m with a YL at the mic using the station on the ship. 100w and using the very random wire of the ships antenna. Second station is in the museum building. 40m CW on 100w to a dipole.

Call for the USS Kidd is W5KID.

Posted: 4/24/2014 5:50:18 AM EDT

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that should be fun. i've only been to it 3 times growing up. grandparents lived in wilmington so we were downtown alot. my sister had her rehearsal dinner on the deck near the plane. it was pretty cool, just hot as fuck since it was late june.

Posted: 4/24/2014 3:29:12 PM EDT

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I won't be operating CW, but one of our members is a bigtime CW operator. I'm sure he will give you CW guys a chance.

Vulcan94

Posted: 4/26/2014 10:37:24 PM EDT

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Well, Everything is arranged. We are going to arrive at the USS North Carolina approx. at 10:00 am on May 10 2014. So shortly after we will be on the air. What I'm going to do at some point prior to the big day is select some frequencies that I'll try operate on or near. That way y'all won't have to search too hard to find us. I'll post them here before the big day.

Vulcan94

Posted: 5/6/2014 10:37:32 AM EDT

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Well, the big day is almost here, so I have selected some frequencies that I (as in me) will try to work around so you can have an easier time locating us.

40M 7.190 - 7.210

20M 14.265 - 14.285

17M 18.135 - 18.155

15M 21.290 - 21.310

12M 24.940 - 24.960

10M 28.415 - 28.435

Altho we probably would be able to use the Extra portion of the band, I've kept them in the General portion for obvious reasons. I've also picked the part of the 10M band
the any Novices and Techs will be able to join in on the fun as well.

I can hardly wait for the big day to arrive!

Vulcan94

Posted: 5/6/2014 10:45:23 AM EDT

[#17]

post an update here when you get on, and we'll be sure to make a nice loud pileup for you.

Posted: 5/6/2014 1:17:19 PM EDT

[#18]

I have a short trail race that day...hope to be home in time to work you!

Posted: 5/6/2014 1:45:13 PM EDT

[#19]

I just toured the USS North Carolina last August! I even had my KX3 sitting in the car but didn't know anything about being able to operate from the ship :( Will try to give you guys a holler on Saturday.

When we were there I didn't realize you guys had gators in the area until I looked off the starboard bow and one was swimming around out there. First one I've ever seen in the wild, and would be fine with me if it was the last! I don't mind bears and mountain lions, but gators give me the creeps...

Posted: 5/6/2014 1:58:32 PM EDT

[#20]

Precede you call with "FIRE MISSION!!"

Posted: 5/6/2014 2:18:50 PM EDT

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That would be hard for me to do as I don't have a smart phone. And if I did, we will be deep inside the Battleship where the cell signal will probably be a bit "iffy".

Vulcan94

Posted: 5/6/2014 2:25:33 PM EDT

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I'll be listening.

Posted: 5/6/2014 6:12:55 PM EDT

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Oh hellz yes!!!

<Callsign> REQUESTING NAVAL BOMBARDMENT!!! Pse k

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Posted: 5/9/2014 12:40:32 PM EDT

[#24]

Tomorrow is the big day! We will be meeting for breakfast and then will head to the Battleship. We are planning to arrive there at 1000 am, so we should be on the air shortly after that.

I think that we will probably start on 40M, as that is where we always start when we put on a special event station. I don't know if we will be using the call of the host station, but our club
call is Whiskey Four Whiskey Victor Lima.

Vulcan94

Posted: 5/9/2014 1:28:35 PM EDT

[#25]

Vulcan94, what is your first name - so I know if I am talking to you or one of the other club members. You could PM it to me if you don't want to make it public. ...or not PM it to me if you don't want me to know!

Posted: 5/9/2014 2:35:05 PM EDT

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Ask for VULCAN ACTUAL.

Posted: 5/10/2014 3:46:56 AM EDT

[#27]

Have fun today.....our College Station club, plans to assist the USS Texas (BB-35) club, during the museum ship weekend.
73
TexasAg

Posted: 5/10/2014 5:14:55 AM EDT

[#28]

Monitoring 7.190 while I try to organize the new desk with all the radio paraphernalia.

Posted: 5/10/2014 5:59:38 AM EDT

[#29]

Bouncing around near 7.210 lots of nets and ragchews but no battleships I can find yet.

Posted: 5/10/2014 6:17:03 AM EDT

[#30]

Nothing heard yet

Posted: 5/10/2014 6:24:02 AM EDT

[#31]

Someone's tuning up.

<waits for it>

Posted: 5/10/2014 6:32:06 AM EDT

[#32]

All I hear are the ragchews on 7.195 and 7.200

Posted: 5/10/2014 7:04:08 AM EDT

[#33]

14.260.0 right now.

Just a little too weak for me to make the QSO.

Well, either I'm crazy, or he is gone and someone else is there. But I swear I heard someone say USS North Carolina.

Posted: 5/10/2014 7:09:09 AM EDT

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Oh dang all I hear is calling stations on 14.260

Posted: 5/10/2014 7:15:11 AM EDT

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...or both.

Posted: 5/10/2014 7:16:01 AM EDT

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Who's the knucklehead on there now?

I might just start saying "5-up" lol

Posted: 5/10/2014 7:16:03 AM EDT

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He's there. Someone else got over top of him and they've getting back to work on the same freq.

Also, he said they were listening on 7.260. didn't catch their xmit freq.

Posted: 5/10/2014 7:22:47 AM EDT

[#38]

7.260 is K4RC.

Worked him barely but not the hunt I want.

Posted: 5/10/2014 7:23:23 AM EDT

[#39]

Some 400th anniversary of Jamestown on 7.260

Posted: 5/10/2014 7:34:43 AM EDT

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14.262 ragchew is bleeding into 14.260 for me now.

Posted: 5/10/2014 7:37:36 AM EDT

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I worked K4RC just now 7.260. He is only 268 miles from me. 20m is lousy here

Posted: 5/10/2014 7:38:42 AM EDT

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Worked him here too, but can't hear anything except calling stations on 14.260.

Posted: 5/10/2014 7:47:12 AM EDT

[#43]

Some kind of new noise is there now, I am done.

Posted: 5/10/2014 10:19:36 AM EDT

[#44]

I just checked for you guys but heard nothing. In fact I heard very little on any of the bands...seems like poor conditions?

Posted: 5/10/2014 12:39:18 PM EDT

[#45]

Well, I finally made it back from the USS North Carolina. I'm sorry that conditions were not that good today. I did call CQ on 7.200 mhz but didn't hear any replies. 20M worked better than 40M, but even that was
disappointing. We only made about 23 QSO's before calling it a day.

All in all, it was a fun day. We got to meet some nice hams and got to see parts of the Battleship that are not open for tours. The radio room that has the restored radios is not that far from where the USS North
Carolina took that torpedo hit.