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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Rastus on April 15, 2018, 08:08:46 AM
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http://www.nj2bb.org/museum/ (http://www.nj2bb.org/museum/) From the link you get to the original list. If the listed ship has a website you can click on it's name to go to the website.
Ok, guys, it's 15-APR and a tad over 45 days to Museum Ships Weekend sponsored by the amateur radio club for the USS New Jersey. I know several of you guys are hams and haven't participated in the past because you need to upgrade your tech license, you need to get an antenna up (Alf? Pathfinder?), you have to ask permission of your mother-in-law...whatever (Deepwater's off in the South Pacific somewhere working). Here's your reminder again this year!
And several of you have shortwave radios...and you can listen in (Peg...are you going to do that this year?). 59 ships are signed up so far and it's a cinch there will be over 100 by the time Friday June 1 comes. This annual special event kicks off 0000Z June 2, to 2359Z June 3, 2018 which means it starts Friday, June 1 at 6PM central time.
Over 15 of these are located in Europe.
NAME TYPE OF SHIP LOCATION CALLSIGN
K1USN Watson Museum Braintree, MA K1USN
USS Midway Aircraft Carrier San Diego, CA NI6IW
USS Hornet Aircraft Carrier Alameda Point, CA NB6GC
USS Intrepid Aircraft Carrier New York, NY WW2CV
USS Yorktown Aircraft Carrier Charleston, SC WA4USN
USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier Corpus Christi, TX W5LEX
ST-695 Angels Gate Army Tugboat San Pedro, CA K6AA
**USS Montrose Memorial Attack Transport(Haskell Class) Montrose, CO N0P
USS New Jersey Battleship Camden, New Jersey NJ2BB
USS Iowa Battleship San Pedro, CA NI6BB
USS Missouri Battleship Pearl Harbor, HI KH6BB
USS Massachusetts Battleship Fall River, MA NE1PL
USS Alabama Battleship Mobile, AL K4DSR
USS Texas Battleship Houston, Texas NA5DV
USS Wisconsin Battleship Norfolk, Virginia N4WIS
USS North Carolina Battleship Wilmington, NC NI4BK
USS Oklahoma Mast Memorial Battleship Mast Memorial Muskogee, OK WW2OK
**USS Colorado Memorial (BB-45) Battleship Memorial U of CO, Boulder, CO AB0BX
SS Col. James M Schoonmaker Bulk Carrier Toledo, OH K8E
Ex MV Dresden Cargo Ship Rostock, Germany DL0MCM
MV Iris-Joerg Cargo Ship Wischhafen,Germany DL0MFM
Claud W Somers Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Reedville, VA W4NNK
USS Potomac CG Cutter/Pres. Yacht Oakland, CA. NE6JP
USCG Ingham CG Cutter Key West, FL NR4DL
CSS Neuse (Sat Jun 2 only) Civil War Ironclad Gunboat Kinston, NC KN4RAM
USS Indianapolis CA-35 Memorial Cruiser Indianapolis, IN WW2IND
USS Littlerock Cruiser Buffalo, NY W2PE
Aurora Cruiser St. Petersburg, Russia RF1A
USS Olympia Cruiser Philadelphia, PA WA3BAT
USS Joseph P Kennedy, Jr Destroyer Fall River, MA NB1CR
USS The Sullivans Destroyer Buffalo, NY N2HTL
USS Kidd Destroyer Baton Rouge, La W5KID
USS Laffey Destroyer Charleston, SC NT4HI
USS Cassin Young Destroyer Boston, MA WW2DD
USS Edson DD946 Destroyer Bay City, MI W8EDS
USS Turner Joy Destroyer Bremerton, WA NS7DD
HMCS Haida Destroyer Hamilton, Ontario VE3RCN
USS Slater Destroyer Escort Albany, NY WW2DEM
USS Stewart Destroyer Escort Galveston, TX KK5W
Evelina M Goulart Fishing Schooner Essex, MA W1E
SS Grandcamp Memorial Jun 3-Sep Contact French Liberty Ship Texas City, TX AC0TX
D. Fernando II e Glória Frigate Cacilhas Dockyard Portugal CS5DFG
SS Sankt Erik Icebreaker Stockholm, Sweden 8SØHRA
USCGC Mackinaw Icebreaker Mackinaw, MI W8AGB
Kraisin Icebreaker St. Petersburg, Russia R1LK
Götz von Mannheim Landing Craft Mannheim, Germany DL0NW
SS John W Brown Liberty Ship Baltimore, MD K8JWB
SS Jeremiah O'Brien Liberty Ship San Francisco, CA K6JOB
SS High Flyer Memorial Jun 3-Sep Contact Liberty Ship Texas City, TX AC0TX
Borkumriff Lightship Island Borkum, Germany DL0BRF
LS Ambrose Lightship East River, NY City, NY W2AQ
LS Westhinder III Lightship Antwerp, Belgium ON9BD
LST-393 LST Muskegon, MI N8LST
SS Selma Merchant ship WWI (Concrete Hull) Galveston, TX W5MSQ
USS Lucid Minesweeper Stockton, CA N6MSO
USS Hazard Minesweeper Omaha, NE K0USA
KRS 575 “Hans Beimler” Missile Corvette Peenemuende, Germany DL0MFN
Naval Tech'l Museum La SPEZIA Naval Museum A.R.M.I. La Spezia, Italy IY1SP
NSS Savannah Nuclear Merchant Vessel Baltimore, MD K3SAV
Mannheim Paddle Steamer Mannheim, Germany DK0LU
SS Rotterdam Passenger Ship Port of Rotterdam PI4HAL
**M/V Oesterreich Passenger Ship Lake Constance, Austria OE9MSOE
**HMAS Gladstone Patrol Boat (Fremantle Class) Gladstone QLD, Australia VK4WIR
**Troll Pinnace Heilbronn, Germany DL0NV
SS City of Milwaukee Railroad Car Ferry Manistee, MI KS8B
Tall Ship Elissa Sailing Barque Galveston Island, TX N5E
Star of India (separate contact) Sailing Ship San Diego, CA NS6OI
MS Seefalke Salvage Tug Bremerhaven,Germany DK0SN
USS Ticonderoga (1814) Schooner Whitehall, NY W2C
U-5075 Seehund Submarine Quincy, MA. WW2MAN
USS Nautilus Submarine Groton, CT N1S
HMUb Nordkaparen Submarine Gothenburg, Sweden SL8SUB
USS Drum Submarine Mobile, Alabama NF6U
U-995 Submarine Laboe Germany DL0DMB
U9 Submarine Speyer, Germany DK0SP
USS Razorback Submarine N.Little Rock AR N5R
USS Batfish Submarine Muskogee, OK WW2SUB
USS Cod Submarine Cleveland, OH W8COD
USS Clamagore Submarine Charleston, SC NJ4DU
HMCS Onondaga Submarine Pointe-au-Père, Quebec VA2GNQ
USS Cobia Submarine Manitowoc, Wisconsin NB9QV
S-61 Delfin Submarine Torrevieja Spain EH5SUB
USS Silversides Submarine Muskegon, MI N8SUB
USS Cavalla Submarine Galveston, TX KK5W
USS Pampanito Submarine San Francisco, CA NJ6VT
NRP Barracuda Submarine Cacilhas Dockyard Portugal CS5SUB
USS Dolphin (separate contact) Submarine San Diego, CA NS6OI
U10 (S189) Submarine Wilhelmshaven, Germany DK0SM
USS Albacore Submarine Portsmouth, NH NM1JY
USS Blueback Submarine Portland, OR W7SUB
Vesikko Submarine Suomenlinna, Helsinki, FINLAND OH2AN/SUB
Novosibirskij Komsomolec (B-396) Submarine 641-B Moscow, Russia RU3AWK
H. L. Hunley Submarine - Civil War Charleston, SC N4HLH
** SM U-20 Submarine Memorial Vienna, Austria OE6XMF/U20
SS American Victory Victory Ship Tampa, FL W4AVM
Red Oak Victory Victory Ship Richmond, CA K6YVM
Elettra (Marconi's Traveling Lab) Yacht Pontecchio Marconi, Italy II4AMP
Ships with the asterisks (**) are new this year!
Approximate Single Sideband Frequencies & Modes. Most of the communications are in sideband.
LSB - 3,860 KHz
LSB - 7,260 KHz
USB - 14,260 KHz
USB - 18,160 KHz
USB - 21,360 KHz
USB - 24,960 KHz
USB - 28,360 KHz
USB - 50,160 KHz
Some ships will also be on 3880 KHz - 3885 KHz and 7290 KHz Amplitude Modulation with either their ships original equipment or modern equipment.
Original equipment may be fired up as below:
3,885 KHz, 3600 & 3625 (in the UK),
3,705 (W. Europe),
7,290 KHz and 14.286 KHz in the AM mode.
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00:00 Zulu time is 8:00 P.M. eastern time the previous day during daylight saving time. When it's not daylight saving time 00:00 Zulu would be 7:00 P.M. eastern time the previous day.
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Now 88 ships.
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Now 97 ships. I updated the list above.
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Still have the HOA-based antenna issue. I can string an NVIS relatively easily, but that won't get me far in terms of TX. May fire up the SDR or the Tacsun and just listen though.
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I got a wealth of information from KN9B . He prepared the two presentations below. I cannot speak highly enough on the vertical loop with vertical polarization (ladder line or coax from the side not bottom or top). I make better contacts with a loop that is 4' from the ground then I ever did with a dipole up 40 feet or so. It has a low angle of radiation and it's more quiet than a dipole with better gain....also much less null on the sides compared to a dipole. I'll never run a dipole again if I can hang a vertical loop.
Vertical loops: http://www.k4vrc.com/uploads/1/0/1/5/10156032/delta_loop_140918.pdf (http://www.k4vrc.com/uploads/1/0/1/5/10156032/delta_loop_140918.pdf)
Then there is a wealth of information here on hidden antennas:http://www.k4vrc.com/uploads/1/0/1/5/10156032/2015_tvarc_antenna_guide.pdf (http://www.k4vrc.com/uploads/1/0/1/5/10156032/2015_tvarc_antenna_guide.pdf)
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I got a wealth of information from KN9B . He prepared the two presentations below. I cannot speak highly enough on the vertical loop with vertical polarization (ladder line or coax from the side not bottom or top). I make better contacts with a loop that is 4' from the ground then I ever did with a dipole up 40 feet or so. It has a low angle of radiation and it's more quiet than a dipole with better gain....also much less null on the sides compared to a dipole. I'll never run a dipole again if I can hang a vertical loop.
Vertical loops: http://www.k4vrc.com/uploads/1/0/1/5/10156032/delta_loop_140918.pdf (http://www.k4vrc.com/uploads/1/0/1/5/10156032/delta_loop_140918.pdf)
Then there is a wealth of information here on hidden antennas:http://www.k4vrc.com/uploads/1/0/1/5/10156032/2015_tvarc_antenna_guide.pdf (http://www.k4vrc.com/uploads/1/0/1/5/10156032/2015_tvarc_antenna_guide.pdf)
Well, good, Rastus, thanks for the files, just 100 pages of light reading to do!!!
I do have a Chameleon MPAS vertical I can try as well, forgot about that one. If I had the cash, I would pick up an Alexloop at Hamvention this week when I go (eat your heart out, Ken!) but cash is a little spare right at the moment. My lovely bride keeps booking us on extravagant travels, this year Alaska again for 3 weeks.
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Build it yourself with materials from here:
http://www.thewireman.com/ (http://www.thewireman.com/)
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Speaking of expensive travel here's one my wife and I are going on next year:
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/events-programs/educational-travel/victory-pacific (https://www.nationalww2museum.org/events-programs/educational-travel/victory-pacific)
They haven't updated it for 2019 yet but they took my booking and some cash. We're going to add the Peleliu option to the base product.
You still need to get an antenna up in the air for Museum Ships Weekend and at least try to hit a couple of the ships. Surely there are one or two on the list you are interested in. In the past the Nautilus was one I really wanted as was the USS Missouri along with the Kidd and the Alabama.
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Starts this evening. Anyone participating?
Up to 106 ships now:
http://www.nj2bb.org/museum/ (http://www.nj2bb.org/museum/)
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Not me but it starts in 1 hour, 1 minute.