NA5DV's Participation in the 8th Annual Museum Ship's Event on July 17-18, 2004
NA5DV participated in the 8th Annual Worldwide Museum Ship's
Weekend Event sponsored by the USS Cassin Young Radio Club on July 17th and
18th, 2004. We operated in the General Stores Keeper's Office and participated
on both days operating on 20 and 40 meter cw and ssb. Eleven operators made a
total of 752 contacts (mainly is the US and Canada) and talked with ten museum
ships. The very last contact was with ON6DJ, Edwin in Voorshoventerweg, Belgium.
We invite Houston area
amateur radio operators to assist in the operation of BTARS. Send an email to
Frank Cooper at fxc@prodigy.net if you would like to participate in future
events.
A special QSL card is available for stations
contacting NA5DV. Please send a SASE to Frank Cooper, NA5DV Trustee,
4215 Ravine Drive, Friendswood, Texas 77546.
Six volunteers on Friday, July 16th, erected a 20 meter inverted V antenna and set
up the radio equipment in the radio room in preparation for the Week-End Event.
They are (from Left to Right front row) John, W5AKE and Patty Allen, KE5BOV; Reid
Shipp, WA5ARI, and Frank Cooper, W5VID, NA5DV Trustee. Back row (left to right)
Jerald Landis, KD5MIG, and Ray, Jensen, AC5KD.
A family of visitors observe John Pate, W1XQ, as he makes a contact.
The kids always find the manual typewriters facinating.
Bill Stietenroth,K5ZTY, is shown with his portable multi-band vertical.
Bill made 169, 40 meter NA5DV SSB and CW contacts during the event. He has a complete
station devoted to portable operation.
Bill states that
"when the antenna is clamped to the big iron battleship sitting in salt water, it
couldn't have a better ground. However
when I set it up in a field or parking lot I have a set of pre-cut
radials rolled up on an old wire reel that I
roll out and fan out around the base of the antenna. There is a
connection for the center point of the radials at the feed point at the base of
vertical. The antenna can be made resonant on
all HF frequencys from 80 thru 10 meters by adjusting the coil or
changing the length of the vertical radiator wire.
The moral of this story is if you don't want to fool
with radials at the base of your vertical then clamp it to a big iron battleship
sitting in salt water.
Stan Harris, WB5ZMY (kneeling),is checking the impedance of the
ship's long wire antenna strung between masts. Observing is Dick Fenner, W5AVI (left)
and Gaston Barmore, K5PDJ. The test results show that the ships' longwire could be used
in conjunction with an antenna tuner for future radio operation on several amateur radio bands.
Seven amateur radio operators wait their turn to operate and/or to
check out the station. They are (facing camera from left) Joe Jardina, KD5OYZ; Ray
Jensen, AC5KD; Jerald Landis, KD5MIG; Bill Lowery, W5WPL; Andy Lee, KD5PNT; Angel, KD5VQC;
and Patty Allen (mostly hidden), KE5BOV. Facing away from camera are Bill Werzner
(in sailors cap), HVRA President and his son Konrad (in red shirt).
Lance Borden, WB5REX (left), operates 20 meter SSB as Dave Moore
(far left) logs calls. Bill Stietenroth, K5ZTY (right) operates 40 meter CW and SSB
as the small air conditioner (center) struggles to keep the temperature below 100
degrees F.
The Eleven participating radio amateur
operators (in random order) are pictured below.
John Pate, W1XQ (left) ..............................
Bill Stietenroth, K5ZTY (right)
Reid Shipp, WA5ARI (left) ..............................
Lance Borden, WB5REX (right)
Joe Jardina, KD5OYZ (left) ..............................
Frank Cooper, W5VID (right)
King Waters, KK5LU (left) ..............................
Patty Allen, KE5BOV (right)
Bill Lowery, W5WPL (left) "Sarge" Bowersmith, KD5NRX (right)
Jerald Landis, KD5MIG (left) ..............................
David Moore, logs calls (right)
Six volunteers on Friday, July 16th, erected a 20 meter inverted V antenna and set
up the radio equipment in the radio room in preparation for the Week-End Event.
They are (from Left to Right front row) John, W5AKE and Patty Allen, KE5BOV; Reid
Shipp, WA5ARI, and Frank Cooper, W5VID, NA5DV Trustee. Back row (left to right)
Jerald Landis, KD5MIG, and Ray, Jensen, AC5KD.
The moral of this story is if you don't want to fool
with radials at the base of your vertical then clamp it to a big iron battleship
sitting in salt water.
John Pate, W1XQ (left) ..............................
Bill Stietenroth, K5ZTY (right)
Reid Shipp, WA5ARI (left) ..............................
Lance Borden, WB5REX (right)
Joe Jardina, KD5OYZ (left) ..............................
Frank Cooper, W5VID (right)
King Waters, KK5LU (left) ..............................
Patty Allen, KE5BOV (right)
Bill Lowery, W5WPL (left) "Sarge" Bowersmith, KD5NRX (right)
Jerald Landis, KD5MIG (left) ..............................
David Moore, logs calls (right)