NA5DV's Participation in the 8th Annual Museum Ship's Event on July 16-17, 2005
During our participation in the "Museum Ships Weekend Event on July 16-17, sponsored by the Battleship New Jersey Amateur Radio Station, the Battleship Texas Amateur Radio Station (BTARS-NA5DV) contacted 413 amateur radio stations in the United States and Canada and one station in Sicily, Italy.
Eight radio operators manned two radio transceivers on
Saturday operating single sideband and Morse code (CW)
on 20 and 40 meters. Three radio operators operated a
single transceiver on 20 meter SSB, on Sunday despite stormy weather.
We were unable to transmit on Sunday morning until we
discovered the wind had blown down our inverted V antenna. The
antenna was raised and operations continued as usual.
We were pleased to have many visitors during the
week-end event. Thanks to the ship's crew for
assistance when needed. Ten museum ships were contacted. They were USS New Jersey (battleship - Camden New Jersey)
USS Massachusetts (battleship - Fall River, Mass.) USS Cobia (submarine - Manitowoc, Wisconsin) USS Yorktown (aircraft carrier - Charleston, S.C.) USS Requim (submarine -Pittsburg, Pa.) USS Cod (submarine - Cleveland, Ohio) CSS Jackson Memorial (Confederate 225 ft. Ironclad partially
restored - Columbus, Georgia) U.S.S. Milwaukee Memorial (Union Monitor - Michigan) USS Indianapolis Memorial (Cruiser - Indianapolis,
Indiana)
