The Ak-Sar-Ben ARC will participate in the Annual Museum Ships on the
Air event from Freedom Park and will activate not one, but two ships
for the event. On June 6th, the USS Hazard will be activated as KØUSA
and the USS Marlin will be heard as KØM. Operations on the Hazard
will take place from the deck. The ship will not be open to the
public, only amateurs participating in the event will be allowed on
board. All amateur radio operators are invited to attend and
participate. Make sure you bring your amateur radio license with you.
The station for the Marlin will operate from the ground next to the
submarine. Setup will start on Saturday morning at 8:00 with
operations starting at 9:00. We will operate until 7:00 p.m. with tear
down at the time.
Operations for both ships will take place in the General portion of the
amateur radio bands. Actually operating bands and frequencies are
not known at this time as it depends on band conditions and the final
antenna configuration and will probably change throughout the day.
Part of the fun of this event is that you don't know where the various
ships will be operating. At this point 44 ships have signed up, and it
looks like we are the most inland of any of them (at least in the US)
and we will be giving them two options!
Watch the club's web site for details
http://www.aksarbenarc.org/main Mary Joseph
Aksarban Amateur Radio Club
