USS Turner Joy Amateur Radio Club

Museum Ship Weekend, May 31 - June 2, 2013

   
   
   
   
 

Forth participation was a great success.  Attendance was a little light due to some other events happening around the same time, but we still did quite well.

  • 331 contacts in total
  • 29 ships and museums contacted, including
    • K1USN - Watson Museum
    • NB6GC - USS Hornet
    • W5LEX - USS Lexington
    • K6AA - ST-695 Angels Gate
    • NJ2BB - USS New Jersey (Can we count a museum ships weekend as a success without this one?)
    • NI6BB - USS Iowa
    • KH6BB - USS Missouri
    • NI4BK - USS North Carolina
    • W4BPR - USS Alabama
    • W5V - USS Cairo
    • NR4DL - USCG Ingham
    • NE6JP - USS Potomac
    • WW2IND - USS Indianapolis CA-35 Memorial
    • W2BII - USS Orleck
    • W5KID - USS Kidd
    • KK5W - USS Steward and USS Cavalla
    • K8F - SS Edmond Fitzgerald Memorial
    • K8M - SS Daniel J Morrell
    • W8AGB - USCGC Mackinaw
    • AC0TX - SS High Flyer Memorial and SS Grandcamp Memorial
    • K8B - SS Carl D Bradley
    • N6MSO - USS Lucid
    • W6RO - RMS Queen Mary
    • VA3VGC - SS Keewatin
    • W8CJQ - SS Milwaukee Clipper
    • N5E - Tall Ship Elissa
    • NB9QV - USS Cobia
    • WW2SUB - USS Batfish
    • NJ6VT - USS Pampanito

Below is the chart we were using as we made ships (original image is 3MB):

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The chart we used as ships were contacted. We posted this in ECM, where all of the action took place.

The USS Turner Joy (Charter Member of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club) Amateur Radio Club (NS7DD) will operate MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND EVENT sponsored by

SSB
CW
3,860 KHz 3,539 KHz
7,260 KHz 7,039 KHz
10,109 KHz
14,260 KHz 14,039 KHz
18,160 KHz 18,079 KHz
21,360 KHz 21,039 KHz
24,960 KHz 24,899 KHz
28,360 KHz 28,039 KHz


Talk with the USS Turner Joy operators and many other ships all weekend long.

Watch this site and your emails for more details as we get closer.

In the mean time, check out some of the pics and information from last year.

If after the event, you would like a contact certificate, you can order one below.

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USS Turner Joy ARC Contact Certificate.

Please send $4, return address, and call information for verification.  Payment will be accepted as cash, check, or credit via PayPal button below:


USS Turner Joy Museum

Frequencies

  • » 80 Meters: 3.960 MHz
  • » 40 Meters: 7.260 MHz
  • » 20 Meters: 14.260 MHz
  • » 15 Meters: 21.360 MHz
  • » 10 Meters: 28.360 MHz

Contact

NS7DD
ns7dd@ussturnerjoy.us

Bremerton, WA, USA