I'm going to be on the Battleship Iowa all day Saturday to operate the the Amateur radio station we'll set up for the Iowa's "Veterans Appreciation" celebration.
There's going to be a food court, live music, and stuff for the kiddies to do.
If you're active, or retired military, you can get on fro FREE with your ID card or DD-214, so if you're in SoCal, cmon down!
Look for NI6BB on frequencies ending in "61" on the HF bands. We still don't have the VHF/UHF antennas connected, as when they pulled the mast for storage, they torched ( ! ) the cables.
The guys from the Midway radio club will be coming up one of these days to help us reconnect them, and then we'll have a MARS digipeater set up on 2 Meters.
And yes, I'll be taking my camera this time!
Admiral Yamamoto infamously said "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a man with a rifle behind every blade of grass."
And so it should be, a nation of riflemen....
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ReplyDeleteI did, and I'm beat!
ReplyDeleteMet a gentleman who was the Radio Officer aboard the Iowa during the Korean War, and a WWII vet who was a Fire Control Officer aboard the Iowa.
Both amazing gentlemen, with quite some stories to tell!
Looking for pics!
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