[amsat-bb] Battleship Iowa WILL Be On Satellite for Field Day 2014

[John Geiger]

I worked NI6BB from the USS Iowa this past Monday on 17m CW while driving
back from Tulsa. Great signal, they were using a WW2 groundplane antenna.
Would love to get them on the sats as well.

73 John AF5CC

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea at verizon.net> wrote:

> Uhhh...yeah, well.....
>
> No "Philadelphia Experiments" going on, just some "fatfingeritis" at the
> keyboard.....
>
>
> On 03/27/2015 09:43 PM, Rich/wa4bue wrote:
>
>> Great
>>
>> How about 2015?
>>
>> Rich
>> W4BUE
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Jerzycke" <kq6ea at verizon.net>
>> To: "'AMSAT Mailing List'" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 5:01 PM
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Battleship Iowa WILL Be On Satellite for Field Day
>> 2014
>>
>>
>>  OK, everybody, we have approval to overnight and operate Field Day from
>>> the Battleship Iowa!
>>>
>>> I'll be operating as NI6BB from the aft deck using the same gear I've
>>> used for the K6AA FD operations I've done in the past.
>>>
>>> We're in DM03ur, and I will personally QSL 100% to all operators I work,
>>> so here's a chance to not only get DM03, but also a nice NI6BB card.
>>>
>>> I'll be setting up my sat station in the back yard in the next week or
>>> two to make sure everything works, so DM03 will be activated then, too.
>>>
>>> 73, and hope to work many of you on Field Day!
>>>
>>> 73, Jim  KQ6EA
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