[ARC5] Night of Nights Commemorative Msgs - Ghost Ship WJMV Sea Venture?

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 13 Jul 2013 at 13:13, Christopher Bowne wrote:

> A posting re the Night of Nights on amfone.net said that WLO was heard
> working WJMV, and someone else put a post up to a link for a ship
> spotting web site that IDed the ship with that call as the SEA
> VENTURE, a chemical tanker that we would see in the Thames River all
> the time bringing polystyrene up to the Dow Chemical plant in Gales
> Ferry, CT.  The odd thing is that SEA VENTURE was taken out of service
> and was sold for scrap a couple of years ago, so how did that call
> show up last night?  Some sort of really long delayed propagation, or
> more likely, did someone pick up that call under a special FCC
> authorization to use for special ops such as Night of Nights?

As a member of the 600 Meter Research Group, I provide the support for a 
forum for us folks there. We have noted several "bootleggers" on 600 meters 
lately.

As David says, it very well may be some brave soul sticking his finger in the 
eye of authority.

I say, "Good for him.".

Ken W7EKB