[Elecraft] KX3/KX2 Cruiseship Operation

[Doug Turnbull]

Dear OMs and YLs,
     This talk of cruise ship operation piqued my interest.    Do you have
to get permission from the ships captain to operate?   I believe this is in
the license manual.    How does one go about doing so?    If I could bring
my AlexLoop and KX2 aboard a cruise ship this would give a great new reason
to talk to the good XYL about a Mediterranean cruise.    I just wonder how
one gets the okay on a big cruise ship with thousands of passengers.   I
would be hesitant to even take a KX2 on board a large ship without prior
permission.

      Surely one does not need to leave the antenna out on the deck area
when not in use.    The AlexLoop is so discrete that from your own balcony
it should be possible though you would have to keep the antenna clear of all
the metal surroundings so this might well be problematic.

                       73 Doug EI2CN