[Elecraft] Cruise Operation

[Terry Schieler]

My last cruise on Royal Caribbean was, I believe, Sovereign of the Seas (?).  I had no plans to actually operate on the ship, but I met the Captain during the opening night reception and we had a chat.  Upon finding out my interest in amateur radio, the Captain said "hey, you'd like to meet "Per", our Chief Radio Officer (also a ham).  We had a nice visit.  The next day a courier appeared at my stateroom door with a message from the Chief Radio Officer offering me a personal tour of the ship's radio room.  I was let up to the bridge by a steward and Per, the Radio Officer took me into the radio room where there walls full of older HF gear which he quickly told me they don't use much anymore (mostly VHF and satellites now).  He let me sit at the gear and tune around.  I got some nice photos too.  Huge signals from everywhere and lots of fun.  

Never hurts to ask, even if you've brought no gear.  Per and I carried on an email exchange for a few months after that.

73, Terry, W0FM


-----Original Message-----
From: Wes Stewart [mailto:wes_n7ws at triconet.org] 
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2017 11:25 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Cruise Operation

Contact XE1C

He operates (as an officer) from Harmony of the Seas, interestingly enough a RC liner.

Wes  N7WS

On 9/22/2017 6:13 PM, Bob Witmer wrote:
> Avoid Royal Caribbean ... “HAM RADIOS” are on the list of prohibited items along with firearms.
>
> No one at RCP seems to know why.  Even asked the captain - Said he doesn’t know about ham radio ...
>
> Would be interested to hear about cruise lines that are Ham Radio 
> friendly
>
> 73
>
> Bob W3RW
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