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[Pat Barthelow]

4/1/02
Folks,


The At-Sea Program at CSUMB, and now, all the CSU campuses will be 
sponsoring their 3rd summer cruise this summmer aboard the California 
Maritime Academy (CMA) training Ship, Golden Bear.
See their website:
http://atsea.csumb.edu

Ham radio has been on board as a focus activity for every previous CSUMB 
cruise.  This year they depart June 19, from Hawaii, on a loop of the south 
pacific, including ports of call in New Zealand, and Australia, returning to 
Vallejo August 19.  In previous cruises a ham radio based PactorII system 
was setup and software developed, allowing worldwide exchange of email 
between students on board the ship, and persons around the world.  
Additionally, voice communications schedules were set up between the ship 
and the N6IJ super station, and stations at CSUMB, and elsewhere.  This year 
similar activities may evolve, depending on interests and skillsets of the 
cruise participants.  If you are interested in going on the cruise, or know 
someone who may be, contact Dr. Robert Van Spyk, the Director of the 
program, and visit the website to get listings of important deadlines, 
approaching.  If you have ideas about what (radio, oceanography, or 
meterology) experiments we can do including using ham radio aboard the 
cruise, please contact me (Pat, AA6EG, meamonte@hotmail.com) or Dr. Van Spyk 
  (bob@csumb.edu).  If you want to test some antennas aboard Golden bear, we 
would be happy to.  If you know of any of the  science community that could 
utilize the cruise track and time of the Golden Bear for any kinds of 
experiments including Physical Oceanography, or Meterology, contact me.  
Once the cruise commences, you may be interested in shoreside radio support 
of the cruise..contact me or Dr. Van Spyk.

73, de Pat AA6EG/N6IJ
meamonte@hotmail.com




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