[GVARC] Fwd: Golden Bear South Pacicfic Cruise, 2002+ Ham Radio

[Pat Barthelow]

From: "Patrick Barthelow" <n6ij@hotmail.com>
To: k6bj@k6bj.org
Subject: Golden Bear South Pacicfic Cruise, 2002
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 10:25:48 -0700

6/7/02
Hello Folks,


Well... the California Maritime Academy training Ship, Golden Bear
is already cruisin' the Pacific, (see:
http://www.calpoly.edu/~cpatsea   for a picture of the 500 ft ship.)
headed to Hawaii, arriving June 18.  As for the last 2 years, Ham
radio is aboard, and playing an interesting role.  This year Dr.
Robert Van Spyk, (KF6ZYJ) the founder of the CSUMB At-Sea Program,
and his son Bobby (KF6ZYN) will be aboard, and will be running the
Ham station aboard, with the CMA callsign, WB6IWB.

The ship's itenerary can be found at:

http://www.csum.edu/vctsgb/itinerary

With ports of call in Honolulu, Suva, Brisbane,Auckland,Papeete,Los
Angeles, and return to Vallejo, it will offer a great opportunity to
showcase amateur radio, both as a voice based Morale, Welfare and
Recreation medium, for the students and staff on board, and as a
medium for radio science.  On board, there is equipment for voice
comms, on HF, and digital modes used in the past, include, PACTOR
II.  This year, we may add PSK 31, and other digital modes such as
MFSK 16.  We would like to do serious studies, comparing and
contrasting the efficacy of various digital modes over long
distances.

Because of very difficult logistics, and the hectic schedules of all
arties involved, the ship, with an untested radio setup from last
year, was unable to be boarded and inspected wrt its ham radio
installation prior to it's first cruise departure, in April, so we
face an interesting, but very useful and educational challenge.  Is
it possible for knowledgeable hams shoreside to remotely assist and
direct knowledgeable hams aboard ship in station setup and
operations, and vice versa? We shall see... It is possible that a
lot of hardware and software setup and debugging will need to be
done between the two (or more) nodes, to get fully up and
operational.  We need to do similar things here shoreside, which may
involve setting up Pactor II capable stations at N6IJ, and CSUMB.
All are invited to participate in this project.

One of the first things that needs to be done, is for an Internet
uru to set up a Golden Bear Cruise mail group..like exists on Yahoo
for Radiofest, or other special events.  Can someone pick that one
up?

Another thing has to be done, and that is to get a team together
here in Monterey, to do setup work required at the CUSMB ham
station, and at N6IJ.  This can be done also at other Central
California Sites that are interested.  If you are active in PACTOR
II, you can be especially valuable.
Let us know if you are interested.  The ship will be cruising from
June 20 Until August 19. So get your HF stations fired up for some
fun.

Contact me if you want to become involved...
Pat  AA6EG
http://www.polkinghorn.org/n6ij
http://communities.msn.com/n6ij  (click on pictures)
n6ij@hotmail.com






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