[ILHam] USS Cassin Young

[George Sieverson]

On October 12th the USS Cassin Young, the museum ship destroyer in
Boston Harbor, will get underway to turn around.

Her radio group will be aboard and operating. Not only will they be
handling regular HAM contacts but also the USS Salem and USS Cassin
Young will pass Navy military style communications traffic back and
forth using both CW and SSB. After initiating the contact with our HAM
calls we will then send the messages using the ships original callsigns
and tactical calls.

Any station, HAM or SWL, that copies this message correctly and submits
their correct copy of the message and a SASE to W1QWT will receive a
handsome certificate.

If you want to see and hear what a Navy message was like in the fifties
and sixties then tune in.
Below is the schedule.
1300Z         7040 KHz          CW
1310Z         14040 KHz        CW
1330Z         7260 KHz          SSB Phone
1340Z         14260 KHz         SSB Phone
1400Z         7040 KHz           CW
1420Z         14040 KHz         CW
1430Z         7260 KHz           SSB Phone
1440Z         14260 KHz         SSB Phone
1500Z          7290 KHz          AM Phone          (If possible.)

This is all based on the departure time of the USS Cassin Young. If the
departure time changes then the schedule will change. All frequencies
are plus or minus QRM.

Please pass this info among your radio clubs.
For the certificate send the SASE's and message copy to:
 W1QWT Bob Callahan
 56 Acorn Street
 Scituate, MA. USA 02166

For regular ham two way contacts with the USS Cassin Young please QSL
to:   K1RMC
       MARK S STARIN
       457 VARNEY ST
       MANCHESTER NH 03102
       USA

For regular ham two way contacts with the USS Salem please QSL to:
       K1USN
       USS SALEM RADIO CLUB
       78 TEMPLE ST
       ABINGTON MA 02351
       USA

Callsigns                       CW             Tactical          HAM
USS Salem                   NIQY          Tramcar         K1USN
USS Cassin Young      NTTH          Clinker           K1RMC

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NB =>  USS Salem = K1USN =  RNARS #4682
            The USS Salem ARC website is at  < www.qsl.net/k1usn/ >
             For info about USS Salem check out  <
http://www.uss-salem.org/ >

      =>  For info about USS Cassin Young see
            <  http://www.nps.gov/bost/Cassin_Young.htm >


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