[K6NCG] Antarctica phone patches?

[Jim]

Desmond,
Here is another memory I hadn’t recalled for a very long time. In the early seventies I was priveleged to participate in a phone patch wedding for a crewmember of one of the icebreakers that was stuck in the ice up north, who had planned a wedding ceremony for a long time, but couldn’t get out to attend. They arranged with a minister in Washington state to perform the ceremony via a phone patch that included the skipper. (I have an audio recording of that somewhere.) It was the thrill of a lifetime for me, and sufficient justification for patches for people in such isolated areas.
73,
Jim, K7JAJ

From: Paul Rasp
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 12:32 PM
To: Discussion of K6NCG
Subject: Re: [K6NCG] Antarctica phone patches?

When I was stationed at TI in 1972-1973, there was a member of the club that had spent several tours on the ice. His name was Bob. Can’t recall his callsign. 

73
Paul
W4ARK 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 28, 2019, at 2:09 PM, Jim <k7jaj at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Desmond,
> 
> I was on the USS Burton Island (a USN icebreaker) from 1960-62 and operated KC4USS for Deep Freeze '62. Of course that was before satellite phones and Internet, but the ham radio was our lifeline, even used for USN communications on a couple occasions when Navy shore stations couldn’t be reached due to propagation.
> 
> Sad to say, things haven’t changed all that much. Last year the NSF hub in New Zealand was out of service for several months, and they again resorted to ham radio for essential communications. ARRL even gave exams by video conferencing to several people who wintered over.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Jim, K7JAJ
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: k6ncg-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:k6ncg-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Desmond Crisis
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 11:17 AM
> To: Discussion of K6NCG
> Subject: [K6NCG] Antarctica phone patches?
> 
> 
> 
> Group,
> 
> 
> 
> A couple of people in the office here have worked in Antarctica.  One is
> 
> going back shortly. I’m trying to show her the value of ham radio.
> 
> 
> 
> I remember hearing stories of K6NCG working phone patches for KC4US_
> 
> stations back in the day on 14292.
> 
> 
> 
> Does anyone here have any recollections of working Antarctica?
> 
> 
> 
> Incidentally, I try to use 14292 as a CQ channel whenever I use the club
> 
> call. Seems traditional.
> 
> 
> 
> Desmond
> 
> KC6VHG
> 
> ______________________________________________________________
> 
> K6NCG mailing list
> 
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/k6ncg
> 
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> 
> Post: mailto:K6NCG at mailman.qth.net
> 
> 
> 
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> 
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> 
> ______________________________________________________________
> K6NCG mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/k6ncg
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:K6NCG at mailman.qth.net
> 
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

______________________________________________________________
K6NCG mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/k6ncg
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:K6NCG at mailman.qth.net

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html