[Milsurplus] Fwd: MCMARS - Special Event Notice

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Group,

I waited before forwarding this in case someone else did.  Thought some in 
the group would be interested.

In a message dated 8/28/2005 11:10:14 AM Central Daylight Time, 
mcmars at marinecorpsmars.com writes: 
> Pete, KH6GRT sends:
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>  Subject: Sept 2 special event on USS Missouri 
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> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 07:43:48 -0400 
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>  Greetings Museum Ships and Military History enthusiasts, September 2, 2005 
> marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Japanese surrender papers on 
> board the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, formally ending World War 
> II.  The USS Missouri, currently located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, will be 
> holding extensive ceremonies on board September 2, and the ship's club station 
> KH6BB will be on the air as well.  On CW we will be using the original Vibroplex 
> key that was used on board in 1945 to send the first news of the surrender 
> signing; the key has been loaned to KH6BB for the event by the Maritime Museum 
> of Monterey CA, with permission to use the key on the air.
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>  First operations from KH6BB will take place on September 2 at 0000Z (note 
> that this is the afternoon/evening of September 1 in the US), because this 
> time corresponds to 0900 September 2 in Tokyo Bay, the time and date that the 
> papers were originally signed.  At this time we will re-transmit the exact 
> message that was sent from Missouri in 1945 reporting the signing.
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>  Since Missouri's hull number is BB-63, the primary operating frequency will 
> be 14.063 MHz CW.  Depending on propagation, alternate frequencies will be 
> 18.073 and 21.063 MHz.  There may be combined SSB/CW operations on 14.263, 
> 18.163, or 21.363 MHz.  Operations will continue until approximately 0600Z 
> depending on propagation.
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>  KH6BB will also be operating on September 3 and 4 from about 0000-0600Z 
> (Friday September 2 and Saturday September 3 local time in the US), possibly 
> earlier depending on propagation.  There may be operations on September 2 and 3 
> around 1600-1800Z, again depending on propagation.
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>  Check the KH6BB web page event calendar at <www.kh6bb.org> for last minute 
> details on times and frequencies.
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>  This special event developed so quickly that we were unable to submit it to 
> ARRL for publication in QST which is why we're putting the word out on these 
> mail lists.  So, warm up your boatanchors and look for KH6BB during these 
> special event days.
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>  Hope to talk with many of you on the air!
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>  Semper fidelis
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>     Dan
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> 

73
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