[QCWA] Fwd: QCWA cruise frequencies

[George Roach]

>During the Wednesday night QCWA CW Net (7.035 - 24:00Z) we were
wondering how we could work  our  members and W2MM on their Alaska
Cruise. I volunteered to find out, and gave Larry McCalvy (WA9JMO) a call.
He e-mailed me the following information. Some of you might want to make
a contact..  I hope those on board have a great time !

George-VE3BNO


>Hi George,
>
>I'm sorry I missed your call this evening. When I returned it was a bit 
>late to call so I thought I would give you the information via email.
>
>I have attached an onboard frequency use guide that I hope the three HF 
>station will at least give a few call on before moving elsewhere.
>
>This way if anyone wants a copy all you have to do is forward this message 
>on to them.
>
>We should be on the air about 8 AM Alaska time on Monday, August 22nd. We 
>will be using three ICOM HF rigs and hope to get the 110 volts of A/C from 
>the ship. We have permission to operate once we are three miles out of 
>port. But there may be a few folks that want to operate as soon as they 
>can, so W2MM might be on the air Sunday evening after about 10 PM Alaska time.
>
>We should be close enough to shore and cell phone tower site to use cell 
>phones. I for one will give it a try.
>
>And we are going to try and run up a weather balloon off the rear of the 
>ship with a long wire antenna attached. I am going to pick up four small 
>tanks of helium in Anchorage and haul them to the ship. We are looking 
>forward to some great contacts if we can keep the balloon up.
>
>73,
>
>Larry
QCWA 2005 ALASKA CRUISE CONVENTION
RADIO OPERATIONS & FREQUENCY GUIDE
We have special permission from the Bahamas Maritime Authority & Public 
Utilities Commission to operate within
Amateur Radio Frequencies on the m.s. Veendam from 21 to 28 August 2005. We 
will operate under the CEPT agreement.
You need only your current FCC operator's license. We will provide the 
necessary CEPT agreements for everyone.
The ship is Bahaman territory and we will be in U.S. and Canadian waters. 
Permission is granted to operate on
board when the ship is three (3) miles away from port. Please be aware of 
your location when using a transmitter and
act accordingly. As always, the Captain has the final say on all Radio 
operations.
Non Canadian amateurs in
Canadian territory must ID as:
your call/VE7
Non US amateurs in
US territory must ID as:
your call/KL7 (Alaskan area)
your call/W7 (Washington State area)
All Amateurs should follow the rules for
international travel with their license. In
International waters we strongly recommend
a suffix of /MM (maritime mobile)
On-Board Ship VHF/UHF Frequencies:
When on-board ship (inter-ship communications) we recommend using the 
following simplex calling frequencies:
145.000 Mhz. & 446.100 Mhz.
If you expect to have an extended conversation, please move to Simplex:
146.460 Mhz. 446.400 Mhz.
147.470 Mhz. 446.500 Mhz.
For cruise information, we will try and have someone on the calling 
frequencies (above) during normal waking hours.
Please call "Cruise Information".
Alaskan Shore Repeater Frequencies (Rx/Tx):
Seward 147.21/144.51 146.76/146.16
Sitka 146.82/146.22
Hoonah 146.7/146.1
Juneau 146.4/147.0 146.64/146.04 146.82/146.22 444.5/449.5
Ketchikan 146.79/146.19
Petersburg 147.96/147.36
Canadian Shore Repeater Frequencies (Rx/Tx):
Prince Rprt 146.88/146.28 146.94/146.34
Port Hardy 146.94/146.34
Vancouver 145.17/144.57 145.27/144.67 145.49/144.89 147.06/147.66 
443.2/448.2 443.5/448.5
444.1/449.1 441.975/446.975
On-Board Ship
HF Frequencies:
Voice SSB Operations (Mhz):
10M 28.300 . 29.300 Near: 28.710
15M 21.200 . 21.450 Near: 21.390
20M 14.150 . 14.350 Near: 14.285
40M 7.150 . 7.300 Near: 7.265
CW Operations:
15M 21.000 . 21.200 Near: 21.140
20M 14.000 . 14.150 Near: 14.110
40M 7.000 . 7.150 Near: 7.110
80M 3.500 . 3.750 Near: 3.565
WARNING
No Transmitting at any time: 420Mhz. -To- 430Mhz.