Museum Ships Weekend

Museum Ships Weekend will take place over the 1st and 2nd June 2019 weekend, sponsored by the Battleship New Jersey Amateur Radio Station NJ2BB. Radio operation will be from a variety of vintage and noteworthy vessels. This is not a competition.

So far 75 ships are on the roster to take part. All stations working at least 15 different participating ships will receive a certificate, if they send a copy of their log showing these contacts.

While operation on any amateur frequency is allowed, most ships will be operate in the General portion of the bands. PSK31 operation will be on 14.070 MHz, 10.142 MHz, 18.100 MHz, 21.070 MHz, and 28.120 MHz.

Some ships also may be found on 75 meters (3.880 – 3.885 MHz) and on 40 meters (7.290 MHz) using AM, some using the vessel’s original restored equipment.

Museum Ships Weekend - https://www.qsl.net/w/wa2tvs/museum/

Amateur Radio Special Event Station HS10KING/MM

There will be a special event station HS10KING/MM operating from the Royal Thai Navy aircraft carrier Chakri Narubet in the Gulf of Thailand, from the 3rd to the 6th May on 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m bands (and 2m for locals). They also plan to operate on the Es'hail 2 / QO-100 satellite.

The event is to celebrate the coronation of the new king Rama X, and the station will be operated by the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST).

F/ON6JUN/P to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day

On the occasion of the 50-year commemoration in 1994, members of the UBA departments NNV and GBN started an annual expedition to Ranville on the historic Pegasus bridge. Corporal Tappenden landed there with the paratroopers of the British 6th Airborne on the night of 5-6th June 1944 near two bridges.

Under the leadership of Major Howard, Tappenden sent the historic "Ham and Jam" to England with his radio station WS 38. This meant that the bridges were intact in their possession. This was the start for the Normandy landing on 6th June 2019. The GBN and NNV departments donated a similar WS 38 radio to the museum, with which corporal Tappenden sent this message. The son of Corporal Tappenden sent the message back into the air with this radio station in 2004.

This year the expedition will continue with departure from Belgium on Friday 31st May 2019 and return on 7th June 2019. UBA members Xavier ON4ALY, Fernand ON6UF and Hans ON3HBB are present and work together with RSGB sections that operate from the places where the ships left for the Normandy landings.

More Infomration - https://tinyurl.com/BelgiumUBA