have you ever operated HF on board a ship John?
Perhaps a silly question since it would be fairly difficult to erect an
antenna on a cruise ship.
Unless it was a hussler ham stick or something on a balcony.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: ham/shortwave/scanner useage and activities on cruise ship


> I've only done it a couple times but was given a very enthusiastic yes,
any
> time each time and they even asked questions and expressed an interest,
and
> as you said, once there were a couple crew members that were active hams
> themselves.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Baracco" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:20 PM
> Subject: Re: ham/shortwave/scanner useage and activities on cruise ship
>
>
> no!  i have never been turned down.   in fact, many ship's captains are
> hams themselves, or one of the crew is.
> Andy
> At 03:54 AM 8/30/2005, you wrote:
> >Thanks, has anyone ever gotten a no answer on this?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Colin McDonald wrote:
> >
> > > just make sure you OK it with the Ship's captain or CO before you use
> > > that
> > > ham gear to transmit.
> > > Especially if you are thinking of using HF equipment...receivers are
> > > probably ok...but still check if you are going to use 2M 70CM stuff.
> > > 73
> > > Colin, V A6BKX
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 6:49 PM
> > > Subject: ham/shortwave/scanner useage and activities on cruise ship
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi everyone, my family is really talking seriously about taking a
week
> > > > long cruise on a steam boat up and down the Mississippi River, and I
> > > > am
> > > > looking forward to this cruise as it looks like I will be going on
it
> > some
> > > > time later on this fall.  As I said it will be in the country, and I
> > > > am
> > > > just wondering if any of you have had the chance to operate on any
of
> > > > the
> > > > 2-meter 440 bands from a cruise ship, and what else radio related
> > have you
> > > > had good luck with?  I am definately planning on bringing some ham
> > > > gear
> > > > with me, and by the time it comes to take that cruise I doubt I will
> > > > have
> > > > any HF gear, but I'll wtke what I can get.  Any information would be
> > > > great, and thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > >
>