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?
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>On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Colin McDonald wrote:
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> > 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.
> > >
> >