On 17 Oct 2005 03:44:01 -0700, "K4YZ" wrote:

Does anyone know what the callsign(s) of the Edmund Fitzgerald
were? (I am asking because I don't know...Not to quiz others...)

That would be Special Event Station N8F, according to the news release
below:

Special Events - November 2005
Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald

For the 9th consecutive year, members of the Stu Rockafellow Amateur
Radio Society will be in Whitefish Point and Paradise, MI, to put
Special Event station N8F, “Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald” on the
air 03-06 Nov 2005. On 10 Nov 1975 the Fitzgerald and her crew of 29
went down in Lake Superior approximately 17 miles from Whitefish
Point, MI. Target frequencies are 3.860, 7.260, 14.260, 18.160*,
21.360, and 28.360* kHz (*secondary). No CW operations because of ARRL
CW Sweepstakes. Also, teaming up with SRARS this year are The
Stillwater Amateur Radio Association from Stillwater, MN, using their
club call sign, WØJH, operating from The Split Rock Lighthouse State
Park at the West end of Lake Superior (Lighthouse #USA783), and The
Arrowhead Radio Amateur Club from Duluth, MN, using their club call
sign, WØGKP, operating from the Duluth area. N8F contacts send a 9x12
SASE (60¢ return postage) for certificate to W8VS/N8F, Richard Barker,
264 N. East St., Brighton, MI 48116; ;
http://www.qsl.net/w8njh. WØJH contacts send 9x12 SASE ($0.60 return
postage) to WØJH, 1618 West Pine St., Stillwater, MN 55082. WØGKP
contacts send 9x12 SASE ($0.60 return postage) to WØGKP, c/o KCØNFB,
115 Eden Lane, Duluth, MN 55805-1533;



73

Steve, K4YZ

73, Leo