Hams working in museums
 

I'm looking for other hams that also work in museums that might be
interested in starting a net, discussion group, etc. Or, if you know
of one that already exists, please point me in the right direction.

Thanks,
Bob, KE3GG

On 30 Nov 2004 05:32:54 -0800, (Bob) wrote:

I'm looking for other hams that also work in museums that might be
interested in starting a net, discussion group, etc. Or, if you know
of one that already exists, please point me in the right direction.

My daughter, who lives in Charlotte, NC, just told me about a ham
radio exhibit she just found in the Discovery Center in downtown. She
said the guy gave her his call (she has a call, too), but she didn't
remember it. I roundly chastised her.

Anyway, I don't know anything about the exhibit or the guy running it,
but this should be enough information to get you started.


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LRod

Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite

Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999

http://www.woodbutcher.net

try www.arrl.org look for museum ships special event (K1USN)
there are 50+ ship based maritime museums with assoc. ham radio stations,
ranging from the CSS Jackson (remnants of confederate ramship museum) to
the Battleship New Jersey etc. Our club recently received an award
certificate for working last summer's special event, very nice promo ;-)

the league also has a nice ham radio museum, might check with the operator
of that facility too?

hth bob monaghan


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I'm looking for other hams that also work in museums that might be
interested in starting a net, discussion group, etc. Or, if you know
of one that already exists, please point me in the right direction.

Thanks,
Bob, KE3GG

I don't know of a net per se, but there are two museums here in Southern
California that would qualify.

One is W6RO, the "Wireless Room" ham station aboard the RMS Queen Mary
in Long Beach. They have a fully-functional multi-position ham station
aboard ship, which has been operational for many years. They also have
a beautiful QSL card, much sought-after by hams, so whenever you hear
W6RO on the air it'll often result in a pile-up. W6RO is also the club
call for the Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach, who operate the
Wireless Room station, so on Field Day when you hear W6RO they are NOT
operating from the ship. Any other time of the year, W6RO is used
aboard the QM. Nate Brightman, K6OSC, is the main point of contact for
information about that operation.

There's also a station operating at the Maritime Museum, across the
harbor from the Queen Mary in San Pedro, CA but I don't have contact
information about their operation. I =think= that's aboard the old WW2
Liberty Ship SS Lane Victory, if memory serves.

Hope that's of some help to you.

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Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
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Ohhhhh, the Queen Mary station! Do I have a personal experience
to ask you about! First though, were you associated with or can you
answer a question about W6RO from the April 1983 time frame?

Sorry, didn't get my ham license until 1986. But I'll try to answer
your question for you anyway if I can. If I can't, I probably know who
can.

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Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
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I had read about W6RO in QST, so when I passed through the area in
April 1983, we visited the ship. Upon locating the ham station, I saw
an elderly gentleman sitting in the station. I knocked on the door,
whereupon he waved me away, acting very annoyed. The QST article
stated that hams were very welcome to visit the station, so I guessed maybe
he thought I was just another tourist, so I proudly showed him my ham
radio license through the glass, so he would know I was a visiting ham.
Now he really got ****ed and began screaming and cursing at us to go
away. I found an employee and asked them what was going on. I
was informed that the elderly gentleman was indeed a ham radio operator,
so back we went one more time. He refused to open the door or talk
to us and just kept loudly cursing for us to go away. Months later, I
spoke on the air to someone operating W6RO and was informed I must
have visited the ship on a bad day, because there was one elderly gent
who was known to act that way. Logical question is why did the W6RO
club continue to allow this nut case access to the station?

I don't know why they would have allowed him to operate. Certainly that
wouldn't be the case now -- all of the operators are told in no
uncertain terms that their primary responsibility is to be available to
visitors, and operating is only a secondary task. If there's only one
operator present, and someone is at the door wanting to talk to him/her,
then that person stops operating and caters to the tourist. Doing so
"pays the rent" for the station, so to speak.

There was one time during the Disney administration of the Queen Mary,
when a couple of the operators decided to pretend to be Animatronics
characters sitting at the consoles instead of real people. They didn't
get away with it for more than a few minutes, though -- couldn't keep
from cracking each other up.... ;-)

Anyway, I'm sure if you visit the Wireless Room now, you won't have a
problem. They also have a nice certificate they send you as a Guest
Operator, and if you want to "cheat" and get yourself into the logbook
so you can get a QSL card, ask the operator -- you can take an HT onto
the deck and "work" the station, getting you into the logbook. They can
then give you the particulars* so you can send in for the QSL card. An
SASE and valid log info is all they require.

I think I mentioned this before, but I'll get it out on the record again
just in case: Field Day QSOs with W6RO are NOT actual contacts with the
RMS Queen Mary. The Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach, CA (the
club who operates the Wireless Room on the QM) use their club callsign
W6RO from a real Field Day site during that operation, during which time
the QM station goes silent. So if you work W6RO during Field Day, don't
expect a Queen Mary QSL card.

Just did a quick Yahoo! search, found:

http://www.mpicomputers.com/ham/queen/

as a good site for info about W6RO. Mike Yaworski, WB6VUB, put it
together. (Mike also works part-time Saturdays as a salesman at Ham
Radio Outlet in Anaheim, CA.) The site includes great photos, plus a
QSL card history.

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Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email:

* Each of the several operating positions has its own logbook. The
operator will give you your logbook entry number, like B280, so that the
QSL Committee can find your entry in the proper log. When you QSL,
include that info along with the usual UTC date/time and other data, so
that they can find your log entry and issue the QSL. Be sure to include
a SASE (use #10 business-size envelope, as the QSL is a large one) with
your QSL request.

Hello,

It's perhaps a bit too far-far away, but the Transportation Museum in
Luzern, have a ham station and is active with the call HB9O.

http://www.verkehrshaus.org/fr/home.htm

http://homepage.sunrise.ch/mysunrise...zern/hb9o.html

Sorry I have no other links yet.


73 de F8BOE Olivier ...-.-




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I'm looking for other hams that also work in museums that might be
interested in starting a net, discussion group, etc. Or, if you know
of one that already exists, please point me in the right direction.

Thanks,
Bob, KE3GG

Bob wrote:
I'm looking for other hams that also work in museums that might be
interested in starting a net, discussion group, etc. Or, if you know
of one that already exists, please point me in the right direction.

Thanks,
Bob, KE3GG


Bob:

Historic Electronics Museum
Linthicum, Maryland
Radio Club = W3HEM
web site = www.qsl.net/w3hem/
I am a member of the museum, but not of the radio club.

Dave, W3OQ