Re: The Navy-Marine Corps Team Needs Amateur Radio Operators
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI actually ran a watch station at the MARS station at Corey Field in Pensacola. I was the MARS Chief while I was stationed there. When I was transferred to Diego Garcia I found that they revoked my call so I didn¡¯t bother trying to get it back. While at Corey we ran a lot of phone patches for the Ships in the Atlantic, Med, and Indian Oceans. I had operators on every night. For many of them it was their introduction to Ham Radio. ? ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Moss
Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 12:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [N4N-Field-Day] The Navy-Marine Corps Team Needs Amateur Radio Operators ? Yea, I used to operate the MARS station from Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNN0NYN). Then around 1985 the guy in charge of the MARS station started giving me (and others) a ration of crap for not logging enough hours. It was the solar cycle minimum and bands were often dead. So I told the guy to pound sand and ran phone patches from home on the ham bands when propagation allowed. Kept a schedule with McMurdo Sound until the operator rotated back stateside. Lots of fond memories, especially around Christmas.? ? UW
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