The Navy-Marine Corps Team Needs Amateur Radio Operators
开云体育Interesting read on the need for Navy-Marine Corps MARS. ? ? Eric Eric R. Howell, CCNP? ? -- Eric Howell W4MC w4mc@... |
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Hey Eric, Good article.? I never understood why Navy-Marine Corps MARS was discontinued.? Unfortunately the article does not provide any sense of how likely the Author's proposal to reactivate Navy-Marine Corps MARS is being considered by Navy Leadership. I have participated in a few "interoperability" events with Army Mars, via some GA state ARES events, and was underwhelmed.? I appreciate that the author points out the need for military planners to fully integrate MARS into their normal exercise and planning process. 73, Joe AJ2Y =?? =?? =?? =?? =
On Monday, September 5, 2022 at 02:07:40 PM EDT, Eric Howell <erhowell@...> wrote:
Interesting read on the need for Navy-Marine Corps MARS. ? ? Eric Eric R. Howell, CCNP? ? -- Eric Howell W4MC w4mc@... |
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Thanks for the info.? As an old MARS operator this was of particular interest. Steve WM6P Fighting Communists since 1968. On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 2:07 PM Eric Howell <erhowell@...> wrote:
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-------- Original message -------- From: Steve <99sunset@...> Date: 9/5/22 7:01 PM (GMT-05:00) Subject: Re: [N4N-Field-Day] The Navy-Marine Corps Team Needs Amateur Radio Operators Thanks for the info.? As an old MARS operator this was of particular interest. Steve WM6P Fighting Communists since 1968. On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 2:07 PM Eric Howell <erhowell@...> wrote:
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开云体育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 On Sep 5, 2022, at 8:50 PM, Eric Howell <erhowell@...> wrote:
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开云体育I 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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