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Veteran's Day Special Event

George Clisham, W1YR, operates on of four HF stations on the USS Salem for the Veteran’s Day special event.

Jeff Lehmann, N1ZZN, is logging stations through the 2 meter IRLP network.

NEWINGTON, CT, November 16, 2004 -- The USS Salem Radio Club of was on the air for Veteran's Day November 11, 2004. The heavy cruiser, originally commissioned in 1949, is now docked at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts as a museum ship and is open to the public.

The USS Salem has five radio rooms. The first four rooms have been restored to their original condition while the fifth has been put under the supervision of the radio club to restore and use for its operations. The club, which uses the callsign K1USN, operates the Amateur Radio station on special events such as Veteran's Day, as well as other unscheduled times when club members may be on board. On any given Saturday there are hams and non hams on board painting and fixing parts of the ship as part of this ongoing restoration.

For the Veteran's Day special event the club had four HF station as well as a 2 meter IRLP link to make several hundred contacts in spite of poor propagation conditions. Bob "Whitey" Doherty, K1VV, tells us that everyone had a great time operating and that the contacts with veterans were especially rewarding.

Anyone who made contact with the station can get a commemorative QSL card by sending a QSL with SASE to QSL manager K1RV, DX stations can use the ARRL QSL Bureau.

A related story, "K1USN--on the Heavy Cruiser USS Salem--is Host to Scouts" can be found on the ARRL Web site.