USS INDIANAPOLIS - CA-35 (USS Indy Radio Room Exhibit)
The CA-35 USS Indianapolis (CA-35) WWII Radio room exhibit & Amateur Radio ops .!
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Indiana Henry Co. Amateur Radio Club visit(NewCastle IN) >>>
Three HF HAM stations on the air @ WW2IND ..40-20-17 & 15 meters with three antennas
(100watts on all radios)
March 26 , 2011 (SAT)
Indiana War Memorial museum:
USS Indy Radio Central exhibit....
PIX from .. 26 FEB 2011 (sat) [1PM to 4:30pm]
10 Amateur radio operators from the Henry Co.ARC & NewCastle IN ;
toured the Indiana War Memorial museum ,the USS Indy Radio room Exhibit &
operated the WW2IND ham station for
4 hours.
They worked 40-20-17 & 15 meter bands from 3 separte hams stations incorporated into
the USS Indy exhibit.
Assisted by Ed-N9IZN, Dave-N9KZJ,Barry-KW9DX &
Chuck - W9IH; they made 48 contacts consisting of Phone;
Ops Logs and
Dx'ed into France, Europe & south America...
"Some New Hams tried their hand at HF Phone too!"
Some of their group will be returning to operate the ships event in June 2011..
Hams visiting:
[[40m]:_Gene-K9UOK,Ben-KC9QEW,Andy-KC9RVO,Bill-N9RHY
[20m]:_Bob-WD9GWM,Dave-KB9VZU, [15&17m]:_Barry-AB9MT,Andy-KC9RVO ]
Ben-KC9QEW(40m) & Andy-KC9RVO(15m)
Bob-WD9QWM(20m)
& Bill-N9RHY(40m)
Rick & Bob
& Dave-KB9VZU(20 meter station)
Barry-AB9MT & Barry-KW9DX(ww2ind) 15 Meter
& Ben-& Andy on 40 meter station
Henry Co Ham club toured IWM &
USS Indy radio room exhibits
Radiomen Video Interviews run daily (WED-SUN ..9AM-5PM )at
the Indiana War Memorial Museum, USS Indy Radio room exhibit.
Submitted
By;
Chuck
Crist -W9IH
Coordinator Ham radio operations
WW2IND Trustee
EMAIL W9IH