Re: [amsat-bb] Fw: Maritime Mobile

[Lee810@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 7/11/00 9:25:17 PM Mountain Daylight Time, 
denmorr@bellsouth.net writes:

> The XYL and I are booked on a Caribbean cruise in late August.  I saw an
>  article in 73 magazine about operating AO-27 from a cruise ship.  Anyone 
had
>  any experience or have any information?  How do you get permission from the
>  cruise line?  Would like to operate AO-27, UO-14 and SO-35.

Asking for permission is likely to get you a blank stare.  I operated from an 
Alaskan Cruise ship last month and activated 15 grids and made more than 130 
contacts during a week long cruise.  (If you sent me a card, don't worry, I 
will QSL but I am catching up.)   My plan was to ask for forgiveness should I 
be questioned about what I was doing.  No one affiliated with the ship seemed 
to pay any attention, but I got a lot of questions about the Arrow antenna 
from other passengers.  Andy MacAllister was doing the same thing at the same 
time in the Caribbean.  Make sure to take a GPS that will show your 
maidenhead gridsquare (like the Garmin eTtrex or eMap) since it will really 
help with making contacts.

I have a few pictures at: 

http://members.aol.com/Lee810/index.html 
and
http://members.aol.com/lee810/ak.html

73,

Lee Devlin, KØLEE  (K0LEE)
Greeley, CO
http://members.aol.com/lee810/ham.html
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