Students to operate from USS North Carolina battleship:

From the ARRL...



Bill Wetherill, N2WG, reports he's arranged for students from several middle schools to operate from Radio Central on the battleship USS North Carolina using the call sign NI4BK (the battleship's original call sign was NIBK).


The USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial is in Wilmington, North Carolina. Operation will be 9 AM-noon Eastern Time on successive Wednesdays--April 11, 18, and 25, on or about 7230, 14,260 and 28,560 kHz. Wetherill says a legal-size SASE gets stations working NI4BK a great QSL that includes a picture of the battleship, facts about the battleship and pictures of the students operating from the battleship. For more information about the USS North Carolina, visit the Battleship Memorial's Web site.--Bill Wetherill, N2WG