USNS Mercy Amateur Radio License Testing (Call Sign K6MRC)

Thanks... I really enjoyed this !!
tom

 

Tom any hints when you guys might start transmitting? I would love to get some airtime with a couple of the crew. Any HM's taking the exam?

Mike

 

BRAVO ZULU also from my side. When i heard this code, i remember my early navy days. For non-navies: it means WELL DONE

 

Bravo Zulu to the crew & VEs! Also, a very well done article. Thanx for posting it.

 

Splice the mainbrace!

73, John, WØPV

 

My wife, Karen Bye, was a HM2 and served on board the Mercy during the Gulf War when it deployed to the Persian Gulf.

 

HI GUYS & LADIES:
GREAT GOING! HOPE TO WORK K6MRC SOME DAY. GREAT WORK YOU GUYS DO. YOU KNOW I DO NOT THINK SOME OF YOU YOUNG GUY'S REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT YOUR MISSION IS; HOWEVER I KNOW SOME OF YOU DO. I WAS IN OUR US ARMY FOR 28 YEARS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD AND SOME TIMES WE WORKED WITH NONE MILITARY AND SOME TIMES EVEN IN COMBAT ZONES WE ALSO TOOK IN NONE MILITARY. I AM A 06 RETIRED NURSE ANESTHETIST. AGE 78. YOU GUYS HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL BEAUTIFUL STATION. LIGHT UP YOUR EQUIPMENT AND MAYBE SOME DAY I WILL RECEIVE K6MRC.
JOE W DAVIS 06 (ret.)
N4EJF
joevada2@gmail.com
ENJOY LIFE. IT IS THE GREATEST GOD HAVE GIVEN US.

 

My departed dad was on the Hospital Ship Relief in the Pacific. He would be impressed with this transformation from oil tanker to Level 1 Trauma Center.

 

as described before it is not a vertical antenna on that ladder , it`s a safety harness ! if that would be an antenna , it wouldn`t work at all , but would be radiating into the superstructure of the ship ! Noone would ever build such an antenna !

 

Bravo Zulu to getting your tickets and upgrades! Can't wait to hear you on the air when you get back to San Diego, maybe help participate in the USS Midway (NI6IW) special events (2nd Saturday of the Month).

Joe Chmelik RMC(SW) (Ret.)
K6JUN

 

Great to see this. I just got my technician license and am a beginner, but back in the day, I was a medevac pilot with the Army and I have actually landed a UH-60 on the deck of this ship during training exercises. Brings back memories.