The USS Turner Joy (Charter Member of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club) Amateur Radio Club, NS7DD

The USS Turner Joy (Charter Member of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club) Amateur Radio Club (NS7DD) will operate MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND EVENT.

Sponsored by The Battleship New Jersey Amateur Radio Station
https://www.qsl.net/w/wa2tvs//museum/

MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND

June 1-2, 2019

0000Z June 1, 2019 to 2359Z June 2, 2019


While operation on any amateur frequency is allowed,
most ships will be operating in the General portion of the bands

SSB
3,860 KHz
7,260 KHz
14,260 KHz
18,160 KHz
21,360 KHz
24,960 KHz
28,360 KHz
50,160 KHz

CW
3,539 KHz
7,039 KHz
10,109 KHz
14,039 KHz
18,079 KHz
21,039 KHz
24,899 KHz
28,039 KHz
50,109 KHz

Digital, FT8, BPSK

Talk with the USS Turner Joy operators and many other ships all weekend long.

USS TURNER JOY (DD-951) - SHIP CONSTRUCTION & SPECS

Class: Forrest Sherman Destroyer
Built at: Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company, Seattle, Washington
Keel laid: September 30, 1957
Launched: May 5, 1958
Commissioned: August 3, 1959
Length: 418.3 feet (127.5 meters)
Beam: 45.3 feet (13.8 meters)

1. Draft: 22 feet (6.7 meters)
   Displacement: 2,800 tons; approx. 4,000 tons full load
   Propulsion system: four-1200 lb. boilers; two steam turbines; two shafts
   Propellers: two
   Speed: 32+ knots
   Armament: Three 5-inch/54 caliber guns and two Mark 32 torpedo launchers that carry 6 Mark 46 torpedoes each.
   Aircraft: none
   Crew: 17 officers, 275 enlisted
   Decommissioned: November 22, 1982

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Turner_Joy

 

Our new QSL Cards!

 

As a former crew member of various ships, including the USS New Jersey BB62, I am looking forward to the event

 

Are other ships using FT8?

 

My favorite event.. have collected some really fine qsl cards during past events.. everyone enjoy, and thanks to all the ships and ships clubs for their time and effort putting this event on the air for us.. "smooth sailing and following seas to all" tom sm3