Amateur Radio Special Event @ Maritime Museum San Diego
The oldest active sailing ship in the world, the Barque Star of India, using
call sign NS6IO Mobile, will sail in the San Diego area to celebrate her
148th birthday on Saturday the 12th and Sunday the 13th of November.
She will be accompanied by the HMS Surprise, also operating using the call sign
NS6OI Mobile. HMS Surprise is a sailing replica of the 20 gun British Navy
Frigate HMS Rose circa 1757.
Star of India, initially named EUTERPE, was completed in the Ramsey
Shipyard, Isle of Man, in November of 1863. She sailed around the world
several times carrying cargo and passengers. She was renamed Star of India
in 1902 when she joined the Alaska Trading Association carrying cannery
workers and cargo from Oakland, CA to canneries in the Bering Sea and
returning to Oakland with canned salmon. The Star of India was brought to
San Diego in 1926, was restored over several decades and became the flagship
of the Maritime Museum San Diego in early 1970s. HMS Surprise was used for
filming the 2003 movie "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World",
starring Russell Crowe.
Homepage of MMSD is Maritime Museum of San Diego
Amateur radio operations each day (12th and 13th November will be as
follows:
Star of India - - 1600Z until 2300Z
20 Meters SSB 14275KHz(+/-), alternating
every 2 hours with CW on 14035KHz (+/-)
10 Meters SSB 28350KHz (+/-), alternating
every 2 hours with CW on 28025KHz (+/-)
2 Meters & 70 CM VHF & UHF FM, alternating
between major repeaters in Southern California
HMS Surprise - - 1600Z until 2300Z
20 Meters SSB 14265KHz (+/-)
10 Meters SSB 28375KHz (+/-)
2 Meters & 70 CM VHF & UHF FM, alternating
between major repeaters in Southern California
Note: There will be only one operator on duty per vessel each day, so there
will be no capability for simo operations on different modes and bands. We
ask for your patience because of the expected operator workload and possible
occasions of mal de mer on the part of our landlubber radio crew.
Propagation conditions permitting, we plan to alternate operations between
20M and 10M, and stick with whichever band is propagating the best. If the
ships venture into international waters, we will append the suffix
"/Maritime Mobile" to NS6OI and indicate which of the ships is transmitting.
NS6OI QSL cards will be sent to stations which provide their QSL card and a
SASE.
The mailing address for QSL cards is:
Star of India Amateur Radio Club/NS6OI
1492 Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101
