The work day went well on Sunday (1/15) thanks to all who showed up! We had 8
BVARCians aboard.
- We were able to remove the broken vertical and trace/test the previously
installed coax back to the radio room.
- We also temporarily hung a wire antenna from the open bridge to the flag
pole at the bow. We extended one of the coax leads through a porthole we opened
in the bridge. This antenna was tested and appears to work well.
- We were pleased to find that the coding closet was already cleaned up and
organized, and we'll keep it this way. There is a reel of coax there (BVARC's)
which we'll retain there for future use (maybe elsewhere or in the Cavalla).
- On leaving, we took down the temporary antenna and removed the scraps of
the broken antenna.
- We weren't able to retrieve the box of BVARC "junque" that is stored
elsewhere on the ship. We'll get that in due course.
For a future visit, we're hoping to install a marine grade VHF/UHF antenna
where the broken antenna was removed. We're also looking at how we might add
temporarily, either an HF vertical or 80m long wire (say, to the stern) for the
MSWE event. We may even try to activate the Cavalla, depending on how other
We also want to time our visit better that we can do a radio demo for the
scouts. The visit yesterday, actually wasn't conducive for a demo, due to the
other efforts we made.
73Mark JanzerK5MGJ
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