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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I just got through on 15m. Lots of noise on his end …<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wayne<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>@geiserw.bsky.social<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>@KC1ONM@mastodon.hams.social<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“We all get told that we’re a loser, and how healthy you are as an adult depends on how much you believed it.” – Aaron Sorkin.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> bars <bars-bounces@w1hh.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Juan Jiménez<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 6, 2024 2:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> mmra@groups.io; w1hh <bars@w1hh.org>; Group Notification <CollinsRadios+owner@groups.io><br><b>Subject:</b> [bars] Battleship IOWA on the Air!!!<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p style='margin:0in;line-height:19.15pt'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>The </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMjA2NzMzJnA9MSZ1PTU0MTU1MTM1NCZsaT0zNjE2NjQ5Ng/index.html__;!!MvWE!AojQBwRa89FwRwdeKnPeTue-SzPtARRQDXYceDY7ZrrjsDYzkX195GTkDzLAjqf2knNQHwKQWyLjeB2XFygjZWw$" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0000EE'>Battleship IOWA Amateur Radio Association</span></a><span style='color:black'> (BIARA) and the Iowa’s Innovation, Engineering and Technology Team (IET) </span><span style='color:red'>will activate the ship’s original NEPM Navy call sign on December 7 - 8, 2024. </span><span style='color:black'>Hours of operation both days are expected to be from 0700 PST (1500 UTC) to 1700 PST (0100 UTC)</span></span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>. <u>This activation will be in memory of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor </u>and all the radio amateurs and aficionados who answered the call, taking their skills into the military and civilian war efforts.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:19.15pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>ARRL requested, and received from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), a waiver to Section 97.111(a) to allow appropriately licensed amateur radio operators to work NEPM for this limited event. <b>Amateurs are reminded that they may not transmit on the military frequencies issued to NEPM. Amateur radio operators must operate within the privileges of their licenses. </b>Licensees of other countries not under the FCC’s jurisdiction are advised to refer to the regulations imposed by their licensing agencies before calling NEPM. All phone operations are on upper sideband. Here are the NEPM frequencies and modes:</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:19.15pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Transmit Freq/Mode ... Listening Freq/Mode</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;line-height:19.15pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>7.469 MHz USB/J3E ... 7.261 MHz USB/J3E</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;line-height:19.15pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>12.382 MHz CW/A1A ... 14.061 MHz CW/A1A</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;line-height:19.15pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>14.667 MHz USB/J3E ... 14.261 MHz USB/J3E</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;line-height:19.15pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>19.160 MHz RTTY ... 21.150 MHz RTTY</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;line-height:19.15pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>21.856 MHz USB/J3E ... 21.361 USB/J3E</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.25pt;line-height:19.15pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:19.15pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The listening frequencies are a starting point. The operator will tell you where NEPM is listening to minimize causing interference to stations in band. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>For an NEPM QSL please follow the instructions found on the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMjA2NzMzJnA9MSZ1PTU0MTU1MTM1NCZsaT0zNjE2NjQ5Ng/index.html__;!!MvWE!AojQBwRa89FwRwdeKnPeTue-SzPtARRQDXYceDY7ZrrjsDYzkX195GTkDzLAjqf2knNQHwKQWyLjeB2XFygjZWw$" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0000EE'>BIARA website</span></a>. The USS Iowa is moored at Port of Los Angeles.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>73,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>K1CPR<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Juan<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>