USS Yorktown

[Sonwatcher]

I just made contact with the USS Yorktown Battleship WA4USN on 20 meters. Right now they are on 14.263 . I now have made contact with a ship, a sub and a plane

 

[undertaker]

Congrats my friend!!!!

 

[Sonwatcher]

Thanks Bobbie !

 

[Highlander_821]

That's pretty cool. I've worked aeronautical mobile on the 11 meter freeband, but never maritime mobile.

Was the ship at sea, or docked?

 

[Sonwatcher]

Highlander, it is docked-

USS Yorktown docked at Charleston harbor, July 2006

I also spoke with a guy on 11 meters in a private plane going over Pennsylvania. He called himself "Eye in the sky". That was neat.

Karo, It is a US Navy Aircraft carrier.

 

[Sonwatcher]

I think there were several cool factors in making the ship contacts. First , that you made such a special contact that is a object of history. The other is the feeling when the contact is made. You have an enormous amount of people, a lot with a great deal of power, that are all calling 1 callsign. And to hear the operator pick your little 100 watt station from a groundplane or wire antenna come back with your callsign. And finally to be able to receive a QSL for the effort of the special contact made through the dogpile

 

[station 716]

Very cool Ron.

 

[Sonwatcher]

Thanks Mark Another thing I would like to try are Lighthouse contacts. I think that would be neat. I heard one Sunday from Maine.

 

[Sonwatcher]

I'm not sure. I know I listened to one op on a ship made in 1911 state that they had to put radio equipment in the ship.