International Museum Ship Radio Event

The 2008 Museum Ships Event will be sponsored by 'The Battleship New Jersey Amateur Radio Station' (BNJARS) and will take place during the period of 0001z, June 7th to 2359z, June 8th.

Ships wishing to participate should send a note to museum@nj2bb.org with the name of ship, callsign, location, QSL info and contact info for person responsible.

During this event every year there are participation of naval ships, lightships, steamships, research vessel and merchant ships. Interesting international ships as the British cruiser HMS "BELFAST" (GB 2 RN) will take part.

A certificate is available for all stations that work at least 15 different ships listed as officially participating by sending a copy of their log entries showing these contacts. Working the same ship on different frequencies DOES NOT count as 2 ships.

To receive a certificate, please send either 3 USDs to cover costs or send a large enough envelope with enough postage
(Certificates should not be folded) to: Margaret Burgess, KB2BRR, 150 Schooner Ave., Barnegat, NJ 08005, USA.
All certificate requests must be received by September 30th, 2008.

A list of participating ships is available on the USS "NEW JERSEY" web site at: http://www.nj2bb.org