American Victory ARC in February

Greg Grambor, WB2GMK, tells us that a new and very special radio club is having it's first meeting on February 10, at 7:00 p.m.

What makes it special is that the gathering takes place on a US Merchant Marine ship named the USS American Victory.

The American Victory is now moored at the dock behind the Tampa Aquarium in Florida.

It is now a permanent museum, and there are a group of us who are organizing the American Victory Amateur Radio Club.

They already hold the call sign W4AVM and a number in the group have brought some of their own equipment on board and have the gear operating from the ship's radio room.

As the ship is restored they hope to get the maritime equipment restored to operating condition and operational on the Amateur bands.

For more information please e-mail
wb2gmk@arrl.net.

Source: Amateur Radio Newsline

• Visit the American Victory website

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