Battleship Iowa I&E Team to Exercise Legacy Radios
Aboard the IOWA 250 S. Harbor Blvd, Berth 87, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThe Battleship Iowa Innovation and Engineering Team will exercise the ship's legacy radios on January 26 from 1700 to 2000 UTC. The call sign activated will be NE6PM, a variant of the ship's Navy call sign NEPM. Operations will be SSB/J3E only as the gear is circa '80's vintage, it not easy operated on CW/A1A … Continue reading Battleship Iowa I&E Team to Exercise Legacy Radios
“IOWA 47” MEMORIAL
Aboard the IOWA 250 S. Harbor Blvd, Berth 87, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesOn 19 April 1989, Battleship IOWA (BB61) was steaming at 17 mph approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico. At 0953 local time the number two 16-inch gun turret exploded. The explosion in the center gun room killed 47 of the turret's crewmen and severely damaged the gun turret itself. Since acquiring the IOWA, the … Continue reading “IOWA 47” MEMORIAL
BATTLESHIP IOWA’S NEPM ACTIVATION
Aboard the IOWA 250 S. Harbor Blvd, Berth 87, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThe Battleship IOWA Amateur Radio Association and the IOWA Innovation and Engineering Team will activate NEPM for the annual Armed Forces Cross Band Test on May 11 from 1500 UTC to 2359 UTC. ALL SSB operations are USB ONLY, BOTH TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE. All transmissions from NEPM will be on assigned military frequencies and the … Continue reading BATTLESHIP IOWA’S NEPM ACTIVATION
LA Fleet Week 2019
Port of Los Angeles 250 S. Harbor Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesLA Fleet Week® is an annual, multi-day celebration of our nation’s Sea Services held on the LA Waterfront at the Port of Los Angeles over the extended Labor Day Weekend. Free to the public, our event features active duty ship tours, military displays and equipment demonstrations, live entertainment, aircraft flyovers, STEM Expo for kids of … Continue reading LA Fleet Week 2019
NI6BB Veterans Day Special Event from the IOWA
Aboard the IOWA 250 S. Harbor Blvd, Berth 87, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesNI6BB will be on the air from 0800 PST (1600 UTC 11/11) to 1700 PST (0100 UTC 11/12) November 11th.
Legacy Radio Ops From Battleship IOWA
Aboard the IOWA 250 S. Harbor Blvd, Berth 87, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesBattleship IOWA's Innovation and Engineering Team's NE6PM will be active from 1700 to 2000 UTC using the ship's legacy URT-23 transmitters and R-1051G receivers. Operations will be on 14243 and 18143 Mhz J3E / SSB. QSL per QRZ.com.
ISRAELI Field Day Operation
On Friday, October 16, a field operation will be held at the “Horbat Seadim” (Seadim Ruin) Nature Reserve near Jerusalem. The activity will start at 06:00 and end at 14:00 (GMT) The reserve is part of the WWFF 4XFF-0135 (link) project so the operation is expected to arouse much interest around the world. Each operator works with his or her own personal call … Continue reading ISRAELI Field Day Operation
Jamboree on the Air (JOTA)
The Boy Scouts of America is hosting the 60th Annual JOTA/JOTI (Jamboree-on-the-Air and Jamboree-on-the-Internet) Extravaganza at the National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas. Scouts from all over North Texas are invited to share ideas and Scouting experiences with their Scouting peers around the world using two-way amateur radio and satellite links as well as the … Continue reading Jamboree on the Air (JOTA)
BIARA General Membership Skype Call
Special DMR Presentation during the call. Click here to join the meeting https://join.skype.com/QaHff6jXosrO No additional software is needed, but if you'd like to download Skype before the meeting (it may work better in the app, then on the web), you can download the software here: https://www.skype.com/en/get-skype/ It is also recommended that if you use a VPN, … Continue reading BIARA General Membership Skype Call
BIARA Weekly Net – cancelled
Watch the Veterans Day Concert instead!
Special Event in Israel on Hanukkah
A special event operation of ham radio operators in Israel on Hanukkah 10-19 December 2020 Objective: Advertising and celebrating Hanukkah on the air of amateur radio operators around the world. All times listed in the document are IST (Israeli standard time (UTC+2)) General: On the days of Hanukkah this year, special Israeli radio amateur stations … Continue reading Special Event in Israel on Hanukkah
CANCELLED (COVID) – December 2020 Christmas Lunch December 16
December 2020 Christmas Lunch - Date: December 16, 1PM; Place: The Think Cafe, either in the tented area or in the rear parking lot, or in the outside patio.