Battleship New Jersey Amateur Radio Station (BNJARS)

2008  ACTIVITY  PAGE

| BNJARS at Orlando HamCation | BNJARS at Dayton Hamvention 2007|
| Museum Ship Weekend 2007  | JOTA Oct 2007 |


BNJARS at the Orlando HamCation - Feb 8-10, 2008

Report from Joe Cramer N2XYZ BNJARS PIO

     Hi All! Just got back and settled from the HamCation. We went up on Wed of last week and stayed until late Sunday morning. Weather was great. Our location was great as well. In all we had over 235 people that we talked to at the motorhome many others paused and looked and moved on. I got a chance to present the Battleship and NJ2BB at a forum on Sat. with about 30 or so, with several NJ2BB members present. I did get some Pics for you. We got interest from tailgaters that were setting up on Thursday. I went a day early to get a good site and it paid off.

     The staff support was great. Those guys worked hard but they made the task of parking all of those groups with little hassle. They helped you park your vehicles and made sure things were safe including electric and water hook ups. There was a WWII vet. that stopped and talked for some time, come to find out he lives 3 blocks from me.  

 <------    Another WWII vet had a BB64 hat on. Turns out he was a plank owner and a radiomen on the Wisconsin. I gave him Bob's morning net freq. as he is still active on 20 meters.

       

     I had made up a small poster of Museum Ship Weekend, and I got a lot of questions and gave them a flyer and directed them to check out rules on the web. The slide show brought very little attention unless they wanted to see something special. Had a couple guys from the old USS Salem club stop by.

    


The man and wife couple I had talked to them on 20 meter net from FR and met them at out winter location and then again at the HamCation. They are from Minneapolis and also have a motor home.


Recognize anybody in this picture?


BNJARS at Dayton Hamvention - May 2008


Museum Ship Weekend - June 7-8, 2007


Jamboree on the Air (JOTA)- Oct 2008


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