Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day:

7pm, Thursday, December 6 – Noon, Friday, December 7

An Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club Event
Aboard Battleship NORTH CAROLINA

The Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club will host a world wide HAM radio operator event aboard Battleship NORTH CAROLINA commemorating the anniversary of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. The event begins at 7:00pm EST on Thursday, December 6, which is 0000 hours, December 7 UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) and continues through the night ending at noon EST on Friday, December 7. Contact for event is club public information officer Bill Morine at 910-367-1758 or n2cop@ec.rr.com.

Using both original and modern radio equipment, the club members will provide an opportunity for HAM radio operators to contact the battleship and, in return, receive a special postcard verifying the contact. Many operators make a hobby of collecting the cards. In this particular event, communication will be mainly by Morse code, an increasingly rare skill these days. During World War II, it was the standard means of naval communication for radio. When operating from the ship, the club’s call is NI4BK, which is based on NIBK, the ship’s international call sign when she was in commission.

The club hosts and participates in several events at the battleship during the year, including Museum Ships Day, Battleship Alive, and the North Carolina QSO Party. They are most noted for providing emergency communications following disasters like hurricanes.

Bring your family and friends and walk the decks where sailors lived and fought for our freedom. Located at the junction of Highways 17/74/76/421 on the Cape Fear River across from historic downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. OPEN EVERY DAY from 8:00am to 5:00pm, September 16 – May 15 and 8:00am to 8:00pm, May 16 – September 15. Tickets sales stop one hour before closing. For information on the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA visit our website, www.battleshipnc.com or call 910-251-5797.

NOTE: OPTIMAL MEDIA TIME WILL BE 10AM-NOON ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7.