If you are looking for an event early this summer, check out the Museum Ships weekend event June 4 and 5 sponsored by the Battleship New Jersey.
The event will allow Ham operators to work several ships-turned-museum over the two-day period. The list of nearly 100 museum ships include U.S. Naval ships and submarines, some foreign Naval ships, cargo ships, passenger ships and more. You will have to wait until June 3 to download an Excel spreadsheet of the participating museum ships.
According to their rules, actual ships turned into museums will be allowed to participate. There will be no memorial groups to ships allowed. Ham operators will have to contact each ship directly for QSL cards.
Operating on any frequency is allowed, but most ships will operate on the following general bands:
| 3,860 KHz | 3,539 KHz | |
| 7,260 KHz | 7,039 KHz | |
| 10,109 KHz | ||
| 14,260 KHz | 14,039 KHz | |
| 18,160 KHz | 18,079 KHz | |
| 21,360 KHz | 21,039 KHz | |
| 24,960 KHz | 24,899 KHz | |
| 28,360 KHz | 28,039 KHz | |
| 50,160 KHz | 50,109 KHz |
While most operations will be CW and SSB, some ships will use their original AM equipment and there will even be PSK31 operations on 14.070 MHz, 10.142 MHz, 18.100 MHz, 21.070 MHz and 28.120 MHz
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