No experience from cruise ships since I never did one. My wife is
diametrically opposed to taking one. Quite a few travellers to
Alaska come up by cruise ship. The untold cheap alternative is
taking the Alaska Ferry System. Unknown if ham radio is allowed, but
I suspect so. Only US and Canadian waters are sailed. Advantage of
the Ferry is that you can disembark at any stop and explore with your
car as long as you wish and then catch the next Ferry to continue
your trip (at no extra cost). Many Alaskans camp on the passenger
deck and avoid the extra cabin charge. Ferry has a cafeteria but you
are allowed to bring your own food. Cheapest rate is walk-on without
a vehicle.
I know that several members of the ARRL Experimental 500-KHz Group
previously were ship's radio operators or land-base station
ops. That results in 600m early activity being CW. FCC limited the
modes we were permitted so most digital modes were not legal for
us. Subsequent experimental licensee's sought permission to use
several digital modes which enabled them to operate with them. We
were restricted to only making 2-way contacts with members of our
group and not with other licensees (definitely not with ham's).
The lead person has instructed the group to cease operating now that
ham radio use is permitted. I would guess you will start hearing the
active members as hams as soon as they are approved by UTC. I
applied the first day. But I still need to repair and rehang my
inverted-L and install new synth in my K3 to be operational.
When I modified my aircraft beacon (NDB) transmitter I found two xtal
oscillators running at about 265-KHz separated by 400-Hz they were
keyed by a MCW keyer which shifted the frequency for dots and dashes
and back to original frequency for non-keyed signal thus creating
400-Hz MCW. Aircraft radios are primarily AM so could receive MCW.
73, Ed - KL7UW
http://www.kl7uw.com
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