David KB7GFL visits the USS Missouri KH6BB 2023, 2021
David KB7GFL visited Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and the USS Missouri in 2021 and again in 2023. With a sponsor from the Battleship Missouri Amateur Radio Club, David was able to make some contacts using both SSB and FT8 from the ship’s amateur radio station, KH6BB. Enjoy some photos from his trips below.
USS Missouri at dock in Pearl Harbor, HI
Deck guns of the USS Missouri
Japanese foreign affairs minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri as American General Richard K. Sutherland watches, 2 September, 1945.
Plaque commemorating the signing of the Instrument of Formal Surrender of Japan in 1945.
USS Missouri's current HF radio antenna
The principal HF transmitting antenna was and is this "discage" antenna located on the bow. It has two 1-5/8 inch heliax feedlines. When fed at the top, between the apex of the wire cone and the skeleton disk, it functions as a wide-band discone antenna in the 10-30 MHz range. When fed at the base of the cone against ground, it becomes a wide-band monopole in the 6-10 MHz. Range. The discone is the principal KH6BB antenna today.
Entrance to the radio room of the USS Missouri
Radio room of the USS Missouri
Radio room of the USS Missouri
Dennis KH7MU operating as KH6BB
Chuck KH6DL, David's sponsor in 2023, operating as KH6BB
David KB7GFL operating aboard the USS Missouri as KH6BB in 2023.
KH6BB log entries for November 2023
David KB7GFL working as KH6BB on the USS Missouri in 2021
Paper log from David KB7GFL's trip in 2021
Showing a contact with Bruce W7BCW
KH6BB log entries from David KB7GFL's visit in 2021
