WA8LMF Mirror of WB4APR Website - 21 July 2008
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W3ADO is the callsign of the US Naval Academy's Amateur Radio Club which was founded in the 1920's. Although its constituency changes yearly, and totally every 4 years, it consists of from 10 to 30 midshipmen sharing the common interest in Amateur Radio. Link to the Student's current Club Page or to a quite informative Last year's page Here is the group in Jan 1999. |
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One of the clubs main events is supporting the communications for the 13th Company's annual running of the Army/Navy game football from Annapolis to the stadium in Philidelphia. The challenge is maintaining communication between the 13th company, 3 chase vehicles, and the command post in Oxford, PA over a period of 18 hours and a distance of 130 miles. |
The radio club is also a participant in the MARS allows sailors at sea to talk to family members via phone patches. This is accomplished by a ham operator on board a ship contacting a MARS operator on land. Once the connection has been established, the MARS operator connects his radio to the telephone line and dials the number. |
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The club has a four room shack in the 7th wing of Bancroft Hall at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.
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