Operating From a P3 Orion at Moffett Field Museum

I had a great time on Saturday operating from the P3 Orion preserved at the Moffett Field Museum. In honor of their 91st birthday the museum has opened up their P3 Orion for visitors (and brought out a few other special exhibits I won’t spoil for you). With the help of Mike “The Noisy Kid” Gitschel (K6QFO), CW stations are operating in both the museum and the aircraft.

This is an amazing aircraft with all its original submarine-hunting equipment and it’s usually not open to the public. If you’re nearby take the drive, and bring your kids to type out a few dits and dahs.

Thanks again to Mike for setting up the station and inviting local hams to operate. It was a blast operating from this piece of history; some of those kids picked up morse code quicker than I did.

For any local hams – Mike is still looking for volunteers. His contact information is on his QRZ page or you can drop me a line and I’ll introduce you.

73, AI6YM