{"id":25483,"date":"2017-05-11T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=25483"},"modified":"2017-05-04T07:22:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T11:22:11","slug":"potomac-valley-radio-club-pvrc-and-the-us-naval-academy-radio-club-to-operate-nss-special-event-may-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/potomac-valley-radio-club-pvrc-and-the-us-naval-academy-radio-club-to-operate-nss-special-event-may-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC) and the US Naval Academy Radio Club to operate NSS special event May 13"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: US Coast Guard<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0Brian D. Smith, who writes:<\/p>\n

Longtime SWLs will recall the repeating CW messages of Coast Guard station NSS and its distinctive \u201cDAH-dit di-di-dit di-di-dit\u201d ID.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s even a nostalgia page created in its honor: http:\/\/hawkins.pair.com\/nss.shtml<\/a> \u2013 along with a Wikipedia entry: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NSS_Annapolis<\/a> \u2013 and an online history: http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/facility\/greenbury-point.htm<\/a> \u2013 among other online references.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, like most other such CW stations of its day, NSS is gone forever … right? Wrong! Get this: NSS will return from the dead during Armed Forces Day crossband tests on May 13!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what the ARRL is reporting:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC) and the US Naval Academy Radio Club will operate NSS on the site of the 1918 Naval Radio Transmitting Station on Greenbury Point in Annapolis, Maryland, across the Severn River from the US Naval Academy.\u201d<\/p>\n

How cool is that?
\nhttp:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/armed-forces-day-crossband-military-amateur-radio-communications-test-is-may-13<\/a><\/p>\n

So both hams and SWLs can obtain a QSL card from this ghost of a station. Personally, I\u2019m thrilled with the news, because I was never able to get a QSL card from NSS or any similar station during my teenage years.<\/p>\n

As far as I know, this is the first time NSS has been heard since … what, 1999? It certainly wasn\u2019t on the air during last year\u2019s Armed Forces Day radio event.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow–thank you for the tip, Brian! I, too, would love to snag an NSS QSL card!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Brian D. Smith, who writes: Longtime SWLs will recall the repeating CW messages of Coast Guard station NSS and its distinctive \u201cDAH-dit di-di-dit di-di-dit\u201d ID. There\u2019s even a nostalgia page created in its honor: http:\/\/hawkins.pair.com\/nss.shtml \u2013 along with a Wikipedia entry: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NSS_Annapolis \u2013 and an online history: http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/facility\/greenbury-point.htm \u2013 among other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3,43,1167],"tags":[3963,6169,4102,6170,34,6171],"class_list":["post-25483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-brian-smith","tag-coast-guard-station-nss","tag-ham-radio","tag-potomac-valley-radio-club","tag-shortwave","tag-us-naval-academy-radio-club"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6D1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31983,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/this-weekend-historic-nss-call-sign-reactivated-during-armed-forces-day-crossband-test\/","url_meta":{"origin":25483,"position":0},"title":"This weekend: Historic NSS Call Sign reactivated during Armed Forces Day Crossband Test","author":"Thomas","date":"May 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Brian Smith (W9IND), who shares the following press release regarding the historic U.S. Navy callsign NSS that will be reactivated during the 100th anniversary of the former Naval Radio Station in Annapolis, Maryland: Historic NSS Call Sign to be Reactivated During its 100th Anniversary\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ham Radio"","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NSS-QSL-Card-NAVY-e1526037544401.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NSS-QSL-Card-NAVY-e1526037544401.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NSS-QSL-Card-NAVY-e1526037544401.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NSS-QSL-Card-NAVY-e1526037544401.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31797,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/armed-forces-day-crossband-test-on-may-12-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":25483,"position":1},"title":"Armed Forces Day Crossband Test on May 12, 2018","author":"Thomas","date":"April 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Brian (W9IND), who shares the following announcement regarding the next Armed Forces Day Crossband Test: The Army Military Auxiliary Radio System will host this year\u2019s Armed Forces Day Crossband Test, scheduled for May 12, 2018. 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