Mississippi River port area. UPI/U.S. W5KID was on the air on December 7, 2019 (10 am – 2 pm) in remembrance of Pearl Harbor Day. down in a 'falling leaf' descent, he looked like he was going to splash. can see in the next photo.A Good Time for All who Participated! A National Historic Landmark, she is now a museum ship, berthed on the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is the only surviving US destroyer st… had an up-close personal net going trading stories and entertaining visitors to We stayed busy all day and logged approximately 275 contacts, one even claiming to be in East Ukraine, making him suspect. Please contact Jon Reise WA9JBR or Buddy Brown N5BUD to gain access to W5KID. The U.S. Pacific Fleet has patrolled the Indo-Pacific routinely for more than 70 years promoting regional security, stability, and prosperity. A big thank you goes out to all the logger/operators, who made the event a success.We will again activate W5KID on the observance of Armed Forces Day, 21 May, 10am – 4pm. A guide for the MFJ Antenna Tuner lists tuner settings for operating frequencies.Any BRARC member is allowed to use the station, during normal Museum hours. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brandie Nuzzi)https://www.alamy.com/pacific-ocean-nov-27-2019-the-arleigh-burke-class-guided-missile-destroyer-uss-kidd-ddg-100-transits-the-eastern-pacific-ocean-nov-27-2019-kidd-is-underway-conducting-routine-training-in-the-eastern-pacific-ocean-us-navy-photo-by-mass-communication-specialist-3rd-class-brandie-nuzzi-image335189849.htmlPACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 6, 2017) Fire Controlman 1st Class Juan Morales, from Orange County, Calif., stands aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100). Hits to the W5KID QRZ.com page were frequent. We had a full complement of operators and loggers and everything went smoothly. made a logarithmic number of contacts compared to the number of CQs sent.John (WA5MLF) arrived a little past 1:00 pm and Thornton The Kidd's visit, board, search and seizure team, detained 15 suspected pirates, who were reporhttps://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-us-guided-missile-destroyer-uss-kidd-alongside-an-iranian-fishing-40339249.htmlhttps://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-uss-zumwalt-alongside-at-bath-ironworks-137097977.htmlhttps://www.alamy.com/uss-kidd-museum-baton-rouge-louisiana-usa-image361320353.htmlU.S. We also had Jennifer, a potential new “ham” and member, operate with us for the two days. going down when it hit the starboard side of the USS KIDD right at the
Here are two photos from the operation on June 4.Pearl Harbor Day, December 7th, aboard the USS KIDD was a good operation for us. Come and join in on the fun. That was certainly the case during Museum Ships Weekend in June.
The next scheduled activation is We opened up the USS KIDD for operation at 10 am and ran it to 4 pm according to schedule. W5KID was spotted several times on the DX clusters. Many times on the air, we encounter pileups, similar to Field Day. The U.S. Navy has patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific routinely for more than 70 years promoting regional peace and security. Half of a large exhibition room on the museum's first floor is dedicated to
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan J. Batchelder/Released)https://www.alamy.com/190526-n-eh218-1132-pacific-ocean-may-26-2019-lt-alexander-reese-from-maumee-ohio-fires-an-m2-machine-gun-during-a-live-fire-exercise-aboard-the-arleigh-burke-class-guided-missile-destroyer-uss-kidd-ddg-100-kidd-is-conducting-routine-operations-in-the-eastern-pacific-us-navy-photo-by-mass-communication-specialist-1st-class-ryan-j-batchelderreleased-image344929069.htmlUS Navy sailors in the weapons control room of the USS Billy Kidd, (DD-661), a Fletcher-class destroyerhttps://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-us-navy-sailors-in-the-weapons-control-room-of-the-uss-billy-kidd-43196197.htmlBangladesh navy sailors fire a .50-caliber machine gun aboard USS Kidd.https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-bangladesh-navy-sailors-fire-a-50-caliber-machine-gun-aboard-uss-kidd-105722566.htmlUSS Kidd (DDG 100), USS Dewey (DDG 105), and USS Pinckney (DDG 91) are underway in the Pacific Ocean.https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-uss-kidd-ddg-100-uss-dewey-ddg-105-and-uss-pinckney-ddg-91-are-underway-54207169.htmlEverett, Washington (December 10, 2017) The USS Kidd (DDG 100) comes pier side at Naval Station Everett after returning to its homeport after a 6 month long deployment that had started on June 1, 2017.(U.S. A big thank you goes out to all the logger/operators, who made the event a success.We will again activate W5KID on the observance of Pearl Harbor Day, Monday, 7 December 2015, 9 am – 4 pm.