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Maritime Mobile Service Network
20m Santa Claus Net.
http://14300.net/santainfo.htm
Dec 23 &
24th
1900 UTC to
01000
UTC each day
Frequency
Range: 20 meter -14.305 - 14.325
Check
with the Maritime Mobile Service Net on 14300 MHz or PBC Skywarn
Twitter Tweet Feed on home
page for the actual
Santa Claus operating frequency. Frequency may change hour to
hour due to availability and band conditions.
This
net was established over 35 years ago by W1KCY(SK) and
allows children of all ages world wide to talk to Santa Claus via
amateur radio.
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2014 Santa Net NCS Sked
Click
on call sign for QRZ station, QTH & bearing (Beam
heading)
information.
You
can log into QRZ.com for QTH & bearing information.
Current
Schedule: As
of 00:40
UTC 12/22/2014
"Sked"
updated frequently SANTA
STATIONS WANTED If
your interested in becoming a Santa Station, contact Bill KA4KSB
at ka4ksb@embarqmail.com
or Bob AA4EE
at aa4ee@mac.com
Santa
Relay Stations are welcome
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Special Event cards available
through QSO with:
WX4PBC & AC8AL 
QSL Cards by WX4PBC
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2014 Santa
Net After Action Report
Tis
The day after….The Night Before Christmas.
Well
here it is…the day after the Night Before Christmas Maritime
Mobile Service Network’s Children’s Santa Claus Amateur Radio
Net.
Santa
fired up the new radio on time Dec 23rd while he and
his small staff of elves or is that his staff of small elves?
Anyway, they installed the mobile HF rig and magnetic loop antenna
complements of the MMSN, Gps and Doppler radar complements of Palm
Beach County Skywarn and NWS-WFO Miami into the Santa sleigh.
Santa
then conducted preflight checks and then test touch & go
flights starting with “Wheels Up” in New Bern NC with Bill
KA4KSB then a quick
hop to Tamarac Fl. with Bob AA4EE kicked the tires and was then
off to Brian KB4IAN in Columbia S C. Santa then conducted a high
altitude test flight to Denver meeting with Steve K0IBM. Santa
refueled and made a speed test to Belle Glade Fl with Ray WX4PBC.
While at station WX4PBC, Santa reviewed test flight data tweaking
the instruments and flight surfaces. It was later determined Santa
himself had refueled with all of WX4PBC shack cookies.
During
test flights and down time, Santa tested the new HF mobile amateur
radio by conducting his annual Children’s Santa Claus Net making
contacts with children of all ages around the world.
Santa
was able to use the new Doppler radar and relay stations to work
around the severe weather covering a large area from Texas to
North Carolina. Santa returned to the North Pole to stand by for
the “Big Night”
December 24th…”The Big Night”
The same NCS operators with addition of Rich aka “Doc”
AC8AL hailing from Ravenna,
MI
boarded
to operate the radio stack. Rudolph wore the magnetic loop antenna
around his neck.
Santa
took to the air both literally and figuratively with the toys and
radio to begin the gift run. Santa opened the net and spoke to
children via the radio net as he delivered the toys. Many children
were tracking Santa via NORADSanta.com and wanted to know his
speed and how many presents he had delivered. Many just wanted to
know when he was going to be at their house.
Santa
reminded all the children to be good, be asleep and please..No
Fires in their fire places! Santa requested cookies and milk to
keep him in shape. After all Santa reminded them…”Round is a
shape”
Santa
was touched by all the children telling him to be safe and have a
Merry Christmas too. One child just wanted “World Peace” Santa
replied he would do what he could but might need a bigger bag for
that one.
Santa would like to thank all the NCS operators who assisted
him with the net and all the amateur radio operators worldwide
that allowed him to use the popular net frequency 14.325 for the
Santa Net. Special thanks for Bob AA4EE and Bill KA4KSB net
managers in keeping the net going!
A
follow-up investigation revealed Santa did not consume Ray’s
shack cookies…..It was Donner.
Merry Christmas. Ray Wx4pbc
_______________________________________________________________________________ Be
sure to check out our PBC Skywarn / Amara Shriner's Annual
Children's Christmas Santa QSL Party here
 
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