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7S0SFJ The Swedish National Maritime Museums * Södertörns Radioamatörer * The Museum Lightship FINNGRUNDET (SWE-043/ILLW SE0013) 7S0SFJ is operated by club SK0QO At a pier adjacent to the Vasa Museum, Djurgården, Stockholm, Sweden Lookups:   4523
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QRZ Record: 1222004 Login to manage/edit Lookups: 4523 (4553) Mailing Label... QRZ Admin: SM0BYD Last Update: 2009-06-25 05:03:28 Latitude: 59.334727 (59° 20' 5'' N) Longitude: 18.094763 (18° 5' 41'' E) Grid Square: JO99bi ITU Zone: 18 CQ Zone: 14 Born: 1996 Web Page: http://www.sk0qo.se QSL Info: SM0BYD OR SK0QO VIA BUREAU

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The Lightship No. 25 FINNGRUNDET

Previously with the radio callsign "SFJ." She was built in 1903 by the Gefle Works and was in service until 1969, when she was decommissioned. Since 1970 she lies anchored outside the Vasamuseet at Djurgården in Stockholm and serves as a museum ship, unfortunately - no longer twinkling her recognition signal: two consecutive flashes every 20 seconds.

The Lightship FINNGRUNDET is managed by SMM (Statens Maritima Museer), The Swedish National Maritime Museums.

http://www.maritima.se/InEnglish/about.aspx

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At the annual Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend in mid August and occasional special events we, club SK0QO, are always proud to activate the 7S0SFJ callsign.

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From all of us -

to ALL OF YOU:

A pleasant Summer 2009!

Now, remember this:

A DAY WITHOUT LAUGHTER - IS A DAY LOST!

*** On behalf of club SK0QO and the 7S0SFJ operators  ***  55/73/88   Hans/SM0BYD

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And now, a few images with the Lightship Finngrundet in the foreground. (Photos by: SM0BYD)

 15 August 2008, at 19.00UTC:                                                16 August 2008, at 03.00UTC:  

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August 21 2005. SM0XUC operating:                                Aug. 19 2007 (downtown Stockholm in the background):

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June 9 2007 at 18.23 UTC  from the deck of the icebreaker

S/S SANKT ERIK with The Lightship FINNGRUNDET in the foreground...

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August 14 - 16  2009  we arwill once again activate 7S0SFJ on the HF bands 80M, 40M, 30M, 20M & 17M on CW and SSB.

We hope to and would indeed be very pleased to hook up with You this year as well! Please listen for us and give us a call. ALWAYS much appreciated! SWL reports also much appreciated.

QSLs to SM0BYD.

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August 15 - 17  2008: 7S0SFJ was once more QRV on SSB and/or CW, on the 80-40-30-20 and 17m bands.

All-in-all, just over 900 QSOs were made, out of which the majority on CW. We´re very pleased if YOU are in the log!

THANKS very much indeed, for another great weekend activity, with so many nice contacts!    

WE DO HOPE TO HOOK UP WITH YOU AGAIN - further down the logs.

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August 17-19 2007, we again had the privilege to activate 7S0SFJ and made 785 QSOs on the 80-40-30-20 & 17M bands, although condx were not favourable and fighting a very high local noise level from nearby sources.

THANKS A MILLION for all the QSOs and please forgive us for eventually not being able to copy Your call!

The COMPLETE backlog has been verified.

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August 15-17 2003: We were again QRV from the ship and we had the GREAT PLEASURE of breaking previous ILLW number of QSOs. 2003 we made 915 QSOs in all and we say THANK Y O U, for the nice QSO or QSOs! QSLs are on their way.

It is always a pleasure working YOU!

We also hope that you´ll like our nice QSL (above), showing the Museum Lightship FINNGRUNDET.

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Now, PLEASE TAKE A PAUSE FOR A GOOD LAUGH! This is a transcript of an actual radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995:

Americans: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision.

Canadians: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid collision.

Americans: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert your course.

Canadians: No, I say again, you divert your course.

Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LINCOLN, THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES' ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH - THAT IS ONE-FIVE DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.

Canadians: This is a lighthouse. It's your call!

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Until we meet again - CARPE DIEM! (SEIZE THE DAY!) Keep smiling and try to make someone happy! BE AN OPTIMIST and - STAY HEALTHY!  On behalf of the 7S0SFJ operators (of club SK0QO) 88/73/55 Hans SM0BYD (sm0byd@swedemail.se)