SS Hope/WHNJ was a Hospital ship operated by Project HOPE. This vessel was originally the U.S. Navy hospital ship, USS Consolation (AH-15). Consolation was donated to Project Hope in 1958, and under its new name served from 1960 until 1974, when she was retired.

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W1HNJ is the Amateur Radio callsign of the Mackay Marine MRU-19/20A console that sailed aboard the famous ship on her mid-20th-century humanitarian voyages.

  

The console is a featured exhibit in the museum at ChathamRadio/WCC, Chatham, Massachusetts.  The museum is housed in the former WCC operating building, under the auspices of the Marconi/RCA Wireless Museum. At its peak, WCC was the largest ship-to-shore coastal station in the United States, a legend among mariners plying the seven seas.

 

The WHNJ Amateur Radio Association commemorates  20th-century maritime radio, activating the WHNJ console on the amateur bands during special events and for museum demonstrations.

 

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                                                                  At The Museum

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In use on HF:

*2013D1F Transmitter (1972) (retrofit)

*3007A Receiver (1957)

*MR-560-D Power Supply (1959)

*1706 HF/MF Selector

*515-4B Control Panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adaptations for frequency agility and simplex amateur operation -

• DDS VFO substituting for optional MR-513-7 Master Oscillator

• Receiver muting (switching at cathode of 2nd IF stage)

  

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