It seemed like a natural thing to merge our interests of Star Trek and Amateur Radio to form the USS JURASSIC Amateur Radio Club. After all there is more to Star Trek communications then just Uhura saying "Hailing Frequencies Open" all the time. Amateur radio still exists in the 21st century. How do we know? Well in the original Star Trek series episode Operation Annihilate! when Uhura could not make contact with the officials on the planet Deneba, Captain Kirk tells her to try GSK783 on subspace frequency 3. No doubt that is the future equivalency of K8SSJ on frequency 28.345. Uhura says it is a private station, which we later find out belongs to the Captain's brother, Sam. And the callsign was probably issued by the FCC (Federation Communications Commission) <grin>.

Carolyn Donner N8ST and Gary Donner K8BE working 6 meters on Field Day 1998 in Bethel, OH

With that in mind, we decided to apply for a club license from the present day FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and received KC8LEY on Earthdate: 9811.12 (12 November 1998 for those not familiar with Star Trek dates), with our Commanding Officer (ADM Carolyn Donner - KC8KBF) as the trustee of the station. We thought this would be a good way to introduce club members to the world of Amateur Radio, and introduce some "hams" to our Star Trek club. How are we doing this? Well, as long as Carolyn is present, any member of the USS JURASSIC who wants to come to JURASSIC HQ in Hamersville, OH, can use the club callsign and get on the air. It will be very interesting to see the reactions of people when they are talking to other stations (perhaps in other countries) for the first time. And when we are on the air using the club callsign, we always tell people it is issued to the USS JURASSIC, a Star Trek Fan Club. We have gotten some interesting remarks about that already ... all positive!

Janis Cameron VE7AAP and Garry Cameron VE7ACM at their home on Vancouver Island, Canada. Garry is the trustee of the Canadian USS JURASSIC station - VE7SSJ

The JURASSIC has also received a second Club License, VE7SSJ (VE7 Star Ship Jurassic) which was issued by Industry Canada on 22 June 1999, with Communications Officer Garry Cameron, VE7ACM, as trustee. [The U.S. callsign originally given to the club station was KC8LEY, but on October 5, 1999 we received a vanity callsign of K8SSJ (SSJ = Star Ship Jurassic) to match our Canadian sister station.]

Carla Ackley KD7JGJ	Ralph Brigham KG4CSQ
Harold Lines W7DPS	Jerry Silman KB8PVY

We are planning some interesting club activities with both the K8SSJ and VE7SSJ stations. See the links above and check the information below.

The special for 2002 was enjoyed by everyone who participated. There were entries from all around the world. And although over 100 people sent in their final scores, we're sure many many more than that actually participated on the air. Here are the statistics . . .

TOTAL SUBMITTED 138

Canada (8)
VE7AAP     VE7ACM     VE7SSJ     VE7WPC     VE5BF     VE5BK     VE5EEE     VE9KM

Germany (26)
DL3DBY     DL8YBM     DKØRT     DFØIA     DJ2VZ     DK3KAT     DL1KBQ     DLØXA     DLØEBV     DF3TE     DH1PAL     DL8LAC     DLØOBL     DJ6DO     DJ4BE     DF9JS     DJ2YE     DLØXX     DK3EG DJ6SE     DK7LA     DKØSL     DKØWKC     DJ3LA     DL5MC     DJ1UF

New Zealand (7)
Zl1BDW     ZL3KR     ZL3JD     ZL1KQ     ZL1BNW     ZL1AFU     ZL1LE

UK (6)
G4YNO     GI4SIZ     G4BLH     G4CPS     G4KHF     G4OBE

Russia
RA6AR

USA (88)
1 WA1EBJ     N1API     W1NRG     WA1DUZ     K1WQU     N1STE     KA1YHI
2 W2BOC     KA2SKO     W2VHX     KB2EKS
3 N3TF     N2TDT     K3TUJ     KA3VDN     N3TGB     K2BIL
4 KH6OE     WB2SJQ     WA2OIZ     KG4NYL     KJ4SJ     K9EHP     KZ3T     W4JAG     WD4EQU     WA4EEZ     KD4RGU     KC5GXL     KF4GRA     WB1DBZ
5 K5BKT     WB4FBS     WD5AFR     WD5EDR     N5VAV     KC5AQU     N5DAS     W5SC     N5ZIS     KA6FBK      WD5BTY
6 N6TXT     WH6S     KH6DRT     KH6F     KH6ENC     NC6V     KE6GTR
7 N7HDB     KJ7RF     KB7ARN     KD7FZY     K7QXG     KC7DH     N7WKT     N7PJP     KB7IFJ     KA7CII     K7PVZ     K7PRZ     KN7I     KA7ICF     WS7R      WA7SHW
8 N8ST     K8SSJ     K8BE      WD8ITD     WA8IEK     K8PEJ     KC8IYG
9 KA9ADD     KB9NZX     N9DAJ     KE9WZ     K9OB
Ø K5ERJ     KBØCQ     WBØRCC     KØDBK     KC6MJO     NØKDB     KB6UPG     KØNO     WDØH     WØHIK     NØDBG

E-Mail: VE7SSJ@RAC.CA

"Snail Mail": FF/RP Chapter, 3528 11th Avenue, Port Alberni BC V9Y 4Y7.

The Restoration Project chapter of 1010 International Net, held a special during the month of February, 2001. This special involved giving each active member of the Restoration Project a starship part. There were 25 different parts of a starship worth 5 points each for a total of 375 possible points. Members of the Restoration Project collected the starship parts by making contact on the 10 meter amateur radio band and asking for the special. Then kept track of the callsigns of the people and what starship part they were. Thank you Restoration Project! There was a lot of participation from amateur radio operators around the world.

The Restoration Project chapter of 1010 International Net, held a special during the month of January, 2000. This special involved giving each active member of the Restoration Project a starship name, plus some other special names. There were 20 different starships worth 2 points each, and participants were allowed to collect 4 of each of these ships. Besides the starships listed above, there were 5 special people to be collected only once each. They were worth 25 points each and consisted of: Skipper (Carolyn N8ST), The Mighty Gorn (Gary K8BE), Phantom (Janis VE7AAP), Sparks (Garry VE7ACM), and two USS JURASSIC stations (K8SSJ and VE7SSJ) -- all members or honorable members of the USS JURASSIC. Members of the Restoration Project collected the starships and specials by making contact on the 10 meter amateur radio band and asking for the special. Then kept track of the callsigns of the people and what starship or special they were. This special was held to help celebrate the USS JURASSIC's 6th anniversary as a chapter (The USS JURASSIC became a shuttle on January 4th, 1994) of Starfleet. Thank you Restoration Project! There was a lot of participation from amateur radio operators around the world.

Point additions ranged from 20 to 308. NO ONE managed the maximum possible of 310. I had a lot of good comments about it being "Fun" which is what paperchasing should be.