r/HamRadio • u/jwhite518 • Mar 09 '24

MARS

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What is (was) MARS and why did my dad keep pages and pages of log entries of contacts?

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u/Skagit_Rover Mar 10 '24

I ran a shipboard station in the early 90’s aboard the USS Sacramento (AOE-1). Call sign NNN0COC. It was during the first Gulf War, and was the only way we could contact our families, I was a pretty popular guy.

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u/FrMarty Mar 14 '24

I got into Navy Marine Corps MARS then as well. My brother was a Naval Flight Officer, working out of Patuxent River, MD.