M/V “CAP SAN DIEGO” c/s DNAI

MF-Runde e.V. (short MF-round) are united licensed radio amateurs who worked as radio officers in the merchant navy or the navy largely. Since June 1987, a group of about 25 radio operators obtained the original radio station on board the museum freighter MS “CAP SAN DIEGO” with callsign DLØMFH (DL = Germany, MFH = Marine Radio Hamburg), the radio operator crew uses the radio room of the “CAP SAN DIEGO” as an amateur radio club station. (Almost) all weekends, holidays and at special trips of the museum ship are established two radio contacts with other ship’s radio operators around the world and to interested visitors is explained the history of the marine radio, the function of the devices and the Morse Code. Visitors will then have the opportunity to try out the Morse code itself.

The amateur-radio-station DL0MFH is part of the radio room on board the museums freighter “Cap San Diego ” .The vessel moored alongside the so called “Überseebrücke”in the port of Hamburg.

A summary of M/V Cap San Diego by Wikipedia:

MS Cap San Diego is a general cargo ship, situated as a museum ship in Hamburg, Germany. Notable for its elegant silhouette, it was the last of a series of six ships known as the white swans of the south atlantic, and marked the apex of German-built general cargo ships before the advent of the container ship and the decline of Germany’s heavy industry.

The Cap San Diego was built and launched by Deutsche Werft in 1961 for Hamburg Süd as the last of a series of six ships. The 159 m, 10000 dwt ship ran a regular schedule between Germany and South America, completing 120 round trips until 1981. After being sold and running under different names and flags of convenience as a tramp trader, the run-down ship was scheduled for scrapping in 1986, when it was bought by the city of Hamburg.

The ship was restored mainly by the labour of enthusiasts and laid-off dock workers, and is kept operational to date. Most of the time, the Cap San Diego is moored at the port of Hamburg, where visitors can access virtually all areas of the ship from the bridge to the engine. One of the cargo holds hosts temporary exhibitions. Passenger cabins can be booked for overnight stays. Several times a year, the ship leaves the harbour for trips on its own power, mostly on the river Elbe or to Cuxhaven. In 2001, the ship was awarded the Maritime Heritage Award by the World Ship Trust, and in 2003 it was declared a protected item of cultural heritage by German law.

On the following youtube clip M/V Cap San Diego under name of SANGRIA and flag of convenience. Please pay attention from minute 4.10 where is showed the radio room while sailing in the Indian Ocean…unfortunately the clip has not audio…