[HARC] Special "Texas Navy Certificate" Museum Ships Weekend

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 From: k5hm.ron at gmail.com
To: k5hm.ron at gmail.com
Sent: 5/26/2012 7:28:22  A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club to offer  Special "Texas Navy 
Certificate" for Museum Ships Weekend 2012



Houston, TX, May 23,  2012:  Houston area based Brazos Valley  Amateur 
Radio Club will celebrate its fifth year of participation in the  annual Museum 
Ships Weekend Event, June 2-3, 2012 by offering a special  commemorative 
certificate to amateur stations who contact all five Texas Based  Museum ships 
during the event.  The five museum ships and their call  signs include the 
Submarine USS Cavalla and Destroyer Escort USS Stewart  (KK5W) in Galveston, 
Texas, The Battleship USS Texas (NA5DV), in La  Porte Texas, The Tall Ship 
Elissa  (N5E) also in Galveston and the Aircraft  Carrier USS Lexington 
(W5LEX) in Corpus Christi, Texas.  
To earn the Texas Navy Certificate, amateur stations  must submit proof of 
contact (Log  Extract) with all five Texas Museum ships to  QSL Manager, 
KK5W  along with a #10 SASE.  The address is in QRZ.com. Look for us around 
28.360 21.360 18.160 14.260 7.260,  3.860, Plus or minus QRM. 
Museum Ships Weekend is an annual operating event  sponsored worldwide by 
the Battleship New Jersey Amateur Radio Station with  more than 90 ships 
participating this year.  “We decided to put in a  special Texas twist to the 
event to commemorate our  five years of taking part”, said Ron Litt, K5HM, one 
of the Event  Coordinators.   
The Texas Navy  Certificate is a cooperative effort between four different 
area clubs,   In addition to the Brazos Valley club, members of the 
Battleship  Texas Amateur Radio Station, The Tidelands Amateur Radio Society and the 
South  Texas Amateur Radio Club are participating as well.   
For more information  contact: 
Ron Litt, K5HM 
K5HM at arrl.net