[K3PZN-List] Fwd: Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club to offer Special "Texas Navy Certificate" for Museum Ships Weekend 2012

[Tom Wimsatt]

Tom Wimsatt, K3RTW
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> From: "K5HM" <k5hm.ron at gmail.com>
> Date: May 25, 2012 1:14:02 AM EDT
> To: "'K5HM'" <k5hm.ron at gmail.com>
> Subject: Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club to offer Special "Texas Navy Certificate" for Museum Ships Weekend 2012 
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> 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 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.
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> For more information contact:
> Ron Litt, K5HM
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> K5HM at arrl.net
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> 73,
> Ron, K5HM
> k5hm.ron at gmail.com
> www.qrz.com/db/k5hm
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