[OFARC] Fw: Re: [NARS] BVARC Museum Ships Weekend Activities Updated.

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--- On Thu, 5/10/12, K5HM <k5hm.ron at gmail.com> wrote:


From: K5HM <k5hm.ron at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NARS] BVARC Museum Ships Weekend Activities Updated.
To: nars at mailman.qth.net
Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 1:16 PM


Museum Ships Weekend 2012 - June 2 2012 0000Z  June 3 2012 2359Z . 

Activating IOTA NA-143 (Pelican Is.) Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
(BVARC), KK5W will be operating from radio rooms of WWII Submarine USS
Cavalla and Destroyer Escort USS Stewart and two other temporary shoreside
stations from Seawolf Park in Galveston, Texas. We will be operating on
10-80 meters (SSB and CW).  

The club, in cooperation with the USS Cavalla and USS Stewart Historical
Foundation invites all amateur radio stations to be a part of living history
and commemorate the actions of these historic ships and crews.  More
information at  <http://www.bvarc.org/index.php?page=ms>
http://www.bvarc.org/index.php?page=ms  Special Event QSL with SASE via KK5W
(QRZ.com) is available. 

We are hosting a two meter net from Seawolf Park during the event on June
2nd from 1800Z to 1900Z and on June 3rd from 1500Z to 1600Z.  If you don't
yet have HF privileges, this is a great way to take part.  The repeater
frequency is  146.94 Mhz (-) (PL 167.9 Hz).  This repeater has wide coverage
in the Houston-Galveston, Texas area and local hams are invited to
participate in the VHF net.  

KK5W will be making satellite QSO's during the afternoon passes of AO-27 and
FO-29 on Saturday June 2nd and hope other AMSAT members will be on the air
too.

2012 is our fifth year of participation in MSWE.  This year we're
coordinating our activities with other Texas museum ships in the area, the
Battleship USS Texas in Laporte, Texas and the Tall Ship Elissa in
Galveston.  Don't be surprised if you find them on the VHF net too.    



This year more than 90 museum ships will be participating, many using their
original call signs.   Sponsored internationally by the Battleship New
Jersey Amateur Radio Station NJ2BB, historic ship radio rooms are activated
and QSO's are invited  from amateur radio stations in the United States and
around the world.  NJ2BB offers a certificate for stations that contact 15
or more ships and many of the individual ships offer individual QSL cards
too.  



The Museum Ships Weekend event recalls the actions of ships and crews from
all periods of history. 





73,

Ron, K5HM

k5hm.ron at gmail.com

<http://www.qrz.com/db/k5hm> www.qrz.com/db/k5hm



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