[SixClub] Museum Ships Weekend Event

[ke5apj]

URL correction..

Howard Bingham

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From: "ke5apj" <ke5apj at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 1:26 PM
Subject: [SixClub] Museum Ships Weekend Event


> Mark your calendars, Jun6 - 7, 2009 Battleship New Jersey Amateur Radio 
> Station will conduct an event involving amateur radio operators at over 
> 50 "Museum Ships", this will include both SSB & CW operations from in 
> many cases on-board the 50 museum ships that may include operation of 
> original ship radios over long wire antennas.
> 
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Details are at: <http://www.nj2bb.org/museum/index.html>
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> In Texas there will be the Battleship Texas, Submarine Cavalla, 
> Destroyer Escort Stewart, Aircraft Carrier Lexington.
> 
> The Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club  www.bvarc.org  is sponsoring 
> operation from Galveston Seawolf Park using long wire antennas aboard 
> the USS Cavala and the Destroyer Escort USS Stewart on several bands & 
> will include PSK31 from the radio room of the USS Cavalla.  Club call 
> "KK5W" will be used from Galveston, operators will work 40, 20, 10 and 6 
> meters from the site, as well as a few other frequencies. (See the 
> listing of suggested frequencies at the Battleship New Jersey site.).
> 
> Documented contacts with call KK5W will count as 2 ships contacted, if 
> 15 or more ships are contacted, logs submitted with 15 different ships 
> will get you a colorful "Marine Ships 2009" 8.5 x 11 certificate in 
> addition to QSL cards.
> 
> www.nj2.org/museum/index.html
> 
> Howard Bingham
> KE5APJ
> 
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