[W2CRA] Fwd: Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club to offer Special "Texas Navy Certificate" for Museum Ships Weekend 2012

[Tony Ploski]

An operating event coming up weekend after next.

Tony  W2HWW

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Subject: 	Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club to offer Special "Texas Navy 
Certificate" for Museum Ships Weekend 2012
Date: 	Fri, 25 May 2012 00:23:34 -0500
From: 	K5HotelMike <k5hotelmike at gmail.com>
To: 	'K5HM' <k5hm.ron at gmail.com>



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.

For more information contact:

Ron Litt, K5HM

K5HM at arrl.net

73,

Ron, K5HM

k5hm.ron at gmail.com <mailto:k5hm.ron at gmail.com>

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