Mark, hope you have me on list for Saturday. I can come early. We are moving the end of June and we are downsizing so I have a lot to handle at home or else would come Friday and Sunday.
Chris Luppens > On May 21, 2021, at 9:11 AM, mark janzer via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As some of you may have seen, the annual Museum Ships Weekend (MSWE) is June > 4th to the 6th. > > The historic ships at Seawolf Park on Pelican Island in Galveston will come > to life as part of an annual worldwide event commemorating their service. > This year, BVARC will be hosting MSWE in the radio room of the destroyer > escort, the USS Stewart. > > BVARC members as well as visiting amateur radio operators (all pre-registered > w/BVARC) will be on the air from the Stewart and communicating with the 70+ > other historic vessels in the United States and around the world. Due to the > unique situation of Seawolf Park having the USS Cavalla at the same location, > any contact will provide an extra claimed ship QSO contact. We'll also have a > 2nd station for the SS Selma (a WW1, concrete hulled merchant class tanker). > > During MSWE, the public (fee to enter museum required) may come and visit the > operators during the weekend, observing the contacts being made. > > The schedule for the weekend will begin on Friday afternoon and end early > Sunday afternoon. Two operating positions are planned with SSB and CW modes > available. PSK may be also be used during the weekend if enough operators are > available. The schedule break down is: > > Per the MSWE site: The event begins June 5th 0000z(UTC) to June 6th > 2359z(UTC) - Which for local time on Pelican Island is 7pm Friday to 6:59pm > Sunday. > > Set-up 5 pm Friday (Set-up may take longer but hopefully a station will be > operating by 7 pm) > Operating time 7pm Saturday to 1pm Sunday (depending on conditions) > Tear down 1 pm to 3 pm Sunday > > Operators (and only scheduled operators) volunteering for the overnight shift > will be able to stay within the museum grounds after public hours. > > Tentatively the 2m talk-in frequency will be 146.940, minus offset, 167.9 > tone. > > The main meal Saturday evening will be as traditionally catered by Leon's > World Famous BBQ (unless there is a crew mutiny demanding otherwise). > > To sign-up for a shift(s), bring equipment, volunteer for set-up or tear down > or just obtain more information contact me, Mark Janzer, K5MGJ at > [email protected]. I'll be sending out an organizational email shortly to those > that have already signed up, and those that respond to this email (off list > please). > > The Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club is grateful for the enthusiastic support > of the Cavalla Historical Foundation, Galveston Naval Museum and the > Galveston Park Board of Trustees for their permission to be aboard the > vessels and the use of the park facilities. We look forward to continued > future activity and expansion of BVARC’s involvement of MSWE. This > involvement allows us, in our own way, to honor those who served their > country at sea and to support Galveston Parks. > > 73 > Mark > K5MGJ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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