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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>PORTUGUESE SHIPS PARTICIPATING FOR 2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span lang=EN-US>NAME</span></u></b><b><span lang=EN-US> <u>TYPE OF SHIP</u> <u>LOCATION</u> <u>CALLSIGN<o:p></o:p></u></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-fareast-language:PT'>D. Fernando II e Glóira </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red;mso-fareast-language:PT'>Frigate</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-fareast-language:PT'> Cacilhas Dockyard, Portugal CS5DFG <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><pre><b><a href="http://www.fundacaogileannes.pt/engine.php?cat=54">Navio Hospital Gil Eannes</a> </b><b><span style='color:red'>Hospital Ship</span> Viana do Castelo, Portugal CS1AAM <o:p></o:p></b></pre><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>**************************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Satellite operations planned for worldwide Museum Ships Weekend<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The worldwide Museum Ships Weekend Event (MSWE) will be held for two days, June 2-3, 2012. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Last year 83 ships in 13 countries around the world participated in the event. Amateur radio operators make special event contacts from these museum ships on all amateur radio bands with most of the contacts taking place on the HF bands. In the past several years only two or three museum ships in North America have made satellite contacts during the event.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This year a number of Houston area AMSAT members, W5ACM, N5AFV and WC5WM, will participate with the Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>(BVARC) operating club station KK5W from Seawolf Park on Pelican Island in Galveston, Texas. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Seawolf Park is home to two Second World War vintage museum ships - the destroyer escort USS Stewart (DE-238) and the submarine USS Cavalla (SS-244). As a result, a contact with KK5W counts for two ships. Amateur radio operators who make contacts with 15 or more ships qualify for a handsome certificate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The BVARC KK5W station plans to operate the afternoon passes of AO-27 and FO-29 on Saturday June 2nd and hope other AMSAT members will be operating from other ships. This will be their fifth year participating in the MSWE and hope to make their first MSWE satellite contact with another museum ship this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>If any AMSAT members are interested in this event they may visit the MSWE website: <a href="http://www.nj2bb.org/museum/index.html">http://www.nj2bb.org/museum/index.html</a> to find out if any museum ships near them are participating.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Allen Mattis, N5AFV<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Amsat website<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>http://www.amsat.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>