[Boatanchors] Special Events Station, WWII Equipment, April 15-17th

[Ray Friess]

I worked it tonite...   great signal on 20


Mark Bell wrote:

>Got this from a friend of mine.....
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>Subject: Special Events Station, WWII Equipment, April 15-17th
>Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:12:28 GMT
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>On April 15-17th, the Shreveport Amateur Radio Association
>will run Special Events Station W5E from the Eight Air Force
>Museum at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, Louisiana,
>home of the 8th Air Force.  The station commemorates the 60th
>anniversary of the last combat mission of the 8th Air Force
>over Europe.  An authentic SCR-287 WWII bomber radio station
>and an SCR-274N station will be on the air,
>along with other equipment working all bands.
>A beautiful QSL will be sent to stations contacted.
>More information is available at:
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>http://www.k5sar.com/HTML/SEW5E.htm
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>Authentic WWII SCR-287 Station Operation:
>While there will be intermittant operation of the
>vintage gear throughout Friday and Saturday, on or around
>the frequencies below.
>The WWII Bomber radio station, SCR-287, running 70 watts of AM,
>will operate officially on 3880 KC on Saturday, April 16th from
>6 PM until 10 PM Central time, plus or minus 5 KCs for QRM.
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>There will be a special endorsement to your QSL for working
>the vintage station(s).  Please note that WWII equipment is
>not YeaComWood; some drift and/or chirp may be expected.
>We respectfully request the support of the AM community for
>our operation of this event.  We will also have a complete
>and operational SCR-274N station, as well as a display of
>the radios used in ferrying operations by the
>Women's Army Service Pilots and Women's Army Corps during WWII.
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>As time and ops permit, we plan to operate the vintage equipment
>on other freqs.  Look for us around 1845, 3545, 7045, and 7245
>(WWII ended in 1945).
>Thanks and hope to work you.
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