[MRCG] SPECIAL AM NETS MARK D-DAY LANDINGS

[Craig VonIlten]

> ON THE AIR:  SPECIAL AM NETS MARK D-DAY LANDINGS
>  
> Friday, June 6th marks the 70th anniversary of the Allied D-
> Day landings in Normandy, France.  To commemorate this event
> the United Kingdom's Vintage and Military Amateur Radio
> Society is organizing a series of full carrier amplitude
> modulation nets on 80, 60 and 40 metes for operators of
> vintage military wireless gear that would have been in use
> at that time.
>  
> These special AM nets will be open to all amateurs and
> joining stations are encouraged to undertake a little
> research beforehand, in order to provide a description of
> how their equipment type was used in Operation Overlord.
> The schedule times and frequencies for these net operations
> are 07.00 hours GMT on 3. 615 MHz, 11.00 UTC on 7.143 on MHz
> and 15.00 hours UTC on 5.317 MHz in those nations where
> operation on this 5 MHz frequency using full carrier AM is
> allowed.  More about the sponsoring group is on the web at
> vmars.org.uk.  (Southgate)
>