[QCWA] Bataan / Philippines

[Fred Atkinson, WB4AEJ]

Folks,

	A while back (while I was planning Special Events Station K5B for 
the annual Bataan Memorial Death March Marathon), I contacted the 
Philiippine Amateur Radio Association.

	They liked the idea so much of our event that they decided to do one 
to honor the victims and survivors of Bataan.

	The message I received from them [quite a few weeks ago] appears below.

	You can see the QRZ listing for the station at: 
http://www.qrz.com/db/4D69DM .

	Be sure to work them.

	73,




							Fred, WB4AEJ

The Philippine ham community is deciding to put up a special event 
station 4D69DM on April 9, 2011 at Mt. Samat in Bataan.

I discussed the matter with the PARA District 3 Director, Alex 
Laguisma, DU3LCA, and he said that it is best to put up the station 
at Mt. Samat because it has all the needed facilities such as 
electricity and is quite secure.  The date was chosen
because the Death March happened on April 9, 1942 - some 69 years 
ago, hence the numeric indicator in the callsign.

A request will be filed with the National Telecommunications 
Commission (NTC) Region 3 office for the callsign 4D69DM this week.

Butch, DU1RP; Alex, DU3LCA and Bong; DU3BS will conduct a site survey 
where to put the equipment and put up a tent.  It will be a 
straightforward set-up - TS850, SB201, Steppir BigIR.  The back up 
will be an FT897, SB200 and home-brew wire dipoles.

The operators will be Thelma, DU1IVT; Alex, DU3LCA; Bong, DU3BS; 
Butch, DU1RP and me, DU1UGZ.  We will be operating for 24 hours only.

Please disseminate. Thanks.


73 de

Ramon, DU1UGZ
Vice Chief Operating Officer
Philippine Amateur Radio Association (PARA), Inc.