[TVARC] HF QSO's in Honor of the 82nd Airborne Divisions conquest in 1944-1945.

[Larry Peterson]

*All:*

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*You may be interested in the following HF operations to commemorate the 
75 Anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands, following the 82^nd 
Airborne from their British base in 1944, Utah Beach on June 1944 into 
the Netherlands in May of 1945. They are going to be trying to reach 
across the Atlantic and into the USA.  May the propagation be with you!*

*This notice is early but you can mark your calendars if you are 
interested in this operation especially if you were in the 82nd Airborne.
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*Larry, N2AMW*


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*The Dutch Kingdom Amateur Radio Society DKARS Magazine #48, January 2019.*

*Pages 13 & 14. *

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*During the General Members Meeting (GMM) in 2018, the question came up 
what kind of events we could do in the future. And a great plan came to 
life. *

*Apart from the Jota, we are also active at events that we organize 
ourselves. This great idea that emerged from the GMM was to organize an 
event around the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands. 
The liberation of, among others, the Netherlands started on June 6, 1944 
in Normandy. The idea was to follow a unit along the liberation route 
from Normandy to finally the liberation of The Nether-lands on 5 May 
1945 in Wageningen. *

*After some study the idea came to follow the route of the American 82nd 
Airborne Division. This Division was dropped on June 6 in St. Mere 
Eglise during the execution of Operation Overlord (Operation Detroit). 
They have also been deployed in Bastogne and Grave. We will follow the 
route from the planning phase in the Dover Castle, through to the 
landings in St. Mere Eglise (Utah Beach), and via the battles around 
Bastogne and Grave. Eventually we end our trip in Wageningen where the 
liberation was established and where we will celebrate the 75th 
anniversary of liberation on 5 May 2020. *

*Our idea is to be operational under the call PA82AD from the locations 
that the 82ND Airborn Division have visited. We will be on the air as 
close as possible to the date of the operationas 75 years before. The 
objective is to make QSO's mainly on HF. We will certainly try to reach 
the USA in order to honor the American 82ND Airborne Division. *

*Our tour will look like this: ***

*(GB) Dover Castle 10 May 2019 - 12 May 2019 *

*(F) St Mere Eglise (Utah Beach) June 5, 2019 - June 9, 2019 *

*(ON) Bastogne 30 Nov / 01 Dec or 7 Dec / 8 Dec 2019 *

*(PA) Grave (also GMM) 21 Mar 2020 - 22 Mar 2020 *

*(PA) Wageningen 04 May 2020 - 05 May 2020*

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Upcoming DXpeditions
RWANDA: 9X2AW Jan 1, 2019 to Nov 14, by Harald, DF2WO. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS.
<http://downloads.dkars.nl/DKARS%20Magazine%20201901.pdf>


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