FOR THE FIRST TIME HAM RADIO OPERATORS ARE GOING TO TAKE PART IN THE MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR THE FALLEN ALLIED BOMBER CREWS FROM WOII IN HAMONT ACHEL
Since Bart Aerts (ON3FMB) was a little boy his grandfather told him stories about the crashed airplanes and their crews above Achel and Hamont. To remember these Heroes Bart decided in 2011 to start with RAF- MOTA (Royal Air Force Memorial On The Air) activations as a radio amateur in the north of Limburg at the exact crashsites where the planes came down during WOII. He is the founder of the Royal Air Force Memorial On The Air activations in Belgium and wants to keep the rememberence alive of these airplane crews who died for us so we could live in freedom. When you want to know more about these activations please check Bart's website: (http://www.on-raf-mota.be)
23 june 2012: Bart(ON3FMB) and a team of radio amateurs from the region (From UBA section NLB: ON4VLM and ON5WAL ,UBA section NOL: ON3EE and ON7KEI and UBA section MTT: ON3EA) are going on the air with a special callsign (ON1RAFMOTA) on this day of memorial services. Our team will be QRV in SSB on 40m + 20m and in FM on 2m above 145.550MHz. In SSTV we are going to send pictures on 20m (14.230MHz). Everybody is welcome to visite us at the scene. Here is the adress: Kapel - de Kleine Haart- in 3930 Hamont – Achel.
Coordinates:51°15’13”N, 05°31’39”O
QSL ONLY VIA BURO
Leon ON4VLM
Special Event Station ON1RAFMOTA QRV op 23 juni 2012
Re: Special Event Station ON1RAFMOTA QRV op 23 juni 2012
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