ARLA/CLUSTER: Museu da Marinha Britanica recorda os 70 anos da Batalha do Atlantico

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Battle of the Atlantic special event

Bill Cross, G0ELZ, Chairman of the Marine Museum Society, Wallasey,
UK, and David Oakden G3UFO, have announced that special event call
signs GB70BOA and GB70WA will be on the air between May 20-27th.

The event will be hosted by the Marine Radio Museum Society (Wallasey)
[resident callsign GB4FPR], at Fort Perch Rock New Brighton.
Members of the Wirral and District Amateur Radio Club (WADARC), the
Chester & District Amateur Radio Society (CADARS) and the Tall Trees
Contest Group [G5D] (based in Cheshire) will activate GB70BOA from
Fort Perch Rock at the Mersey entrance and GB70WA from the Leasowe
Lighthouse.

The activity is to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of
the Atlantic. Approximately 2,800 merchant ships were lost during this
battle and 30,000 merchant seamen lost their lives. Similarly, 30,000
Allied Naval and Air Force personnel and 30,000 Kriegsmarine sailors
also lost their lives. These numbers vary according to whose history
of WW2 you read, and the above numbers are a rough average.

Operations will take place on all band 80-10 meters, as well as
VHF/UHF operations on 144 and 432 MHz on all modes. This event is
especially important to Liverpool and other Merseyside hams because
the battle was commanded from the Western Approaches command and is
now a premiere WW II museum in Liverpool.

Operators are hoping to make over 2800 contacts during this period. A
special QSL card is being produced in commemoration.

More details can be found on QRZ.com as well as:
http://www.clanlinereunion.co.uk/BA70-page10.html
GB70BOA and GB70WA are part of the official recognition of this event