British forces landing on Gold and Sword beaches

D-Day - 6th June.
64th anniversary of the D-Day landings

June 6th 2008 marks the 64th anniversary of the landing of allied forces on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Several amateur radio stations will be on-air to commerorate the historic events of 1944.

• Members of the South Flanders DX Activity Group will be active as F/ON6JUN/P from 05 June till 09 June nearby Pegasus Bridge memorial museum.

They will be active on all HF bands (especially WARC bands); modes: CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK

Operators are ON4AAA; ON4LBV; ON4ALY; ON6UF, ON4MGY and ON5SD they are members of section's of the UBA; GBN - NNV -ATH and DNZ.

QSL direct or buro via ON5SD see our web site: http://users.skynet.be/on6jun/sfdxag.htm

• The Caen ARC (F6KCZ) will be on the air using the special call sign TM5BBC to commemorate the 64th anniversary of the 6th of June 1944 landing in Normandy, WWII.

QRV May 30th to June 6th (daily between 0700 and 1600 UTC) on HF and VHF using CW and SSB. The station will be located in the Creully Castle (DFCF 14-020), WW Loc. JN99RG. QSL either via F2UW or F6KCZ

• The 50th division of the Ref-Union (Manche Area) will air the special call sign TM6JUN, from Utah Beach, on June 6, 7 and 8th on all of the possible bands allowed by the propagation, using CW and SSB.
For the souvenir see also: www.utah-beach.com/

• Michel F6IPS, as usual over several years, will sign TM6SME to commemorate the 64th anniversary of the landing in Normandy, from his QTH located near Saint Mère l'Eglise between June 6th and 15th.

Sainte Mère l'Eglise owns now for years the Airborne Museum which was organized around the souvenir and the glory of the American 82nd and 101st airborne Divisions, dropped there on the night of 5th to 6th of June 1944.

Look for activity on all bands, using CW and SSB. QSL via the REF QSL bureau.

U.S.A. Special event station information can be found at: www.arrl.org/contests/spev.html

Wikipedia: Invasion of Normandy