The Vintage Military Amateur Radio Society organised a Special Event Net on the 6th June 2024 to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-DAY, the Normandy Landing into Occupied France.
I reactivated GB2AAF at Andrewsfield in Essex, a former 9th TAF USAAF airfield built in 1942. B26 Marauders operated from this field under the 322nd BG. Check out my QRZ page for GB2AAF for more details.
The main VMARS station in Normandy was TM80PB comprised of a British Wireless Set 12 Transmitter and R107 receiver operated at Pegasus Bridge from the back of a Canadian CMP truck manufactured in WW2.
The net began before 04:00 GMT and finished around 09:30 GMT. This is a 10 minute segment where TM80PB, operated by Martin, M0MGA, is working other special event stations such as myself, GB2AAF.
The receiver used in the video is not the BC348 the loudspeaker is sitting on but the Collins TCS-12 from 1945 sitting alongside. The transmitter I used to contact Martin was the TCS-5 from 1942.
Enjoy
73 de M0IDF
Негізгі бет DDAY 80 from GB2AAF, Andrewsfield Essex - VMARS 80metre AM net as received on the Collins TCS-12
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