Biography

6th JUNE 2019 - 75th anniversary Special Event Station located on actual departure airfield of US 101st Airborne Division in the early hours of D-Day 6th June 1944.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Upottery

Boarding Douglas C-47 (Dakota) aircraft, 101st Airborne Division parachuted into Normandy, France to secure the four causeway exits behind Utah Beach between St Martin-de-Varreville and Pouppeville to protect the exit routes for the 4th Infantry Division after its beach landing on the morning of 6th June.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division

"Easy" Company of 101st featured in Stephen Spielberg and Tom Hanks’ TV adaption of “Band of Brothers” from Stephen Ambrose’s book of the same name.

16th JUNE 2019 - Special Event Station for Museums On The Air.
https://www.southwestairfields.co.uk/page5.html
https://www.southwestairfields.co.uk/page17.html

Equipment

Nested inverted V dipole antennas for 3.5Mhz (80m) and 7MHz (40m) @ 9m (30ft).
100W Kenwood TS2000 & ICOM 706MK2G.
ATU-Free, G5RV-Free, Carolina Windom-Free and Longwire-Free Zone.

IARU LOCATOR: IO8ØKV
WAB: ST11
ORDNANCE: ST188100
ZIP: EX14 4SP
ITU ZONE: 27
CQ ZONE: 14
IOTA: EU-005 Great Britain

LAT: 50.885° N
LON: -3.156° W
ASL: 253m (830ft)

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.884569,-3.1554636,2634m/data=!3m1!1e3

STATION MANAGER: M1OOO Iain
STATION TECHIE: G7FEK Mike

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