Special Event to Celebrate the Vimy Fly-in
Photo Courtesy of Bruce Laing
The London Amateur Radio Club operated under the call VX3VFA for July 14 - 17
We will be operating from our club station and transmitting on SSB on 80M, SSTV on 40M and FT-*8 on 20M ( new digital mode)
All verification will be done using EQSL
This is to coincide with the airplanes arriving at the London airport on July 14th. Earlier this year, they flew to Vimy France in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Vimy Ridge battle.
Poster for Event is here
For more details on the flight go to Vimy Flight
Televison coverage from CTV London News is here
Photos taken during the event can been seen here
Jim Morris, VA3AHQ working FT-8 mode on 20M at the clubstation.
Many contacts were made under the special callsign VX3VFA.