Special Event Station     

Celebrating and observing 

• the opening of the new Canadian War Museum 

• the 60th Anniversary of VE DAY

• the Year of the Veteran!

        Operating Schedule for May 5 to12 Inclusive 2005

From Orillia, Ontario, Canada

Primarily in VOICE Modes

(Subject to Change)

~~ All times are GMT/UTC.~~

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            May 05:  0001Z  to 0300Z                80M, 40M    

            May 06:  0001Z to  0300Z                80M, 40M, 20M   

            May 07:  1230Z to May 08/0300Z   80M, 40M, 20M, 17M, 15M, 10M 

            May 08:  1230Z to May 09/0300Z   80M, 40M, 20M, 17M, 15M, 10M 

            May 09:  1230Z to May 10/0100Z    80M, 40M, 20M, 17M, 15M, 10M 

            May 10:  2300Z to May 11/0200Z    80M, 40M, 20M  

            May 11:  2300Z to May 12/0200Z    80M, 40M, 20M  

            May 12:  2200Z to 2359Z                 80M, 40M, 20M   

               Schedule in Eastern Daylight Saving Time (Ottawa Time GMT-4 hours)

            May 04:  2000E to 2300E                80M, 40M    

            May 05:  2000E to 2300E                80M, 40M, 20M   

            May 06:  0830E to 2300E                80M, 40M, 20M, 17M, 15M, 10M 

            May 07:  0830E to 2300E                80M, 40M, 20M, 17M, 15M, 10M 

            May 08:  0830E to 2100E                80M, 40M, 20M, 17M, 15M, 10M 

            May 09:  1900E to 2200E                80M, 40M, 20M  

            May 10:  1900E to 2200E                 80M, 40M, 20M  

            May 11:  1800E to  1959E                 80M, 40M, 20M   

CF3VEDAY VOICE OPERATIONS FROM ORILLIA, ONTARIO

44° 50' 59'' N   79° 19' 0'' W

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QSL DIRECT to VE3BDB

Coordinated voice operations will take place May 5 to 12 GMT/UTC inclusive  ONLY from the QTH of VE3BDB at Orillia, Ontario, using the CF3VEDAY special event call sign and primarily (but not exclusively) voice modes on selected bands during the authorization period.  

Please note that the schedule above could be affected by band conditions.  If a band is dead, we won't be on it.  Find the active band.  In addition, although not indicated here, we will periodically attempt simplex contacts on 6M (varied frequencies), 2M (146.500mHz) and 70cm (446.100mHz), IF those bands are open and particularly IF the HF bands are poor.  We will also attempt CW and AM contacts, using vintage equipment, as the opportunity presents itself.  FM contacts may also be attempted on 10M.  Don't be afraid to ask for such contacts but please keep within the RAC Band Plans.  Sorry, but we will NOT be on IRLP, Echo Link or any digital mode.

Radio Amateurs of Canada HF Band Plans, found at http://www.rac.ca/service/hfband.htm, will be observed in regard to modes.  Please don't ask us to deviate from those Plans.  Hours and bands of operation will be determined by propagation conditions and the availability of operators.  As possible, up-dates will be provided on this website as to specific frequencies and times.   

Watch for "FLASH" announcements on the home page of CF3VEDAY.  We will attempt to post exact frequencies at intervals.

More information about CF3VEDAY can be found at  www.QRZ.com  and at www.Hamcall.net/call .

For scheduled CW operations click HERE.

                    Websites:

                    WS#19 Group  www.qsl.net/ve3bdb   CF3VEDAY Special Event www.qsl.net/cf3veday

Liberation of the Netherlands

On this, the 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands, we commemorate the more than 7,600 Canadians who gave their lives for freedom. At the same time we, the people of Canada and the Netherlands, take comfort in the knowledge that out of the anguish and horror of war there developed warm and powerful bonds of friendship which still endure.

The foundations of a special relationship between our countries were established during those dark years of the Second World War. When Holland was overrun by the Nazis in May 1940, Queen Wilhelmina sought refuge in England and, from there, headed her country's government-in-exile. 

But even Great Britain was a precarious haven, and in 1942, the Crown Princess Juliana was persuaded to leave for Canada where she made her wartime home. 

Here, on January 19, 1943, in a room in Ottawa's Civic Hospital specially decreed to be Dutch territory, her third daughter Margriet was born. The tiny princess captured the hearts of Canadians who claimed her as their own.

When victory was secured in 1945, Princess Juliana and her family returned to their homeland where they found the people recovering from the ravages of war. They also discovered a tumultuously happy Dutch population deeply grateful to the Canadians who had recently liberated them.

Sincere and profound ties of friendship and respect between Canada and the Netherlands exist to this day. 

The evidence may be seen in the tulips which bloom in Ottawa each spring; in the friendships made and maintained over the distance of time and miles; and in the care and attention bestowed by the Dutch people on the burial places of our war dead.

Even though the cost in lives was high, Canadians are proud to have been cast in the role of liberators. And the citizens of the Netherlands have not forgotten the sacrifice.

On the Memorial in the Canadian War Cemetery at Groesbeek are inscribed the following words: Pro amicis mortui amicis vivimus, "We live in the hearts of friends for whom we died".