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Our galleries (e.g. preliminary activities, event activities and closing activities) with pictures and videos throughout all the activities of each stage. Click on a thumbnail to open the gallery or click on the video-/audiotrack.


PICTURES PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES (before September 12th 2014)
    70 years of freedom - PA2P © PA7ØOMG Big logo - PA2P © Poster Special Event Station PA7ØOMG - PE2NAN © PA7ØOMG Team of HAM Radio professionals - PA2P © PA7ØOMG QSL card - PBØAEZ © PA7ØOMG Website - PA2P © Our Twitter page - PA7ØOMG © HF Bandpassfilters made available by PI4DEC - PA1HR © Publicity at the local supermarket in Mook - PA2P © Road sign in front of the entry of our special event site. A blurry PBØAEZ behind the road sign - PA2P © Entry of our special event site, our location at the backside - PA2P © Special event site survey, at the right PE2GER and PBØAEZ. Farmland at the back for our antennas - PA2P © Yet another view. Lots of farmland for our antennas. Immediately adjacent to it our location - PA2P © Antenna preparations with Hendrik, Mark, Toine, PE2GER, PDØM, PBØAEZ and PA2P - PA2P © Preparing the lattice mast and rotator with Hendrik, Mark, NL-13649 (Joop) and PE2GER (Gery) - PBØAEZ © Fritzel FB-33 HF triband yagi is about to be tilted up in its final position. At the background PDØM, PA2P, Mark and Toine - PA2P © PA4A (Andrzey) at work at the top of the lattice mast - PA3DYA © PBØAEZ (Jan) fixing all the cables to the lattice mast. PE1PTX (Clemens) at the background - PA3DYA © Our lattice mast is ready for take-off and getting airborne. Let the games begin..... - PA3DYA © Our lattice mast with the Fritzel FB-33 yagi - PA3DYA © A big corksrew driven into the ground for 1.5 meters to secure the lattice mast - PA3DYA © Erecting one of our 4 of the 12 meters mast for our 200 meters Skywire loop - PA3DYA © Securing the 12 meters mast with strong ropes. Strong winds at this point. Marcel (PDØM) at the left and Toine Kok - PA2P © PA3ADJ (Stefan) and Geurt putting up the ¼λ 40 meter vertical - PA3DYA © PA2P (Jan) - in the lazy OM position - preparing the apex of the Skywire loop. The chair legs sank into the freshly ploughed ground - PE1PTX © Our lattice mast with HF-yagi erected at full higth - PBØAEZ © A part of the completed antennapark. Triband HF yagi, VHF- and UHF-yagis and the Skywire loop - H. Jalving © 10 elements VHF yagi and 48 elements UHF yagi at 74 meters ASL - PA2P © A stylish replica of a WACO glider recently put down at Dropping Zone N. Just 200 meters away from our special even site - PA2P © Friday morning just before kick-off. The last preparations - PA3DYA © Raising the VERON Branche Nijmegen (A35) flag - PA3DYA ©



VIDEO/AUDIO PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES (before September 12th 2014)

 




PICTURES EVENT ACTIVITIES (from September 12th 2014 to September 21st 2014)
    PA1HR (Hans) operating in CW. A big pile-up on 40 meters - PA3DYA © PA1HR (Hans) again, now from a different perspective - PAØRBA © PAØRBA (Rienus) at operating position #2. Working CW on 20 meters. At the background PA1PAS (Pascal) - PA3DYA © PAØRBA (Rienus) at operating position #2. Picture taken from another angle - PE1PTX © PA3ADJ (Stefan) bringing our first QSL for our contact with him on HF - PA3DYA © PEØF (Frans) caressing his beloved KX3 tenderly. At the background PA2P (Jan) working on 40 meters in SSB - PA3DYA © PA7ØOMG team members PBØAEZ (Jan) at the left and PAØRBI (Rob) at the center with the interviewer of the local television station TV Nijmegen just before the interview started - PA3DYA © Starting a new day with a live interview with radiostation Omroep Gelderland. PAØRBI being interviewed while the sun rises over the Groesbeek fields - PBØAEZ © PA2P (Jan) during his interview with the local television station TV Nijmegen - PA3DYA © PD1DTH (Derk) behind HF operating position #1 - PA3DYA © Try to choose between two fantastic hobbies........ - PA3DYA © PA4A (Andrzey) at work in CW with high rates trying to handle the pile-up - PA3DYA © One of the 6 HF bandpassfilters lend to us by PI4DEC. Indispensable with such a station - PA3DYA © The large tent with our VHF- and UHF-positions using both horizontal en vertical antennas. The coffee machine is at close range - PA3DYA © An overview (of a part) of our antennas and the radiopositions, respectively the tent, site office and RV - PA3DYA © PBØAEZ (Jan) relaxing in the sun. An innovative way to protect his eyes from the sun. The can of beer is not visible - PA3DYA © Still new antennas are being put up during the activities. In this case a ¼λ vertical with 16 ground radials for 40 meters - PA3DYA © PAØRBI (Rob) showing one of his fully working portable military radios - PA3DYA © PA7HT (Henk) during his long shift working 40M SSB - PA3DYA © The mast and the HF antennas are easy to handle... - PA7HT © PEØF (Frans) on operating position #1 for his shift on the radio - PA7HT © PA3NXW (Maurice), second right, one of our main sponsors, together with family for a visit. PBØAEZ (Jan) at the left - PA3DYA © Carrying old portable military equipment, from L to R: PA7HT (Henk), PAØRBI (Rob) and PA3DYA (Ardo) - PBØAEZ © A ceremony. While revealing a new Market Garden monument, a stylish replica of a WACO glider in this matter, PA7HT (Henk) and PAØRBI (Rob) met a colonel of today's 82nd Airborne division - PBØAEZ © Opening ceremony of the new Market Garden monument, a stylish replica of a WACO glider - PBØAEZ © Opening ceremony of the new Market Garden monument, four soldiers in the ranks - PBØAEZ © A stylish replica of a WACO glider just being revealed during the opening ceremony - Pascal Nogarede © Where WACO gliders came down 70 years ago now modern gliders accompany the opening ceremony of the new WACO glider monument - PA3DYA © The glider is about to land near the monument and our special event site - PA3DYA © PA4A (Andrzey) at work from operating position #2 - PAØRBA © PA8W (Wil) at work from operating position #1 - Pascal Nogarede © PA3ETC (Hans) working 40 meter SSB from operating position #1 - Pascal Nogarede © PA3ETC (Hans) working 40 meter SSB. Picture taken from a different angle. In the meantime he managed to put his cap on - Pascal Nogarede © Replacing the 3 elt. yagi for a new 4 elt. triband yagi. Hendrik (our mechanical engineer) at the right and NL-13649 (Joop) at work - PA3DYA © Yagi replacement part two. From L to R: Hendrik, Toine and Joop. Tnx to PF5X (Enno) for the yagi donation. This yagi was used many years ago during a DX-pedition at Kingman Reef - PA3DYA © PBØAEZ (Jan) at the left and PAØHOP (Hans) are watching how the lattice mast with the new yagi is being erected - PA3DYA © Thursday morning, september 18th, 4 Hercules transporters carrying the paratroopers to their dropping zone, at short distance from our special event site - PBØAEZ © The same Hercules transporters and some details of our antenna park - PBØAEZ © Planes with the WW2 striping on the wings and tail just brought the parachutists to the dropping zone - Pascal Nogarede © Planes with the WW2 striping on the wings and tail just brought the parachutists to the dropping zone - Pascal Nogarede © The first group of paratroopers jumping from the Hercules transporters near the National Liberation Museum at 1,000 meters from our site - PBØAEZ © Two dozen of parachutists just jumped out the plane, go, go go..... - Pascal Nogarede © We have had a lot of media attention so far. Very good promotion for PA7ØOMG and our radio hobby in general. In this case an interview with local television station Omroep Wijchen. PA2P (Jan) as the spokesman of PA7ØOMG - PBØAEZ © A nice overview: the lattice tower with the newly installed 4 elt. yagi. The removed Fritzel FB-33 lying on the ground. Our radiorooms a bit further away. At the horizon 3 Hercules transporters that just dropped a group of paratroopers - PBØAEZ © Fully concentrated listening to DX stations. PA7HT (Henk) managed to pull out this station - Pascal Nogarede © PA1TON (Ton) working 40 meters SSB - PA7HT © An eyeball QSO in our VHF/UHF tent, with from L to R: PBØAEZ (Jan), PAØTGA (Tonnie) and PAØRBI (Rob) - Pascal Nogarede © An eyeball QSO with PA3ETC (Hans) at the left and PA3DYA (Ardo) - Pascal Nogarede © An eyeball QSO with PBØAEZ (Jan) at the left and PEØNYJ (Nico) - Pascal Nogarede © PA3EFR (Erwin) at the right with his brother PD9HIX (Sander) and PE2PVD (Patrick) at the right taking the opportunity to make some QSO's at operating position #1. They spoke with a GW4 operator who had been dropped at Groesbeek 70 years ago - PA3DYA © Where HAM's fall from the sky. PEØGRD (Gerard) honours the paratroopers and PA7ØOMG with his paraglider flight at our special event site - PA3DYA © PEØGRD (Gerard) with his paraglider flight above our antenna park - PA3DYA © PEØGRD (Gerard) just after his succesfull landing with his paraglider at our special event site - PA3DYA © PEØGRD (Gerard) has finally arrived safe and sound with nice stories of his paraglider flight - PA3DYA © During the operation we get many stories of people whose relatives fought during Operation Market Garden. Here's part one of the story of K1YPP (Dennis) - K1YPP © Here's part two of the story of K1YPP (Dennis) - K1YPP © PA3CWQ (Harry) enjoys working on 40 meters SSB with our big 200 meters horizontal squareloop - PD2LEO © Now it's playtime for PD2LEO (Leo) getting some QSO's in the log. At the right a glimpse of PA3BFB (Joop) working 20 meters CW - PA3CWQ © It's PD2LEO (Leo) again, now from a different angle in the radioroom - PA3CWQ © PA3BFB (Joop) working on 20 meters with the 4 elt. yagi beaming to USA/Canada - PD2LEO © PDØREL (Royi) with a selfie, operating 80 meters. At the background PG8W (Jiri) operating 20 meters with the beam heading for USA/Canada - PDØREL © PG8M (Marcel) at operating position #1 working 40 meters SSB. The XYL hidden behind the computer monitor - PDØREL © Peeking through the window where PG8W (Jiri) is active on 20 meters with our 4 elt. yagi - PDØREL © A picture of our HF radioroom with two HF radio positions and a variety of antennas at our disposal - PDØREL © Our HF radioroom at broad daylight - PDØREL © PE2GER (Gery) is active on VHF in our VHF/UHF tent. Next to him his son Mark and behind him our mechanical engineer Hendrik - PDØREL © Again our VHF/UHF tent at broad daylight. At the left Hendrik’s computer that is capturing HD meteo imaginary from the Meteosat satellite - PA3DYA © Our lattice mast with the 4 elt. yagi by night - PBØAEZ ©



VIDEO/AUDIO EVENT ACTIVITIES (from September 12th 2014 to September 21st 2014)

 

 

 





PICTURES CLOSING ACTIVITIES (after September 21st 2014)
    Written remarks of the guests in our guestbook All the work is done, let's go home The package with QSL cards received from the printing house The package with QSL cards received from the printing house Printing the labels with the QSO details Where do all these QSL-cards go? QSL-cards, directly received QSL-cards, directly received QSL-cards, directly received QSL-cards, directly received QSL-cards, directly received QSL-cards, directly received QSL-cards, directly received QSL-cards, directly received You're welcome.............