Family Day at the National D-Day Memorial

Bedford, VA

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We participated in the Family Day on July 22, 2006 and provided visitors the opportunity to
send Radiograms via Amateur Radio.

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We demonstrated to some of the young visitors what their name sounded like in Morse Code and
let them send their name using a Navy "Flame-Proof" straight key.


 

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The Gang at D-Day Memorial on Family Day - July 22, 2006

Left to Right: Bill - WA4BKW, Stan - K4UK, Buddy - W4YE, Curtis - Visitor,
                 Riley - K4ORD, Don - K4PK

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Our first participation in the Family Day was in July 2004.  We provided visitors the opportunity to send Radiograms via Amateur Radio.  We operated WW2DDM on 2 Meters and transmitted the traffic
to nearby stations.