The Battle of Passchendaele  31/07/1917 – 10/11/1917

The battle of Passchendaele formed the last part of the third battle of Ypres. With this, general Haig tried to force his way trough the enemey lines towards the Belgian harbours. It has been a hard fight for 100 days to advance only 8 km. Passchendaele was the terminal point. The losses on both sides were unimaginable: 463.000 dead, wounded or missing. The names Zonnebeke, Hill 62 and Zillebeke were terrifying, even before they arrived there, “But Passchendaele was even worse, it was simply disgusting”. The Passchendaele Award is a memorial of this insane war.

The Award

The radioclub Z.W.V.R.A.C. is qrv from July the 31th until November the 11th with the call: “CQ-remember” on every amateur band. Each radio contact with a member of the ZWVRAC is good for 1 point. The clubstation ON4AZW gives 3 points. All QSO’s via the relaystation ON0FF (Flanders Field repeater) are also valid. Each QSO with the fieldstation ON4PTC is valid for all the necessary points for the award All licensed amateurs and SWL’s need: for the Belgians: 10 points; for the Europeans: 5 points; outside Europe: 3 points

Send your request together with the log and/or the dated QSL cards with 12 IRCs, 12 Euro, or 15 US$ (no cheques)to:

ZWVRAC vzw
c/o Mr Leopold Van Elslander
Passendalestraat 109,
B-8980 Passendale
Belgium Europe
e-mail: ON7YB@VRA.BE
e-qsl via WWW.EQSL.CC