Radio Amateurs members of the PueblaDX and Arepac Club will be active with special call XI6O from Puebla, Mexico.
They will operate on HF Bands.
QSL via XE1RE.
Special award will be available.
Information from their QRZ page:
The XI6O callsign will be active for several weeks, but in particular.
The radio clubs (PueblaDX, and AREPAC), invite you to the commemoration of the
160th Anniversary of the siege of Puebla.
Commemorative diplomas for the 160th Anniversary of the defense of Puebla in 1863.
Requirement: Accumulation of 10, 15 or 20 points.
Starts: 00:00 on April 29, 2023 to 23:59 on May 14, 2023
Scoring
1 point per QSO with personal callsigns of the event
XE1SRA YL XE1SVT OM XE1SY OM
XE1YL YL XE1RE OM XE1LRG OM
XE1SGW OM XE1AMF OM XE1SLA OM XE1SLA OM
3 points per QSO with the radio club callsigns ( XE1BAP and XE1SIX )
5 points per QSO with callsign XI6O
Only one QSO per callsign is allowed per mode and band.
Bands to be used from: 160m to 6 meters
The logbook of the event and where you can download the diplomas
diploma.puebladx.org
Siege of Puebla
Military action that delayed the advance of the French army and allowed President Benito Juarez to begin his itinerant period, keeping the Mexican government active.
In 1863 there was a confrontation between the French army and the Mexican army for the city of Puebla, the strategic location of the square, being the intermediate point between the Port of Veracruz and Mexico City. It had to be taken to maintain constant supplies for the French army.
Thus on March 16 the French army generated the necessary actions to besiege the city of Puebla, throughout 62 days it tried to take the plaza by all the possible places
The Forts of Loreto and Guadalupe were prepared, but due to their height and remembering the defeat of May 5th, 1862, the French army did not attack them.
The Mexican army prepared the city by fortifying in different zones.
To the northwest was Fort Demócrata or Santa Anita.
To the east was Fort Zaragoza or de los Remedios.
To the west was Fort Iturbide or San Javier, in what today is the Poblano Cultural Center.
To the southwest, Fort Morelos or Toledo.
Almost to the south is Fort Hidalgo (Carmelite convent).
To the south is the Fort of the Engineers, which was the gateway through Totimehuacan, in the area of what is now Plaza Dorada.
To the northeast the Almoloya River presented a natural barrier along with the hills of Tepozuchil.
The sentry boxes at the entrance to the city were also fortified and defended.
The hill of San Juan was also fortified, although it was the first to fall to the French, a strategic point that helped maintain the siege of the city.
After 62 days of fierce skirmishes, of losing and gaining ground on both sides, the city still could not be taken.
However, the outcome had already been given weeks before when the French army successfully repelled an attempt to supply the Mexican forces inside the city.
On May 17, 1863, the decision was made to destroy cannons and weapons with the little gunpowder that remained, and so after 62 days of hunger, fighting and sorrow, the General in Chief of the Army of the East Jesús Gonzalez Ortega, together with Generals Felipe Berriozábal, Miguel Negrete, Porfirio Díaz, to mention the most outstanding, surrendered the city, all of them were taken prisoner and ... this leads to another story of mistreatment of prisoners of war.
They will operate on HF Bands.
QSL via XE1RE.
Special award will be available.
Information from their QRZ page:
The XI6O callsign will be active for several weeks, but in particular.
The radio clubs (PueblaDX, and AREPAC), invite you to the commemoration of the
160th Anniversary of the siege of Puebla.
Commemorative diplomas for the 160th Anniversary of the defense of Puebla in 1863.
Requirement: Accumulation of 10, 15 or 20 points.
Starts: 00:00 on April 29, 2023 to 23:59 on May 14, 2023
Scoring
1 point per QSO with personal callsigns of the event
XE1SRA YL XE1SVT OM XE1SY OM
XE1YL YL XE1RE OM XE1LRG OM
XE1SGW OM XE1AMF OM XE1SLA OM XE1SLA OM
3 points per QSO with the radio club callsigns ( XE1BAP and XE1SIX )
5 points per QSO with callsign XI6O
Only one QSO per callsign is allowed per mode and band.
Bands to be used from: 160m to 6 meters
The logbook of the event and where you can download the diplomas
diploma.puebladx.org
Siege of Puebla
Military action that delayed the advance of the French army and allowed President Benito Juarez to begin his itinerant period, keeping the Mexican government active.
In 1863 there was a confrontation between the French army and the Mexican army for the city of Puebla, the strategic location of the square, being the intermediate point between the Port of Veracruz and Mexico City. It had to be taken to maintain constant supplies for the French army.
Thus on March 16 the French army generated the necessary actions to besiege the city of Puebla, throughout 62 days it tried to take the plaza by all the possible places
The Forts of Loreto and Guadalupe were prepared, but due to their height and remembering the defeat of May 5th, 1862, the French army did not attack them.
The Mexican army prepared the city by fortifying in different zones.
To the northwest was Fort Demócrata or Santa Anita.
To the east was Fort Zaragoza or de los Remedios.
To the west was Fort Iturbide or San Javier, in what today is the Poblano Cultural Center.
To the southwest, Fort Morelos or Toledo.
Almost to the south is Fort Hidalgo (Carmelite convent).
To the south is the Fort of the Engineers, which was the gateway through Totimehuacan, in the area of what is now Plaza Dorada.
To the northeast the Almoloya River presented a natural barrier along with the hills of Tepozuchil.
The sentry boxes at the entrance to the city were also fortified and defended.
The hill of San Juan was also fortified, although it was the first to fall to the French, a strategic point that helped maintain the siege of the city.
After 62 days of fierce skirmishes, of losing and gaining ground on both sides, the city still could not be taken.
However, the outcome had already been given weeks before when the French army successfully repelled an attempt to supply the Mexican forces inside the city.
On May 17, 1863, the decision was made to destroy cannons and weapons with the little gunpowder that remained, and so after 62 days of hunger, fighting and sorrow, the General in Chief of the Army of the East Jesús Gonzalez Ortega, together with Generals Felipe Berriozábal, Miguel Negrete, Porfirio Díaz, to mention the most outstanding, surrendered the city, all of them were taken prisoner and ... this leads to another story of mistreatment of prisoners of war.
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