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The Battle of Bannockburn (24 June 1314) was a significant Scottish victory in the First War of Scottish Independence, and a landmark in Scots history. The important English stronghold of Stirling Castle was under siege by the Scots, and King Edward II assembled a formidable army to relieve it. But this army was badly led and no match for the smaller force under Robert the Bruce, who was familiar with the terrain, crossed by many streams, including Bannock Burn. The battle started with a famous display of single combat, when the lightly-armed Bruce killed a heavily armed English knight, Sir Henry de Bohun, with a single axe-blow to the head. Through the rest of the first day, Bruce outmanoeuvred the English, who were decisively routed the next day, many of them drowning in the burn when trying to escape. Stirling & District Amateur Radio Society (GM6NX) have priviliged access to the flagship 2-day with the special call GA700BOB to commemorative event "Bannockburn Live" hosted by VisitScotland on June 28th and 29th, 2014. This epic event is part of the Home Coming Scotland portfolio of events taking place throughout Scotland during 2014. The city of Stirling is host to a number of events during the weekend of June 28-29th, termed "Stirling's Big Weekend". The Special callsign will be active for the whole duration of Bannockburn Live (detailed times tbc) on all modes, 2m and all bands below 30 MHz except 160m. Station is an Icom IC-7600 and ATU tuned HF vertical and 2m collinear. QSL policy: No paper cards at all. eQSL and LOTW ONLY please. No realtime uploads either so please be patient