[CVRC] Armed Forced On-Air Event

[Dick Flanagan]

Armed Forces Day On-Air Event Set for May 14-15

The 2005 Armed Forces Day military/amateur crossband communications test 
will take place May 14-15.

The US Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard are 
co-sponsoring the annual event in celebration of the 55th anniversary of 
Armed Forces Day, which is Saturday, May 21. The Armed Forces Day radio 
event is scheduled a week earlier to avoid conflicts with Dayton 
Hamvention, May 20-22.  The annual Armed Forces Day on-the-air celebration 
features the traditional military-to-amateur crossband communications SSB 
voice test and the Secretary of Defense message-receiving test.

QSL cards will be provided to those making contact with the military 
stations.  Special commemorative certificates will be awarded to anyone who 
receives and copies the digital Armed Forces Day message from the Secretary 
of Defense.

Full details, including stations and frequencies, are on the ARRL Web site 
at this address: 
http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/af-day/AF-Day-2005-SKED.pdf.

73, Dick
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Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
E-mail: k7vc at arrl.org