[FARC] FW: armed forces crossband communicatiions

[Eric Gammeter]

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Subject: armed forces crossband communicatiions
Date:    04-May-03 at 22:23   
Sender: jackief@acninc.net
 
Sun  1:45 PM

Hi Roy

Just copied this from the ARRL newsletter.  Perhaps some people would be
interested in it.

Jackie
WB3KDS




Amateurs invited to participate in Armed Forces Day event: 

The US Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard 
will cosponsor the annual military/Amateur Radio crossband 
communications tests May 10-11. The event will mark the 53rd 
celebration of Armed Forces Day. Although Armed Forces Day 
actually is Saturday, May 17, the Armed Forces Day Amateur 
Radio event is held a week earlier to avoid conflicting with 
Hamvention 

<http://www.hamvention.org>. 

The event features a military-to-amateur crossband communica-
tions SSB voice test and the Secretary of Defense message 
receiving test. During the crossband test, 14 military sta-
tions will listen on amateur frequencies and transmit on 
selected MARS frequencies. Most military stations will com-
mence operation at 1200 UTC on May 10. 

Amateurs are asked to limit contacts to two minutes or less.

Eight military stations will transmit the Secretary of 
Defense's Armed Forces Day message at stated intervals via 
digital modes, including RTTY, PACTOR, AMTOR, CLOVER and MT63. 
QSLs and certificates are available. 

More information is available on the ARRL Web site

<http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/af-day/armdfrcs-2003.html>.