[HCARC] Fw: ARLX003 Annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Test Scheduled for May 12

[Bill Tynan]

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Subject: ARLX003 Annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Test Scheduled for May 12


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> ARLX003 Annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Test Scheduled for May 12
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> Special Bulletin 3  ARLX003
> From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT  May 2, 2012
> To all radio amateurs
>
> SB SPCL ARL ARLX003
> ARLX003 Annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Test Scheduled for May 12
>
> The Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard are
> co-sponsoring the annual Military/Amateur Radio Crossband
> Communications Test in celebration of the 62nd anniversary of Armed
> Forces Day (AFD). Although the actual Armed Forces Day is celebrated
> on the third Saturday in May -- May 19 in 2012 -- the AFD
> Military/Amateur Crossband Communications Test will be conducted on
> May 12 to prevent conflict with the Dayton Hamvention, scheduled for
> May 18-20.
>
> The annual celebration features traditional military-to-amateur
> crossband communications SSB voice and Morse code tests. These tests
> give Amateur Radio operators and short wave listeners an opportunity
> to demonstrate their individual technical skills and to receive
> recognition from the appropriate military radio station for their
> proven expertise. QSL cards will be provided to those stations
> making contact with the military stations.
>
> Military-to-amateur crossband operations will take place on the
> dates and time in UTC on the frequencies listed for each station.
> Voice contacts will include operations in single sideband voice
> (SSB). Some stations, depending on propagation and staffing, may not
> operate the entire period. Participating military stations will
> transmit on selected military MARS frequencies and listen for
> Amateur Radio stations in the amateur bands. The military station
> operator will announce the specific amateur band frequency being
> monitored. Duration of each voice contact should be limited to 1-2
> minutes.
>
> The schedules and frequencies of participating military stations can
> be found in PDF format on the web at,
> http://www.netcom.army.mil/MARS/docs/AMC_Test_2012.pdf.
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