[MilCom] Armed Forces "Crossband" Communications Test

[Jim Johnson]

*******A N N O U N C E M E N T******* 

For more than 50 years, there has been an annual
"crossband communications 
test" carried out by military HF stations in
conjunction with ARMED FORCES 
DAY. Some years back, the Coast Guard participated in
this effort. For the 
past few years, lack of resources has made that
participation impossible. 
This year, however, is different. 

At the suggestion/request of the CAMS (Communications
Area Master Stations),

the Coast Guard will be an active participant on the
10th of MAY and the 
stations and personnel will all come from the CGAUX HF
Program. Three 
separate stations will be on the air, one from the
East Coast, one from the 
Dallas area, and one from Southern California. The
station owners are in 
charge of recruiting and monitoring the operators who
will man the stations.


For those of you who aren't familiar with the
Crossband Communications Test,

military stations transmit on military frequencies
outside of, but close to 
several amateur bands. Those stations then listen for
calls from "ham 
stations" who are transmitting within the relevant ham
bands. So for 
example, a military station, callsign "WAR", will
transmit on a publicized 
frequency near the 20 meter band and will announce
that it is listening for 
calls on 14.295 MHz. Ham stations will call on that
frequency and listen for

a response from WAR on the military frequency. 

The Coast Guard Stations which will be on the air,
with their individual 
callsigns, schedules, frequencies and points of
contact are: 

STATION:  NBMW  (10 MAY 1600Z - 11 MAY 0200Z) 
Frequency       Emission        Amateur Band 
3390.5 kHz      USB                     80M 
6972.8 kHz      USB                     40M 
14459.5 kHz     USB                   20M 
Location: Southern California 
POC: Mr. William Scholz 
Commercial: 714-292-4271 
  
STATION: NDTH (10 MAY 1400Z - 10 MAY 2400Z) 
Frequency       Emission        Amateur Band 
3390.5 kHz      USB                    80M 
6821.8 kHz      USB                    40M 
11130.3 kHz     USB                   20M 
Location: Central Texas 
POC: Mr. John Fullingim 
  
STATION: NDGW (10 MAY 1300Z - 10 MAY 2400Z) 
Frequency       Emission        Amateur Band 
3203.0 kHz      USB                    80M 
7351.5 kHz      USB                    40M 
15979.5 kHz     USB                   20M 
Location: New England 
POC: Mr. Gary Stapleford 

The callsigns identified above are assigned for this
one-time event and for 
the schedules above by the CG Telecommunications
officers in the districts 
where the stations are located. We (the CGAUX HF
Program) owe those 
individuals a huge "thanks" for stepping up and
responding positively to the

requests in a very timely manner. 

Operation by the CG stations will be USB only,
although some of the other 
services stations will also be operating on digital
modes. The complete list

of all military stations participating can be found
at: 

http://www.netcom.army.mil/MARS/docs/ARMEDFORCESDAYFinal.pdf


We look forward to contacting many of our CGAUX
colleagues who are also 
hams. 

/r, 

Bill Scholz, DVC-OT 
Chief, Auxiliary Telecommunications 
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary 
714-292-4271 (Cell); 909-608-9181 (RADSTA) 
P.O. Box 1694, Upland, CA 91785 
William.H.Scholz at uscg.mil 



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