[Milsurplus] [MRCA] MRCA at NJ History Fair

[B Smith]

Eugene
There will be periods when there will be large pile ups  but you 
should not have any trouble.
It's a challenge to try to work several of the stations.
Some of the stations  use to  exchange QSL cards  but I do not know if 
they
still do it.  WAR in Washington is usually pretty easy to work and has 
a nice QSL card.
The Cross band Military Ops is a long  amateur tradition that was 
always held on Armed Forces day.
So I guess the challenge this year will be to work WAR and "Wacky 
Iraqi" at the History Fair.

Z

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From: "W2HX" <w2hx at w2hx.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 11:55 AM
To: "'B Smith'" <smithab11 at comcast.net>; <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: RE: [MRCA] MRCA at NJ History Fair

WOW! This sounds like a total blast! I am really excited to try to
participate this year.  I wonder though...do these frequencies pile up 
with
folks trying to contact these military stations? I am not big on 
contesting.
Or is this more laid back? This sounds like a ton of fun though.

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73 Eugene W2HX


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ANNUAL ARMED FORCES DAY CROSSBAND MILITARY/AMATEUR RADIO 
COMMUNICATIONS TEST
(14 MAY 2011) details may be found at:
http://www.netcom.army.mil/MARS/docs/AMC_Test_2011.pdf

Z

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From: "Rob Flory" <farmer.rob.flory at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 5:06 AM
To: <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [MRCA] MRCA at NJ History Fair

Perry threw down the gauntlet:

Don't forget this is also the date for the annual Armed Forces Day
> military-to-
> amateur crossband test.  MIL stations cannot use AM but they can
> certainly copy it.  Also CW will be evident with selected Navy and
> Army stations.
>
> List will be out later with MIL sites and calling freqs   This will
> add to
> the MRCA iinvolvement in NJ, no doubt.
>
> In addition to the usual MIL stations, listen for NWVC on CW and SSB
> (USS LST325).
> Our SSB station will announce when listening on AM spot freqs or
> general SSB to avoid mixed-mode competition.
>
>
This, combined with the Moose and Squirrel net, would be a good reason 
to
bring along some SSB-capable gear.  The military crossband thing would
require something with split frequency RX/TX capability, or 2 radios.

Rob
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