[MRCA] MILITARY/AMATEUR RADIO CROSSBAND COMMUNICATIONS TEST

[B. Smith]

This cross band operation is not as easy as it sounds,  to be successful 
it requires a separate "tunable" receiver and careful monitoring of the 
small segment of the hamband  to find the frequency that the "civilian" 
station that the military station is working, you listen on the military 
frequency for the ham call that is in progress  and then you pounce or 
camp  on that "civilian" frequency with the other five hundred hams,  I 
used a PRC-47 and a SGC-715 last time and it just about broke me, the 
PRC-47  was in back of the vehicle with the speaker volume up and the 
SGC was on the front hood.  So I was running back and forth across the 
seats tuning , Maybe this year borrow another portable ssb set and set 
it beside the SGC, its best to have a "tuning" dial to be able to scan 
back and forth on the ham band  to enable searching for the "civilian" 
station  that is in current QSO with the Military station. Requires 
patience and a "contest" type of operation.  Sometimes the military will 
announce the amateur band  frequency that they are listening to And that 
will get you close .   .   .  but you stil have to "zero beat" in order 
to be heard on SSB (suppressed carrier)  Don't be polite, just jump in. 
:-) As far as CW it was all most non existent.   In the AM(with carrier) 
days it was easier, all you had to be was get close.   Best goad try to 
work one station for each branch of service.   "Good night and good Luck"

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On 4/23/2013 4:47 PM, Al Klase wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Skip Behnke brought this on-the-air even to my attention.  (See 
> attachment.)  Seems like it could be fun, and it happen on the 
> Saturday of the Aberdeen meet, 11 May 2013.
>
> Regards,
> Al - N3FRQ
>
>
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