[OFARC] ANNUAL ARMED FORCES DAY CROSSBAND TEST

[dxon20 at gmail.com]

In case anyone has an interest, The Annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Test
is this Saturday, May 12.

 

To summarize what I have been told, the military will transmit on military
frequencies as listed on their flyer. They will announce what Amateur Radio
Frequencies they will be listening on.

Basically a split freq. QSO between military freq. and Ham Freq. They will
send you a QSL card.  

 


 

Link to US Army site: http://www.usarmymars.org/events/armed-forces-day

ANNUAL ARMED FORCES DAY CROSSBAND TEST (12 May 2018) 

The Military Auxiliary Radio System will host this year’s Armed Forces Day
Crossband Test, scheduled for May 12, 2018. This annual event is open to all
radio operators, and will not impact any public or private communications.
For more than 50 years, military and amateur stations have taken part in
this event, which is only an exercise scenario, designed to include hobbyist
and government radio operators alike.

 

The AFD Crossband Test is a unique opportunity to test two-way
communications between military communicators and radio stations in the
Amateur Radio Service (ARS), as authorized in 47 CFR 97.111. These tests
provide opportunities and challenges for radio operators to demonstrate
individual technical skills in a tightly-controlled exercise scenario that
does not impact any public or private communications. 

 

Military stations will transmit on selected military frequencies and will
announce the specific ARS frequencies monitored. All times are ZULU (Z), and
all frequencies are Upper Side Band (USB) unless otherwise noted. The
frequencies used for the test will not impact any public or private
communications, and will not stray outside the confines of the exercise. 

 

 

Link to ARRL post:
http://www.arrl.org/news/annual-armed-forces-day-crossband-communication-tes
t-set-for-saturday-may-12

The Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) will sponsor the traditional
military/Amateur Radio communication tests to mark the 67th annual Armed
Forces Day (AFD) on Saturday, May 12. Armed Forces Day is May 19, but the
AFD Crossband Military-Amateur Radio event traditionally takes place one
week earlier in order to avoid conflicting with Hamvention. Complete
information, including military stations, modes, and frequencies, is
available.

 

The annual celebration is a unique opportunity to test two-way communication
between radio amateurs and military stations (authorized under §97.111 of
the Amateur Service rules). It features traditional military-to-amateur
crossband SSB voice, CW, practice using legacy interoperability waveforms,
and the opportunity for participating hams to utilize more modern military
modes, such as MIL-STD Serial PSK and Automatic Link Establishment (ALE).
Military stations and Amateur Radio stations are authorized to communicate
directly on certain 60-meter interoperability channels.

 

These tests give Amateur Radio operators and shortwave listeners (SWLs) a
chance and a challenge to demonstrate individual technical skills in a
tightly controlled exercise scenario and to receive recognition from the
appropriate military radio station. QSL cards will be available for stations
successfully contacting participating military stations. [ARRL Letter]

 

 

Larry

KB5WWW

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