[SJDXA] Armed Forces Day crossband activity May 11th

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I just saw this.  Always fun to work these on Armed Forces Day each year.  Here is a link to the list of all stations that you might be able to work. 
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxhcm15bWFyc3BvcnRhbHxneDo2N2VmMTFkM2JjMDEzMzg1



PVRC members operating at NSS this Saturday By W3LPL, Frank Donovan ______________________________________________________________________ This year's Armed Forces Day (AFD) Crossband Test is on Saturday May 11. This annual event is open to all licensed Amateur Radio operators. 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. http://www.usarmymars.org/events/armed-forces-day Twenty Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC) members will activate the historic NSS callsign this Saturday from the location of the former U.S. Navy High Power Radio at Greenbury Point in Annapolis. Visitors are welcome at Beach Circle, Annapolis. https://goo.gl/maps/KHuMYaS1tiNGpQ9v7 NSS began operations in 1918 using a pair of Federal Telegraph Company 500 kilowatt Poulson arc transmitters and four 600 foot towers in the Very Low Frequency (VLF) band. Until 1921 VLF provided the only known capability for trans-oceanic radio communications. NSS began fifty years of continuous operations in the HF bands from about 1926 until 1976 when its HF mission was terminated and transferred to NAVCOMMSTA Norfolk, Virginia (NAM). NSS was dismantled in 1999, only three 600 foot towers remain at the tip of Greenbury Point, installed during a major VLF antenna upgrade in 1938. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/NSS_Annapolis_Towers.JPG We plan to operate continuously on six frequencies on CW and SSB from about 1200Z until 0400Z Sunday. Who will work NSS on all eleven band/modes? A commemorative NSS QSL is available via K3LU. This is last year's QSL: https://i0.wp.com/swling.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/NSS-QSL-CArd-e1529320144216.jpeg?ssl=1 NSS transmitting frequencies, NSS will listen for callers on announced frequencies in adjacent amateur bands 4041.5 LSB 4039.0 CW 5330.5 USB 5330.5 CW 7536.5 LSB 7534.0 CW 9447.0 CW 14487.0 USB 14487.0 CW 17545.0 USB 17545.0 CW More information about NSS is available at: https://youtu.be/jWuJ6DB9drw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he428tqLbpk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSS_Annapolis http://j-hawkins.com/nss.shtml https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/greenbury-point.htm ______________________________________________________________________



73. Bob Schenck, N2OO

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