[TMRA] ANNUAL ARMED FORCES DAY CROSSBAND MILITARY/AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS TEST

[Steve Bellner]

ANNUAL ARMED FORCES DAY CROSSBAND MILITARY/AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS TEST

(14 MAY 2016)





The Army, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard are sponsoring the annual 
military/amateur radio communications tests in celebration of the 66th 
Anniversary of Armed Forces Day (AFD). The AFD Military/Amateur 
Crossband Communications Test is conducted 14 May 2016.



The annual celebration is a unique opportunity to test two way 
communications between Amateurs and military communicators authorized in 
47 CFR 97.111, and features traditional military to amateur cross band 
SSB voice, Morse Code, practice using legacy interoperability waveforms, 
as well as an opportunity for Amateurs to utilize more modern military 
communications modes such as MIL-STD Serial PSK and Automatic Link 
Establishment (ALE). New for Armed Forces Day this year, military 
stations and amateur radio operators are authorized to directly 
communicate on the 60 Meter interoperability channels.



These tests give Amateur Radio operators and Short Wave Listeners (SWL) 
an opportunity and a challenge to demonstrate their individual technical 
skills, and to receive recognition from the appropriate military radio 
station for their proven expertise. QSL cards will be provided to those 
stations making contact with the military stations.