for May 14
As part of the celebration of the 61 anniversary of Armed Forces Day (AFD), the U.S. Military Branches will be co-sponsoring this cross band test on May 14, even though the AFD is May, 21 this year.
The schedule for this test has been moved back a week due to the Dayton Hamvention.
From the ARRL website “The annual celebration features traditional military-to-amateur crossband communications SSB voice and Morse code tests. These tests give Amateur Radio operators and short wave listeners an opportunity to demonstrate their individual technical skills and to receive recognition from the Secretary of Defense and/or the appropriate military radio station for their proven expertise. QSL cards will be provided to those stations making contact with the military stations.”
* Voice ops will be SSB - voice.
* Propagation difficulties may cause some stations to shut down early.
* Participating military stations will transmit on selected military MARS frequencies,
and listen for Amateur Radio stations in the amateur bands.
* The military station operator will announce the specific amateur band frequency being monitored.
* Duration of each voice contact should be limited to 1-2 minutes.
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