Fwd: [FRUPAC] ARLX003 Annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Test Scheduled for May 12

[Joe Pirkle]

LARC Members:

In case you do not receive the ARRL bulletins, the following is 
forwarded for your perusal.

73 de joe/ad4ih



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Subject: ARLX003 Annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Test Scheduled for May 12

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ARLX003 Annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Test Scheduled for May 12

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Special Bulletin 3 ARLX003
 >From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT May 2, 2012
To all radio amateurs

SB SPCL ARL ARLX003
ARLX003 Annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Test Scheduled for May 12

The Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard are co-sponsoring
the annual Military/Amateur Radio Crossband Communications Test in
celebration of the 62nd anniversary of Armed Forces Day (AFD). Although the
actual Armed Forces Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in May -- May 19
in 2012 -- the AFD Military/Amateur Crossband Communications Test will be
conducted on May 12 to prevent conflict with the Dayton Hamvention,
scheduled for May 18-20.

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 appropriate
military radio station for their proven expertise. QSL cards will be
provided to those stations making contact with the military stations.

Military-to-amateur crossband operations will take place on the dates and
time in UTC on the frequencies listed for each station.
Voice contacts will include operations in single sideband voice (SSB). Some
stations, depending on propagation and staffing, may not operate the entire
period. 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.

The schedules and frequencies of participating military stations can be
found in PDF format on the web at,
http://www.netcom.army.mil/MARS/docs/AMC_Test_2012.pdf.
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