[A-DX] Armed Forces Day 2004

["Harald Kuhl" <HKu-DX@xxxxxx>]

Moin zusammen.

Wo wir gerade bei den Utility-Stationen sind: Am 8. Mai ist wieder Armed
Forces Day. An diesem Tag dürfen Funkmateure im Crossband-Betrieb mit
militärischen Funkstellen Kontakt aufnehmen.

Frequenzen und Sendepläne habe ich gerade nicht zur Hand, werden aber
sicherlich hier noch bekannt gegeben ;-)

Gruß,
Harald



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von www.arrl.org

Armed Forces Day Event Joins Ham, Military Stations
NEWINGTON, CT, April 15, 2004--To celebrate the 54th US Armed Forces Day,
the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard are cosponsoring the
annual Military/Amateur Radio communications tests on Saturday May 8. While
Armed Forces Day is May 15, the Armed Forces Day on-air special event will
take place a week earlier to avoid conflicting with Hamvention 2004, May
14-16. The event features military-to-amateur crossband voice operations and
a digital message receiving test, with the text of the message prepared by
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. 

"The tests give Amateur Radio operators and shortwave listeners an
opportunity to demonstrate their technical skills and receive recognition
from the Secretary of Defense or the appropriate military radio station,"
the chiefs of the Army, Air Force and Navy-Marine Corps Military Affiliate
Radio System (MARS) said in announcing the event. 

QSL cards will be provided to those making contact with the military
stations. Commemorative certificates will be awarded to anyone who receives
and copies the digital Armed Forces Day message from the Secretary of
Defense. 

SSB voice will be used for military-to-amateur crossband operations. Some of
the 15 military stations participating may not operate the entire period.
Military stations will transmit on selected military or MARS frequencies and
listen for Amateur Radio stations in the adjacent amateur band. The military
station operator will announce the specific amateur band frequency being
monitored. It's suggested that voice contacts be limited to two minutes. 

A complete list of stations, locations, frequencies and QSL information is
available on the ARRL Web site . 

Eight of the military stations also will broadcast a special message from US
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. His message will be transmitted via
digital modes including RTTY, PACTOR, AMTOR, CLOVER and MT63. A listing of
center frequencies and QSL information are available on the ARRL Web site.
Center frequencies should be offset appropriately for a given digital mode. 



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