{"id":37011,"date":"2019-04-26T06:36:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T10:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=37011"},"modified":"2019-04-26T06:36:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T10:36:54","slug":"armed-forces-day-annual-cross-band-test-may-11-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/armed-forces-day-annual-cross-band-test-may-11-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed Forces Day Annual Cross-Band Test &#8211; May 11, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MARS-LOGO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37013\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MARS-LOGO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MARS-LOGO.jpg 554w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MARS-LOGO-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usarmymars.org\/events\/armed-forces-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USAmyMARS.org<\/a> via Harald Kuhl)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>(11 May 2019)<\/p>\n<p>The Army Military Auxiliary Radio System will host this year\u2019s Armed Forces Day (AFD) Crossband Test on Saturday May 11, 2019. This annual event is open to all licensed amateur radio operators, and will not impact any public or private communications. 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.<\/p>\n<p>The AFD Cross-band Test is a unique opportunity to test two-way communications between military communicators and radio stations in the Amateur Radio Service (ARS), as authorized in 47 CFR 97.111. These tests provide opportunities and challenges for radio operators to demonstrate individual technical skills in a tightly-controlled exercise scenario that does not impact any public or private communications.<\/p>\n<p>Military stations will transmit on selected military frequencies and will announce the specific ARS frequencies monitored. All times are ZULU (Z), and all frequencies are Upper Side Band (USB) unless otherwise noted. The frequencies used for the test will not impact any public or private communications, and will not stray outside the confines of the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Information is provided on the 20190424-AFDCT-final.pdf file available for download [<a href=\"http:\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?a=v&amp;pid=sites&amp;srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxhcm15bWFyc3BvcnRhbHxneDo2N2VmMTFkM2JjMDEzMzg1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by clicking here<\/a>].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: USAmyMARS.org via Harald Kuhl) (11 May 2019) The Army Military Auxiliary Radio System will host this year\u2019s Armed Forces Day (AFD) Crossband Test on Saturday May 11, 2019. This annual event is open to all licensed amateur radio operators, and will not impact any public or private communications. For more than 50 years, military [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3],"tags":[4102,5396,5562,7703],"class_list":["post-37011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","tag-ham-radio","tag-harald-kuhl-dl1abj","tag-mars","tag-us-army-military-auxiliary-radio-system"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9CX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31797,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/armed-forces-day-crossband-test-on-may-12-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":37011,"position":0},"title":"Armed Forces Day Crossband Test on May 12, 2018","author":"Thomas","date":"April 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Brian (W9IND), who shares the following announcement regarding the next Armed Forces Day Crossband Test: The Army Military Auxiliary Radio System will host this year\u2019s Armed Forces Day Crossband Test, scheduled for May 12, 2018. 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