<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">ARMED FORCES DAY</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">ARRL Web site</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:memberlist@www.arrl.org">memberlist@www.arrl.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 4:34 PM<br>Subject: ARLX005 Annual Armed Forces Day Cross-Band Test Set for May 7 - 8<br>To: <<a href="mailto:aa6dx7388@gmail.com">aa6dx7388@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br>SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX005<br>
ARLX005 Annual Armed Forces Day Cross-Band Test Set for May 7 - 8<br>
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Special Bulletin 5 ARLX005<br>
>From ARRL Headquarters <br>
Newington CT April 27, 2021<br>
To all radio amateurs <br>
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SB SPCL ARL ARLX005<br>
ARLX005 Annual Armed Forces Day Cross-Band Test Set for May 7 - 8<br>
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The US Department of Defense will host this year's Armed Forces Day<br>
(AFD) Cross-Band Test, Friday and Saturday, May 7-8, in recognition<br>
of Armed Forces Day on May 15. The event is open to all radio<br>
amateurs. For more than 50 years, military and amateur stations have<br>
taken part in this exercise, designed to include amateur radio and<br>
government radio operators alike.<br>
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The AFD Cross-Band Test is a unique opportunity to test two-way<br>
communications between military and amateur radio stations, as<br>
authorized under FCC Part 97 rules. These tests provide<br>
opportunities and challenges for radio operators to demonstrate<br>
individual technical skills in a tightly controlled exercise in<br>
which military stations will transmit on selected military<br>
frequencies and will announce the specific amateur radio frequencies<br>
being monitored.<br>
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The schedule of military/government stations taking part in the<br>
Armed Forces Day Cross-Band Test and information on the AFD message<br>
is available on the MARS website at,<br>
<a href="http://www.dodmars.org/home/armed-forces-day-2021" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.dodmars.org/home/armed-forces-day-2021</a> .<br>
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Complete the request form to obtain a QSL card at,<br>
<a href="http://www.usarmymars.org/events" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.usarmymars.org/events</a> .<br>
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