TZUTC: -0500   
   MSGID: 170.fidonet-ls_arrl@1:2320/33 26e255fa   
   PID: Synchronet 3.19c-Win32 master/d752fc0eb May 10 2022 MSC 1929   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 master/d752fc0eb May 10 2022 MSC 1929   
   BBSID: TBOLT   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
      
   SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX004   
   ARLX004 Annual Armed Forces Day Cross-Band Exercise Set for May 14   
      
   ZCZC AX04   
   QST de W1AW     
   Special Bulletin 4  ARLX004   
   From ARRL Headquarters     
   Newington CT  May 12, 2022   
   To all radio amateurs    
      
   SB SPCL ARL ARLX004   
   ARLX004 Annual Armed Forces Day Cross-Band Exercise Set for May 14   
      
   The US Department of Defense will host this year's Armed Forces Day   
   (AFD) Cross-Band Test on Saturday, May 14. While Armed Forces Day is   
   May 21, the AFD cross-band military-amateur radio event   
   traditionally takes place 1 week earlier to avoid any conflict with   
   the Dayton Hamvention. The event is open to all radio amateurs.   
      
   The AFD Cross-Band Test is two-way communications exercise between   
   military and amateur radio stations, as authorized under FCC Part 97   
   rules (47 CFR Part 97.111), and Department of Defense Instruction   
   4650.02 which establishes the Military Auxiliary Radio System   
   (MARS). During the exercise, radio amateurs listen for stations on   
   military operating frequencies and transmit on frequencies in   
   adjacent amateur bands.   
      
   ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio has promoted the   
   participation of military and amateur radio stations in the AFD   
   event for more than 50 years. In the August 1950 issue of ARRL's   
   membership journal, QST, it was noted that "232 persons made perfect   
   copy of the 'Greeting to Amateurs' broadcast at 25 w.p.m. over 13   
   military frequencies and have received a Certificate of Merit signed   
   by the Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Louis Johnson."   
      
   There are 24 military stations registered across the United States,   
   including Alaska and Hawaii, that will be participating in the 2022   
   event. Several of those stations will be using the 60-meter   
   interoperative channels during this exercise. All operations will be   
   on a not-to-interfere basis, in case there are real-world missions   
   being supported during the event timeframe.   
      
   An AFD Secretary of Defense message will also be sent in CW and   
   RTTY, and an AFD message will also be transmitted utilizing the   
   Military Standard (MIL-STD) serial PSK waveform (M110), followed by   
   MIL-STD Wide Shift FSK (850 Hz RTTY), as described in MIL-STD   
   188-110A/B.   
      
   A detailed list of modes and frequencies for military/government   
   stations taking part in the Armed Forces Day Cross-Band Test and   
   information on the AFD message is available at,   
   https://www.dodmars.org/mars-comex-information-website/armed-forces-day   
   . In the upper right corner is a dropdown with all the information.   
      
   Complete the request form to obtain a QSL card at,   
   https://www.usarmymars.org/armed-forces-day-qsl-card-request .   
   NNNN   
   /EX   
   --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32   
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:2320/33)   
   SEEN-BY: 1/120 123 15/0 18/0 50/109 90/1 105/81 106/201 116/17 18   
   SEEN-BY: 116/116 120/340 123/0 10 25 131 180 200 755 129/330 331 135/300   
   SEEN-BY: 153/7715 154/10 30 40 50 700 218/700 840 220/70 90 221/1   
   SEEN-BY: 221/6 222/2 226/17 18 30 227/114 229/110 111 206 317 424   
   SEEN-BY: 229/426 428 470 664 700 240/1120 1200 250/1 266/512 267/800   
   SEEN-BY: 275/1000 282/1038 299/6 301/1 113 317/3 320/219 322/757 335/364   
   SEEN-BY: 341/66 342/200 396/45 460/58 467/888 633/267 280 712/620   
   SEEN-BY: 712/848 1321 770/1 100 340 772/210 220 230 2320/0 33 105   
   SEEN-BY: 2320/195 304 3634/0 12 15 27 50 119 4500/1 5001/100 5005/49   
   SEEN-BY: 5020/715 1042 4441 5054/8 5058/104 5064/56 5083/1 444 5090/958   
   PATH: 2320/33 105 154/10 3634/12 5020/1042 301/1 221/6 218/840   
   PATH: 770/1 712/848 229/426