Coast Guard To Join Armed Forces Day Crossband Test
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ARLX004 Coast Guard to Join Armed Forces Crossband Communications Test
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Special Bulletin 4 ARLX004
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT May 7, 2012
To all radio amateurs
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ARLX004 Coast Guard to Join Armed Forces Crossband Communications
Test
The US Coast Guard will be joining the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines in the 2012 Armed Forces Crossband Test, scheduled for May 12. In addition to the Coast Guard station, five Army stations, three Air Force stations and six Navy/Marine Corps stations will be on the air to celebrate the 62nd anniversary of Armed Forces Day (AFD).
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 Secretary of Defense message will be transmitted via digital modes, including RTTY, PACTOR, AMTOR, PSK31, MFSK and MT63 from certain stations.
The following information was not included in the original list of the stations that will be on the air for the test:
Station: NMN (1300 UTC May 12-0030 UTC May 13) USCG CAMSLANT (Communications Area Master Station Atlantic), Chesapeake, Virginia
Frequency Emission Amateur Band
7.5286 MHz USB 40M (USB)
14.427 MHz USB 20M (USB)
18.1961 MHz USB 17M (USB)
QSL card requests should be addressed to Commanding Officer, ATTN: OS3 Cattell, 4720 Douglas A. Munro Rd, Chesapeake, VA 23322-4399.
Schedules and frequencies of participating military stations, including the stations that will be transmitting the message from the Secretary of Defense can be found on the web in PDF format at, http://www.netcom.army.mil/MARS/docs/AMC_Test_2012.pdf.
Instructions on how to copy and submit the message are also included.
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Armed Forces Day Crossband Test
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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
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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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New Frequencies For LA County Fire Department
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| 470.5625 | CSQ | BLUE 1 | CMD – BN 7, 8, 9, 14,18 & 21 |
| 470.4375 | CSQ | BLUE 2 | CMD | TAC – LA BASIN |
| 470.6125 | CSQ | BLUE 3 | CMD – BN 1, 3, 5, 13, & 20 |
| 470.5125 | CSQ | BLUE 4 | COUNTYWIDE ADMIN & COMMAND |
| 470.6625 | CSQ | BLUE 5 | CMD | TAC – SAN GABRIEL VALLEY |
| 470.4125 | CSQ | BLUE 6 | CMD – BN 2, 3, 10, 12, 15, 16 & 19 |
| 470.4625 | CSQ | BLUE 7 | CMD | TAC – SAN GABRIEL VALLEY |
| 470.5375 | CSQ | BLUE 8 | COUNTYWIDE DISPATCH |
| 470.6375 | 151.4 | BLUE 9 | CMD | TAC – ANTELOPE VALLEY |
| 470.3625 | 151.4 | BLUE 10 | CMD | TAC – ANTELOPE VALLEY |
| 470.5875 | CSQ | BLUE 11 | CMD – SANTA CLARITA & ANTELOPE VALLEY |
| 470.4875 | CSQ | BLUE 12 | CMD – SANTA CLARITA & ANTELOPE VALLEY |
| 453.6750 | 151.4 | BLUE 13 | CMD – LA HABRA |
| 453.7250 | 151.4 | BLUE 14 | CREW & DOZER NET |
| 453.7750 | 151.4 | BLUE 15 | CREW & DOZER NET |
| 453.8250 | 151.4 | BLUE 16 | CMD | TAC – DIRECT ONLY |
| 453.9750 | 151.4 | BLUE 17 | CMD | TAC – DIRECT ONLY |
| 453.9000 | 151.4 | BLUE 18 | TAC – NORTH COUNTY – DIRECT ONLY |
| 478.5500 | 151.4 | BLUE 19 | CMD | TAC – DIRECT ONLY |
| 478.6500 | 151.4 | BLUE 20 | CMD | TAC – DIRECT ONLY |
| 478.7500 | 151.4 | BLUE 21 | CMD | TAC – DIRECT ONLY |
| 478.8500 | 151.4 | BLUE 22 | CMD | TAC – DIRECT ONLY |
| 478.9500 | 151.4 | BLUE 23 | CMD | TAC – DIRECT ONLY |
| 478.9875 | 151.4 | BLUE 24 | CMD | TAC – DIRECT ONLY |
| 152.1500 | 151.4 | V-1 | COMMAND REPEATER |
| 152.2400 | 151.4 | V-2 | COMMAND REPEATER |
| 152.5400 | 151.4 | V-3 | COMMAND REPEATER |
| 152.5700 | 151.4 | V-4 | COMMAND REPEATER |
| 152.7800 | 151.4 | V-5 | COMMAND REPEATER |
| 153.8300 | 100.0 | V-6D | TACTICAL |
| 153.8900 | 151.4 | V-7D | TACTICAL |
| 154.0700 | 151.4 | V-8D | ANTELOPE VALLEY TAC |
| 154.3400 | 151.4 | V-9D | SANTA CLARITA TAC |
| 154.4150 | 151.4 | V-10D | TACTICAL |
| 154.4300 | 151.4 | V-11D | SANTA CLARITA & ANTELOPE VALLEY TAC |
| 158.9700 | 151.4 | V-12D | TACTICAL |
| 159.0900 | 151.4 | V-13D | TACTICAL |
| 159.6300 | 151.4 | V-14D | LIFEGUARD ‘SOUTH’ |
| 159.5250 | 151.4 | V-15D | LIFEGUARD ‘CENTRAL’ |
| 161.3700 | 151.4 | V-16D | LIFEGUARD ‘NORTHERN’ |
| 161.4750 | 151.4 | V-17D | COASTAL BATTALIONS ‘CATALINA’ |
| 161.5050 | 151.4 | V-18 | COASTAL BATTALIONS ‘CATALINA’ |
| 161.5250 | 151.4 | V-19 | COASTAL BATTALIONS |
| 154.4000 | 151.4 | AIR-GROUND | AIR OPERATIONS |
| 129.3500 | CSQ | COMPANY 1 | AIR TO AIR |
| 135.9750 | CSQ | COMPANY 2 | AIR TO AIR |
| 123.9750 | CSQ | COMPANY 3 | AIR TO AIR |
| 037.0600 | 88.5 | LFG 1 | SOUTHERN SECTION |
| 037.3600 | 88.5 | LFG 2 | CENTRAL SECTION |
| 037.0800 | 88.5 | LFG 3 | NORTHERN SECTION |
| 037.2000 | 88.5 | ALPHA 4 | 55′S & CATALINA |
| 046.3600 | 136.5 | AVA FIRE | AVALON FIRE |
| 045.5400 | 136.5 | AVA HARBR | AVALON HARBOR |
| 155.4750 | CSQ | LARTCS-1V | MUTUAL AID |
| 155.4750 | CSQ | LARTCS-2V | MUTUAL AID |
| 159.1800 | CSQ | LARTCS-3V | MUTUAL AID |
| 159.0300 | CSQ | LARTCS-4V | MUTUAL AID |
| 159.1500 | 100.0 | LARTCS-5V | MUTUAL AID |
| 483.5875 | CSQ | LARTCS-1U | MUTUAL AID |
| 484.0875 | CSQ | LARTCS-2U | MUTUAL AID |
| 483.7875 | CSQ | LARTCS-3U | MUTUAL AID |
| 484.1375 | CSQ | LARTCS-4U | MUTUAL AID |
| 484.0625 | CSQ | LARTCS-5U | MUTUAL AID |
| 156.0750 | CSQ | CALCORD | MUTUAL AID |
| 154.2800 | CSQ | STATE WHITE 1 | MUTUAL AID |
| 154.2650 | CSQ | V-FIRE 22 | MUTUAL AID |
| 154.2950 | CSQ | V-FIRE 23 | MUTUAL AID |
AM Broadcast DX Test
01550 KRPI in Ferndale, Washington will conduct a DX Test on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012 from 0900 to 0930 UTC. The test will consist of voice announcements, Morse code identifications, distinctive music, and audio tones. Chief Engineer David Harris has indicated the station will be utilizing their daytime power and antenna pattern for the test. Reception reports and digital audio recordings may be sent to 1550radio@gmail.com while DXers can receive a KRPI QSL card by sending their reception reports along with a self-addressed stamped envelope to the following address.
Mr. David Harris, Chief Engineer
KRPI Radio
P.O. Box 3213
Ferndale, WA 98248
Many thanks to Mr. Harris who is also amateur radio operator AC7OB. (Test arranged by J.D. Stephens and Jim Pogue)
Amateur Satellite Photos
0(ANS) Bob McGwier N4HY has made available an extensive collection of amateur radio satellite pictures available for download. The pictures range from the early 1960?s with OSCAR’s 1, 2, 3, etc. to the more recent Eagle and SuitSat:
Pakistan: ICUBE-1 CubeSat
0(ANS) Students at the Institute of Space Technology (IST) built Pakistan’s first CubeSat ICUBE-1. Like a number of new CubeSats its communications subsystem is capable of acting as an “AO-16 mode” FM to DSB transponder.
The IARU amateur satellite frequency coordination panel pages say that the VHF downlink will operate as a 1k2 BPSK beacon but has the capability of being configured as an FM-DSB transponder. A downlink on 145.947 MHz and an uplink on 435.060 MHz have been coordinated.
It is planned to have an imaging payload with a small low resolution CMOS sensor. The camera will be mounted on the Z+ face of the ICUBE and can take continental scale images.
ICUBE-1 is scheduled to be launched by Interorbital Systems.
ICUBE http://www.icube.org.pk/
Student Satellite Project http://www.ist.edu.pk/student_satellite.html
Institute of Space Technology (IST) http://www.ist.edu.pk/
[ANS thanks the student cubesat teams and AMSAT-UK for the above information]
