[GreenKeys] Armed Forces Day RTTY Transmissions Moved to May 10.

[wa3frp at aol.com]

The annual Military/Amateur Radio Crossband Communications Test to 
celebration of the 58th anniversary of Armed Forces Day (AFD) will be 
conducted on May 10 to prevent conflict with the Dayton Hamvention®, 
scheduled for May 16-18. Although the actual Armed Forces Day is 
celebrated on the third Saturday in May -- May 17 in 2008 -- the AFD 
Military/Amateur Crossband Communications Test will be conducted on May 
10

The annual celebration features copying the Secretary of Defense 
message via RTTY and other digital modes. Special commemorative 
certificates will be awarded to anyone who receives and copies the 
digital Armed Forces Day message from the Secretary of Defense.

Military-to-Amateur crossband operations will take place on the dates 
and time in UTC on the frequencies listed for each station on the Army 
MARS Web site.  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.

See http://www.netcom.army.mil/MARS/docs/ARMEDFORCESDAYFinal.pdf for 
all details and times.

73 Russ WA3FRP