March 18, 2025

This Week in Amateur Radio

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Via the ARRL: 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 milit…

Read more – via American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources http://www.arrl.org/news/view/annual-armed-forces-day-cross-band-exercise-set-for-may-14-1