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Below is the transcript of the May 12, 2012 Armed Forces cross band contact I had with NNN0ASF on 20m using BPSK31.   You work the MARS station cross band, you transmit on the ham band and and listen on the MARS band and they do the opposite.  The following link is to a pdf announcement from the Dept of Defense:  Annual_Armed_Forces_Day_Crossband_Test-2012.  I QSL’ed this contact but never got a card to date:

CQ CQ CQ ARMED FORCES DAY DE NNNØASF NNNØASF

THISTA MONITORING 14.Ø78 FOR CONTACTS

Pse K

 

19:34:38> Main

NNNØASF NNNØASF de N3FHW N3FHW N3FHW k

N3FHW N3FHW de NNNØASF NNNØASF

Your signal 599….great signal into my station

Can I get our name and qth for logs for

qsl card.

 

19:35:28> Main

NNNØASF de N3FHW

 

Hi OM,

 

UR Report : 599 599

My Name   : Joe Joe

My QTH    : Hampstead, MD USA  2Ø miles NW of Baltimore City

My LOC    : FM19no FM19no

 

Where so I write for a QSL Card?

 

How copy? NNNØASF de N3FHW pse kn

N3FHW N3FHW de NNNØASF NNNØASF

Good mcopy Bill  .,..1ØØ percent print..

Log will be turned into HQ and they will send you are card direct

from HQ ..

my name … Jack Cleavenger Jr

my QTH …. Barling, Arkansas

my LOC …. EM25uh [258.2° 1,608.4km]

Thanks for being here today.

Hope you make a lot of contacts

tnx fer QSO Joe, 73, God Bless America.

Ham Callsign KD5ILA, MARS Calsign is NNNØAHH/NNNØGAD

See you on the hambands.

5/12/2Ø12 19:37Z N3FHW de NNNØASF sk

 

19:38:13> Main

NNNØASF de N3FHW

 

Thank you for the QSO. QSL is via eQSL.cc (AG) (sent now) and LOTW (sent daily).

 

73 73 73.

 

Awesome, nice contact from you 1ØØ%!  Thanks Jack