Night of Nights XI 2011 Details

There are some changes. This info comes from the MRHS web site.

KPH:

Transmit: 426 500 4247.0 6477.5 8642.0 12808.5 17016.8 22477.5

QSX: All ships can call on 500 kHz and ITU Channel 3 all bands.
Channel 3 freqs: 4184.0 6276.0 8368.0 12552.0 16736.0 22280.5kc

The KPH/K6KPH receive/operation site is open to the public beginning at 3 PM Pacific (5 minutes ago). Tours to the transmitter site are available for true believers in the benevolent god RF. This building has plenty of that. The transmitter site is remote controlled and quite distant from the receive.

KFS:

Transmit: 12695.5 17026.0
QSX 500 and Channel 3, same as KPH

12695.5 will be on a 1940s vintage Press Wireless PW-15, formerly at the KFS transmitter site in Palo Alto, CA and one of the transmitters on the air on 12 July 1999. 17026.0 will be on a Henry transmitter [commercial grade, and no slouch either].

KSM:

Transmit: 426 500 6474 8438.3 12993
QSX: 500 and Channel 3, same as KPH

(see KPH listing for frequencies).

QSL for KPH, KFS, and KSM:

Ms. DA Stoops
P.O. Box 381
Bolinas CA 94924-0381
USA

Denice is an ace telegrapher who worked at KPH in its heyday.

WLO:

Transmit: 4343.0 8658.0 12992.0 16968.5
QSX: 500 and Channel 3 (same as KPH)

(No 2 MHz this year.)

WLO is the ShipCom station in Mobile, AL. It still handles HF commercial ship traffic, though not in CW.

WLO QSL:
WLO Radio
7700 RINLA AVENUE
MOBILE, ALABAMA 36619
USA

KLB:

Transmit: 488 500 (A1 & A2), 8582.5 (A1A)
QSX: 500 8368.0

KLB is the ShipCom station in the Seattle area. QSL is same address as WLO.

KKUI:

WWII Victory ship SS AMERICAN VICTORY will be on the air attempting contact will all the coast stations above. They'll use the best calling frequency for the prevailing propagation at the time but they usually call KSM on 12552.0.

K6KPH:

Amateur station K6KPH will transmit and listen on 3550, 7050 14050 and 21050 for KPH, KFS and KSM reception reports.

Professional operators will be at the key and commercial procedures [see below] will be used. But please don't hesitate to call, no matter what your code speed or experience level may be. We look forward to your call.

[They switch to usual amateur procedure if there's a pileup, which there often is. There's more on the web site.]

QSL: Same as KPH.

Armed Forces Day SECDEF Message This Saturday

From Army MARS:

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MESSAGE TEST VIA DIGITAL MODES.
The Secretary of Defense message will be transmitted via digital modes including RTTY, PACTOR, AMTOR, PSK-31, MFSK and MT63 from the stations listed below, including frequencies, mode, and date/time in Zulu (UTC). All frequencies are listed for center of intelligence. Offset as appropriate for your TNC. (Note: Not all stations may necessarily operate on all the frequencies listed, depending on propagation and available equipment.)

Army Stations

STATION: AAZ (HQ Army MARS Gateway, Fort Huachuca, Arizona)

6988.0 kHz
RTTY 11 May 0110Z
PACTOR FEC 11 May 0130Z
MT63 11 May 0220Z
PSK-31 11 May 0250Z
14402.0 kHz
RTTY 11 May 0110Z
PACTOR FEC 11 May 0130Z
MT63 11 May 0220Z
PSK-31 11 May 0250Z

STATION: WAR (Pentagon ARC/MARS Station, Arlington, Virginia)

6988.0 kHz
RTTY 10 May 1700Z
RTTY 10 May 2300Z
MT63 10 May 1715Z
MT63 10 May 2315Z
14440.0 kHz
PACTOR FEC 10 May 1730Z
PACTOR FEC 10 May 2330Z
Olivia 10 May 1745Z
Olivia 10 May 2345Z
Stations copying the Secretary of Defense message transmitted from AAZ/WAR should send their entries to Armed Forces Day Celebration, Commander NETCOM/9th ASC, Attn: NETC-OPE-MA (MARS) (31), Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613-5000.

Air Force Stations

STATION: AIR-2 (Scott Air Force Base)

7831.1 kHz
RTTY 10 May/1930Z
PACTOR 10 May/2000Z
MT63 10 May/2030Z
MFSK 10 May/2100Z
14877.1 kHz
RTTY 10 May/2130Z
PACTOR 10 May/2200Z
MT63 10 May/2230Z
MFSK 10 May/2300Z

Navy/Marine Corps Stations

STATION: NAV (HQ NAVMARCORMARS Radio Station, WILLIAMSBURG, VA)

7346.5 kHz
RTTY 75 baud 10 May/2340Z
AMTOR FEC 11 May/0010Z
MT63 11 May/0040Z
14480.0 kHz
RTTY 75 baud 10 May/2340Z
AMTOR FEC 11 May/0010Z
MT63 11 May/0040Z

STATION: NAV3 (NAVMARCORMARS Radio Station, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX)

7393.0 kHz
RTTY 10 May/2340Z
AMTOR FEC 11 May/0010Z
MT63 11 May/0040Z
13975.5 kHz
RTTY 10 May/2340Z
AMTOR FEC 11 May/0010Z
MT63 11 May/0040Z

STATION: NAV4 (NAVMARCORMARS Radio Station, GREAT LAKES, IL)

7375.0 kHz
RTTY 11 May/0240Z
AMTOR FEC 11 May/0310Z
MT63 11 May/0340Z
14468.5 kHz
RTTY 11 May/0240Z
AMTOR FEC 11 May/0310Z
MT63 11 May/0340Z

STATION: NBL (NAVMARCORMARS Radio Station, GROTON, CT)

7370.0 kHz
RTTY 10 May/2340Z
PACTOR FEC 11 May/0010Z
AMTOR FEC 11 May/0040Z
14393.0 kHz
RTTY 10 May/2340Z
PACTOR FEC 11 May/0010Z
AMTOR FEC 11 May/0040Z

STATION: NPL (NAVMARCORMARS Radio Station, SAN DIEGO, CA)

7350.0 kHz
RTTY 11 May/0240Z
PACTOR FEC 11 May/0310Z
AMTOR FEC 11 May/0340Z
14465.0 kHz
RTTY 11 May/0410Z
PACTOR FEC 11 May/0440Z
AMTOR FEC 11 May/0510Z

STATION: NUW (NAVMARCORMARS Radio Station, NAS WHIDBEY
ISLAND, WA)

7380.0 kHz
RTTY 11 May/0240Z
PACTOR FEC 11 May/0310Z
AMTOR FEC 11 May/0340Z
13530.0 kHz RTTY 11 May/0410Z
PACTOR FEC 11 May/0440Z
AMTOR FEC 11 May/0510Z

SUBMISSION OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TEST MESSAGE ENTRIES.

Transcripts of the RTTY, PACTOR, AMTOR, PSK-31, MFSK and MT63 receiving test should be submitted "as received". No attempt should be made to correct possible transmission errors. Provide time, frequency and call sign of the military station copied, including name, call sign, and address (including ZIP code) of individual submitting the entry. Ensure this information is placed on the paper containing the test message. Each year a large number of acceptable entries are received with insufficient information, or necessary information was not attached to the transcriptions and was separated, thereby precluding issuance of a certificate. Entries must be sent to the appropriate military address as follows:

a. Stations copying Secretary of Defense message transmitted from AAZ send entries to:
Armed Forces Day Celebration
Commander NETCOM/9th ASC
Armed Forces Day Celebration
Attn: NETC-OPE-MA (MARS) (31)
Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613-5000
b. Stations copying Secretary of Defense message transmitted from NAV, NAV-3, NAV-
4, NBL, NPL or NUW send entries to:
Armed Forces Day Celebration
Chief, Navy-Marine Corps MARS
Cheatham Annex Bldg 117
108 Sanda Ave
Williamsburg, VA 23185-5830
c. Stations copying Secretary of Defense message transmitted from AIR-2 send entries
to:
Armed Forces Day Celebration
AFCA / Chief, AF MARS
203W Losey St
Scott AFB, IL 62225

Details of the amateur crossband transmitting test are here.

US Army Corps of Engineers QSL Opportunity

From Jim Pogue:

Once again, station WUG-231 will offer a special QSL card for SWLs only who hear our station during the ANNUAL ARMED FORCES DAY CROSSBAND MILITARY/AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS TEST this Saturday, 10/11 MAY 2008.

Any SWL worldwide who hears us is invited to send a reception report and receive our special commemorative QSL card. This will be different than the one amateurs receive for any contacts they make with us.

You may send your report directly to me at the address below. No return postage is necessary. Frequencies are also listed below. Good luck and I hope to hear from you.

STATION: WUG-231 (10 May 1300Z - 11 May 0200Z)

Frequency Emission Amateur Band
4032.9 kHz LSB 80M
7.360.0 kHz LSB 40M
6.826.0 kHz LSB 40M
14486.0 kHz USB 20M
14663.5 kHz USB 20M
20973.5 kHz USB 15M

Location: Memphis, TN
Address:
USACE Memphis District Office
ATTN: Jim Pogue
Public Affairs Office Room B-202
167 N. Main St.
Memphis, TN 38103-1894

POC: Mr. Jim Pogue
Commercial: (901) 544-4109

[Editor's note: the annual Armed Forces Day crossband tests are done a week before AFD, so as not to conflict with the Dayton Hamvention.]