During Armed Forces Day this is an authorized cross band operation. Military stations operate on military frequencies and Amateurs remain in their respective frequenies.
I doubt very much this other fellow (the "officier") was who he said he was. In the 1950s military MARS stations did not require operators to have Amateur Radio licenses. However, the had to remain on MARS frequencies and could not go on the ham bands. His remark "we are military and can go any where we went" is your clue he was a Slim and I doubt that if he was genuine he wasn't about to flush his career down the tubes! He also could not give his ship or his location. If he did, it would have been obvious he was Slim. John N6JM KennyC wrote: > > Hello > Not exactly DX, but last nite while a bunch of guys were on 10 meters, a > officier in the Navy came on. he was on what was called "free time". He was > tuning up and down the bands and contacting people as he heard them. By the > way he was aboard a ship off NYC. Someone questioned him about his > operations as to weither he was a ham or not. He said no hams here in the > radio room. Then that person told him he wasent soppose to be in the ham > bands. He said "we are military and can go any where we want". I believe he > wasent soppose to be in the ham bands as the only time they can go in the > ham bands is in an emergency. > Another example is Armed forces day they xmit out of the ham bands. > What do you think or know for sure as I am curious > tnx and best dx > Ken WN2WNC > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems > http://njdxa.org/dx-chat > > To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA > http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
