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Title: WWV announcement of military exercise?
Post by: svenmarbles on April 10, 2020, 0107 UTC
Has anyone else caught this announcement?
Title: Re: WWV announcement of military exercise?
Post by: Strange Beacons on April 10, 2020, 0935 UTC
Quote from: svenmarbles on April 10, 2020, 0107 UTC
Has anyone else caught this announcement?

What announcement? What did you hear? At what frequency? (Your subject heading hints at some kind of military exercise announcement on WWV, but you don't provide any additional details).
Title: Re: WWV announcement of military exercise?
Post by: QRP on April 10, 2020, 1041 UTC
The US Department of Defense (DOD) plans to start making use of a provisional time slot on WWV and WWVH to announce upcoming HF military communication exercises and how the Amateur Radio community can become involved in them. The announcements will occur at 10 minutes past on WWV and at 50 minutes past on WWVH. WWV and WWVH transmit on 2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz.

Department of Defense to Transmit Interoperability Exercise Info via WWV/WWVH
http://www.arrl.org/news/department-of-defense-to-transmit-interoperability-exercise-info-via-wwv-wwvh

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Title: Re: WWV announcement of military exercise?
Post by: Strange Beacons on April 10, 2020, 1130 UTC
Quote from: QRP on April 10, 2020, 1041 UTC
The US Department of Defense (DOD) plans to start making use of a provisional time slot on WWV and WWVH to announce upcoming HF military communication exercises and how the Amateur Radio community can become involved in them. The announcements will occur at 10 minutes past on WWV and at 50 minutes past on WWVH. WWV and WWVH transmit on 2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz.

Department of Defense to Transmit Interoperability Exercise Info via WWV/WWVH
http://www.arrl.org/news/department-of-defense-to-transmit-interoperability-exercise-info-via-wwv-wwvh

//QRP

Thanks for the information. Sounds like something interesting to try to catch and record.

As for when this will commence, this is from the linked article above: The initial announcements are set for the period April 20 – May 3, which coincides with the “Vital Connection” interoperability exercise to be held in Wisconsin. Future time slots will coincide with the Vital Connection exercise Ohio in June; DOD COMEX 19-3 in August, and the DOD COMEX 19-4 in October. Following the proof of concept this year, DOD anticipates making use of the WWV/WWVH broadcast time slot full time, year-round.