There was a time when US history lessons did not contain any mention of the Navajo Code Talkers because the presence of these brave Marines was still considered classified information by the US government. All of that changed – and now for many years the 14th of August has been designated as Navajo Code Talkers Day. A group of proud amateur radio operators are taking several days to honour this special unit of brave Marines who served in the US military during the Second World War.

Few of these hams could be prouder than Herb Goodluck N7HG, whose late father, John V. Goodluck, had been one of the Marines who used their own Navajo language to craft a wartime code that could not be broken.

Herb will be among those calling QRZ from the 10th to the 15th, using the callsign N7C. Operators will be using CW, phone and FT-8. Additional details, including operating frequencies, can be found on QRZ.com

The hams will be operating from Window Rock, Arizona, at the Navajo Tribal Park and Veterans Memorial.

At the end of the month, KPH, the maritime radio station in California, will be transmitting messages using encryption in the style of the Enigma machine that the Germans used during World War II. The messages will be sent in RTTY and CW.

The code will be sent in groups of 5 letters each. This annual tradition recalls the hard work of World War II-era cryptographers who ultimately cracked the code.

Certificates are awarded for proof of successful decode, first to decode and for use of original or replica hardware.

The broadcast begins at 2000 UTC on the 30th of August on all KPH CW and RTTY frequencies.

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