Monday, August 8, 2022

Upper Cape Cod ARES - Exercise Operation Whirlwind


FARA Upper Cape ARES members manned the Upper Cape Field Site, located at Falmouth Hospital, during the recent Cape Cod AREA exercise "Operation Whirlwind".  The exercise is timed to provide preparation for the upcoming hurricane season.

Radio operations were conducted on 80 meter and 60 meter SSB, VHF-FM simplex, NTS messaging via VHF, Winlink SKYWARN and IC-213 messaging via VHF and HF,  and check-in via Echolink using node 9123.

Photographs from the Upper Cape Field Site are shown below: (photographs courtesy of Charlie, K1CB, and Gene, KX1C)