CULLMAN AL- The staff at Cullman Regional Airport along with members from the Cullman Civil Air Patrol squadron have arranged for the Cullman airport to be available this exercise. It is anticipated the exercise duration will be from Friday afternoon until Sunday morning with the bulk of the training and testing being conducted on Saturday.
The Communications objective for this exercise is to improve our HF communications ability by selecting the best HF antenna and frequency combinations that will provide reliable 24 hour HF radio coverage to our many HF equipped ground team vans.
Testing of several different types of multifrequency and broadband HF antennas will help identify type of antenna(s) that deliver the best received signal strength over a State and/or Region in early morning, daytime, evening, and at night.
The Field Day exercise at
the Cullman Airport is growing. CAP members throughout the Southeast,
Northeast, and Southwest Regions will participate by confirming
receipt of training messages transmitted from Cullman. By having the
ability to communicate with other Wings and Regions during this exercise we
will accumulate very good information on the performance of various
antennas. Out of state CAP members are also invited to come to Cullman and
erect antennas.
Alabama Wing Communications Conference and "Field Day"
An exercise for Civil Air Patrol Communicators
December 6 - 8, 2013
Cullman Regional Airport.
Paul Moses, Wing Director of Communications at rpmoses@earthlink.net
Harvey Yarborough, Cullman Squadron Communications Officer at HarveyYarborough@Gmail.com