[Scan-DC] upcoming Falcon Virgo exercises

[ka3jjz at netscape.com]

Larry van Horn and list -

I see that the announcement for the next FV exercise is out. I've followed these exercises somewhat closely
and usually there's only a few freqs that get used. Some of these are common to both FV and the various
CAP exercises that happen whenever you-know-who goes to Camp D. Here are just a few, with some corrections
for the blog:

Huntress: 139.7 and 260.9 (note that 260.9 has not, to my knowledge been heard in comms with the ZDC
Guard Dog center...228.9 - another Huntress freq- has been used for Huntress in the past, particularly
with tankers, but not in the last few exercises) They probably are in contact with Guard Dog, but
more likely by other means.

Guard Dog: 288.35 was abandoned months ago - the correct frequency is 350.25. 135.525 and 126.55 as an alternate has also been used quite frequently. These 3 seem to be the ONLY freqs on which Guard Dog is consistently heard.

Note that the CG Helo (callsign BLACKJACK) has been heard in the last several weeks in comms with the tower
at BWI and Andrews, and no doubt could work the Reagan and Dulles freqs too. In addition they've been 
known to use 139.7 in comms with Huntress during FV exercises, and have also been heard in the VHF marine
band - 157.15 comes to mind.

The sticky thread for milcom on the Maryland forum has had fairly extensive coverage of FV events in the
past - using the search tools will, no doubt, reveal more. 

73s Mike

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