Bradley County ARES members provided vital communication support for the Chattanooga Ironman 70.3 on Sunday May 20, 2018. Derek Wooley KD5UBL and Jolinda Wooley KN4CQE arrived at the Chattanooga Market Street Bridge at 5:00 AM in preparation for the event. It was necessary to paddle upstream to Girls Preparatory School (GPS) to get to the SWIM Start. The PRO athletes started first around 6:55 AM. There were over 2,500 athletes that started the race.
Both KD5UBL and KN4CQE were equipped with APRS radios so that net control could track the position of the last swimmer in the water.
Several athletes had to be pulled from the water for health reasons and some had to be pulled for not meeting the time requirement. In the end all swimmers that entered the water were accounted for.
Chad Regester KM4ALU also assisted with communication support on the bike course of the race.
