[MilCom] Hurricane Katrina Comms

[Larry Van Horn, N5FPW]

I think you need some patience here Tom. While the LA Guard is in NOLA now 
they are apparently using their VHF lo band and satellite comm links radios. 
No need to use HF at the Superdome when you can see the fellow your talking 
to. I am sure at some point we will see HF circuits come up for backup 
longhaul, but as I have said repeatedly here and on WUN, HF will not be the 
primary comm spectrum during a natural disaster. Your problem is local and 
therefore your communication environment will be local as well.

Your best bet is to be patient and do a lot of tuning around.

73 all and good hunting de Chief,

Larry Van Horn, N5FPW
Assistant Editor/Milcom Columnist
Monitoring Times magazine



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Ziko" <zikot at earthlink.net>
To: "MILCOM" <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 10:55 PM
Subject: [MilCom] Hurricane Katrina Comms


> Has anyone heard any National Guard HF traffic out of Louisiana or 
> Mississippi??  I have about 130 National Guard HF freqs programmed and 
> haven't heard a thing. The only thing I have heard is Ham Radio taffic on 
> 20 meters and last night I heard traffic on a 4.469 MHz USB, called a CAP 
> net? The call signs I heard were GA CAP 232, FL CAP 90, nd FL CAP 904. 
> Does anyone know that was? Civil Air Patrol???
>
> Tom
> Tallahassee, FL.
>
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