[MilCom] Hurricane Katrina Comms

[kevin eiler]

262.375 had some fema lang coms monday satcom nfm.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Van Horn, N5FPW" <n5fpw at brmemc.net>
To: "Tom Ziko" <zikot at earthlink.net>; "MILCOM" <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: [MilCom] Hurricane Katrina Comms


>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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