[MilCom] Hurricane Katrina Comms on 800

[kevin eiler]

the city of n.o. is off the air the states trs is up
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Justin Kates/KB3JUV/AAT3OT" <jtrocks at mchsi.com>
To: "'MILCOM'" <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 8:57 PM
Subject: RE: [MilCom] Hurricane Katrina Comms on 800


> The 800 trunked system is still up and running?  I figured it wouldn't 
> work
> since it requires repeaters across the area.
>
> I figured the repeater sites would be flooded and the antennas would be 
> torn
> apart.
>
> 73,
> Justin
>
> Justin Kates
> Amateur: KB3JUV Military: AAT3OT
> U.S. Army Military Affiliate Radio System
> NETCOM/9th Army Signal Command
> ARES/SKYWARN
> www.kb3juv.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: milcom-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:milcom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Tom M.
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 7:33 PM
> To: Larry Van Horn, N5FPW; Tom Ziko; MILCOM
> Subject: [MilCom] Hurricane Katrina Comms on 800
>
> Many of the comms are coming through the statewide 800 trunk system.  I'm
> 130
> miles away and I'm hearing many of the agencies casting a wide net.  Heard
> an
> order last night to acquire 10 airboats by any means necessary.
>
> This is just a sample.  The comms are constant all day and night and
> unfiltered.
>
> The National Guard is the only agency using mil type comms on the 800 
> system
> so
> they are easy to spot if you're not trunk tracking.  I use a trunk tracker
> at
> night but a PRO-83 at the office.  Easy to follow.
>
> Every agency who is anybody has a talkgroup, NG, Red Cross, Acadian
> Ambulance,
> all police troops, Wildlife, hospitals, highways, Coast Guard, New Orleans
> EMC,
> on and on.
>
> See radioreference.com for details.
>
> Tom
> La.
>
> --- "Larry Van Horn, N5FPW" <n5fpw at brmemc.net> wrote:
>
>> 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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