[MilCom] VHF-Lo MIL, New Orleans Area ?

[Larry Van Horn, N5FPW]

Tom and Ken,

Before I answer your questions below, let me say after more than a week of 
nearly continuous monitoring I have been extremely disappointed at the 
federal government HF response to this disaster. And based on my monitoring 
it is pretty much what I expected and have written editorials about in the 
pages of MT. You can rest assure that I will going after this aspect very 
hard when this is over with and the blame game starts in Washington DC.

> Any word on VHF-Lo?  Looks like some Army guys are using handhelds with 
> big
> honkin' antennas.

Those big honkin antenna folks are USAF CCT ground teams working the various 
landing zones (LZ) that have been established around the metro area. All of 
that activity is concentrated in the 138-140 MHz band so far. Ken mentioned 
138.125 being used by various LZs, it is only one and that is the Berman 
Highway LZ (I have seen it spelled many different ways on various internet 
list). Bermen Highway on the West Bank has several spots that can be used 
for helo ops and can handle any evacs for that part of the metro area.

139.000 MHz is the Buffalo LZ. Not sure where that LZ is but I believe it is 
on the east bank side of the river.

228.9 is of course on of the NORAD SE SOCC freqs. Wizzard is the new static 
call for the DHS AWACS aircraft.

233.375 It is the USS Bataan (LHD-5), this is their tower freq and their 
callsign is Scarlet.

255.500 Helo secondary (sorta) It is being used by AFSOC 130 aircraft to 
refuel helos operatings in the area.

351.200 USCG Mobile Air <Primary>  but I also think there is more here. Very 
difficult to get a total handle on some of this new stuff without knowing 
for sure what freq I am listening to.

>> KING 21 (HC130) -- apparently just off coast line doing  air refueling of 
>> helos

They are refueling over Lake Ponchatrain, in and around the causeway.

Tom wrote:
> The freqs that are getting out best are:
> 282.425  Customs
> 134.9    Customs
> 345.0    USCG

Concur Tom. I have had the beam pointed that away and depending on where the 
CBP P-3 sets up and how high they orbit I get some comms. Better comms from 
the Omaha 45 aircraft in the Mississippi Coast TFR. Also have had a lot of 
activity on 321.0 the last couple of days. Not sure what that is all about 
as I have been watching activity in and out of NOLA.

On a personal note, I am a fifth generation descendant of the Van Horn 
family of New Orleans. Of course, I spent my last 5 years in the Navy in the 
city, retiring in 1993. I have dozens of very close friends still in the 
city, many cousins who live and work their, and ancestors who are buried 
there.

This has been a very hard event on me and my family and it is my hope and 
prayer that the loss of life will be minimal and the disruption to those who 
had to leave the city will be quick (but I know that won't be the case). The 
only Milcommer I am aware of that is not accounted for is Shawn Levy, but I 
feel confident he is hard at work with the rest of America's Bravest -- the 
uniformed services saving lives and helping the great people of a great 
city.

Time to get back to the monitoring.

Chief Sends

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



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom M." <courir26 at yahoo.com>
To: "Ken" <rfinder1 at verizon.net>; "MilCom" <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 8:49 AM
Subject: [MilCom] VHF-Lo MIL, New Orleans Area ?


> The freqs that are getting out best are:
>
> 282.425  Customs
> 134.9    Customs
> 345.0    USCG
>
>
>
> These guys are perched up pretty high, at least 15,000 ft.
>
> Any word on VHF-Lo?  Looks like some Army guys are using handhelds with 
> big
> honkin' antennas.
>
> Tom
> La
>
>
> --- Ken <rfinder1 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Listening to the operations via the web this morning (unclear as to which
>> frequencies are actually being monitored)...  Also heard the following 
>> made
>> reference to:
>>
>> 134.6-- ATC Ops?
>> 138.125  -- Appeared to be being used for  various temporary LZ set up 
>> for
>> helo evacs  e.g. Burbuon LZ
>> 139.0 -- ? LZ
>> 228.9 --- WIZZARD operating frequency
>> 233.275 -- USS Baton Control Tower
>> 255.5  -- Helos secondary?
>> 351.2 -- PACCON?
>>
>> Some callsigns heard:
>>
>> BUFFALO 44
>> CAPFLIGHT 325
>> GUARD 469
>> GUARD 9092
>> HAMMOND
>> HAWK 2
>> HOBB 24
>> KING 21 (HC130) -- apparently just off coast line doing  air refueling of
>> helos
>> OMAHA 50
>> REDLINE 611, 612, 643
>> RESCUE 38
>> RESCUE 612
>> SEAHAWK 34
>> SEAHAWK 70
>> SEAHAWK 450
>> SNUGLE
>> YANKEE
>> WIZZARD
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
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