[MilCom] Comms from NC? was VHF-Lo MIL, New Orleans Area ?

Tom M. courir26 at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 5 19:10:43 EDT 2005 

Larry, 

Are you hearing comms from NC?  Man, how far is that?
Tom

--- "Larry Van Horn, N5FPW" <n5fpw at brmemc.net> wrote:

> 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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