Thursday, August 31, 2017

USCG, etc., on COTHEN (and air tracking) #4

4-number calls were detected by a listener on Mode-S or ADS-B; I forget which.  The rest were heard on COTHEN. All are strongly believed to be involved in some kind of operations for Harvey. A number of those Rxxxxx National Guard helicopters are also involved, but tail numbers don't show up on TV well enough to match up with those heard on-air.

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002    USCG HC-130J #2002, Elizabeth City
003    USCG HC-130J #2003, Elizabeth City
007    USCG HC-130J #2007, Elizabeth City
503    USCG HC-130H #1503, Clearwater
6510   USCG MH-65D #6510, CGAS Miami
6525   USCG MH-65D #6525, Jacksonville, FL
6540   USCG MH-65D #6540, Miami FL
6542   USCG MH-65D #6542, Miami FL
6543   USCG MH-65D #6543, Traverse City
6551   USCG MH-65D #6551, Florida
6553   USCG MH-65D #6553, Florida
6554   USCG MH-65D #6554, Corpus Christi, TX
6565   USCG MH-65D #6565, ATC Mobile, AL
6574   USCG MH-65D #6574, CGAS North Bend
6576   USCG MH-65D #6576, New Orleans ,LA
6582   USCG MH-65D #6582, Detroit
6584   USCG MH-65D #6584, ATC Mobile, AL
6591   USCG MH-65D #6591, ATC Mobile, AL

CNT    CBP US Central Communications Node
DOJ    USCGC Benjamin Dailey (WPC 1123), last posn is Galveston
J01    USCG MH-60T #6001, ATC Mobile
J09    USCG MH-60T #6009, Clearwater
J12    USCG MH-60T #6012, Clearwater
J15    USCG MH-60T #6015, Elizabeth City
J25    USCG MH-60T #6025, ATC Mobile
J26    USCG MH-60T #6026, Clearwater
J31    USCG MH-60T #6031, Clearwater or E-City
J36    USCG MH-60T #6036, Clearwater
J38    USCG MH-60T #6038, CGAS Elizabeth City
J42    USCG MH-60T #6042, CGAS Cape Cod
J46    USCG MH-60T #6046, ATC Mobile
K11    USCG MH-65D #6511, Traverse City
K81    USCG MH-65D #6581, CGAS Houston
LNT    USCG COMMCOM, VA
N02    USCG HC-144A #2302, CGAS Miami
N03    USCG HC-144A #2303, CGAS Miami
N05    USCG HC-144A #2305, CGAS Miami
N09    USCG HC-144A #2309, CGAS Miami
N10    USCG HC-144A #2310, CGAS Miami
N13    USCG HC-144A #2313, Mobile, AL
N14    USCG HC-144A #2314, CGAS Corpus Christi
N15    USCG HC-144A #2315, CGAS Miami
P21    USCG COTHEN Remote Command Console, ATC Mobile, AL
TGT    USCGC Sturgeon (WPB 87336), Grand Isle, LA
TSC    COTHEN Technical Service Center, Orlando, FL
Z18    USCG Sector Houston-Galveston

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

USCG Harvey activity on COTHEN #3



All heard on the air Tuesday

003                 USCG HC-130J #2003, Elizabeth City
503                 USCG C-130 #1503, Clearwater
DOJ                USCGC Benjamin Dailey (WPC 1123), Galveston
J01                  USCG MH-60T #6001, ATC Mobile
J09                  USCG MH-60T #6009, Clearwater
J26                  USCG MH-60T #6026, Clearwater
K11                 USCG MH-65D #6511, CGAS Miami
K81                 USCG MH-65D #6581, CGAS New Orleans
LNT                USCG COMMCOM, VA
N02                 USCG HC-144A #2302, CGAS Miami
N05                 USCG HC-144A #2305, CGAS Miami
N09                 USCG HC-144A #2309, CGAS Miami
N10                 USCG HC-144A #2310, CGAS Miami
N13                 USCG HC-144A #2313, Mobile, AL
N14                 USCG HC-144A #2314, CGAS Corpus Christi
N15                 USCG HC-144A #2315, CGAS Miami
P21                  USCG COTHEN Remote Command Console, ATC Mobile, AL
TSC                 COTHEN Technical Service Center, Orlando, FL
Z18                  USCG Sector Houston-Galveston

Monday, August 28, 2017

USCG Activity on COTHEN #2

The following Coast Guard assets, as heard on COTHEN, are known to be working Harvey:

J01    USCG MH-60T #6001 ATC Mobile
J09    USCG MH-60T #6009 Clearwater
J26    USCG MH-60T #6026 Clearwater
J36    USCG MH-60T #6036 Cape Cod
J38    USCG MH-60T #6038 CGAS Elizabeth City
K11    USCG MH-65D #6581 CGAS New Orleans
LNT   USCG COMMCOM, VA
N02    USCG HC-144A #2302 Miami
P21    USCG COTHEN Remote Command Console, ATC Mobile
Z18    USCG Sector Houston-Galveston

LNT was also heard here working N15, USCG HC-144A #2315, CGAS Miami, with ALE and voice on 12222. This activity also seemed to be related to Harvey.

USCG Harvey activity on COTHEN

Listeners in the area are hearing extensive Coast Guard rescue activity on the COTHEN net. The lower ALE frequencies seem most active, but that could be time of day. One log was on 14 MHz. Again, COTHEN (Cellular Over-The-Horizon Enforcement Network) uses:

 5732.0
 5909.5
 7527.0
 8912.0
10242.0
11494.0
12222.0
13312.0
13907.0
14582.0
15867.0
18594.0
20890.0
23214.0

Sunday, August 27, 2017

Basic Harvey Frequency List #1

This extract from my rather dated 2013 Hurricane Frequency List contains the ones that are known to be still used for the activities listed. In other words, confidence in this particular list is somewhat higher than in the whole 2013 list, and these should be considered good places to start looking.

I left out the 14325 kHz Natl. Hurricane Watch Net, because I did not know whether or not it was still active for Harvey.  There's another tropical disturbance off the US East Coast, and if it develops the HWN may activate again.

Frequencies that have already been confirmed active in Harvey are in boldface.


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3845.0   (LSB) Gulf Coast West, often takes H&W
3873.0   (LSB) Regional ARES Emergency Frequency
3910.0   (LSB) Central Texas Emergency Net
3930.0   (LSB) North Texas Emergency Net
3935.0   (LSB) Health & Welfare Traffic Net (Night)
3944.0   (LSB) West Gulf Emergency Net
3955.0   (LSB) South Texas Emergency Net
3957.0   (LSB) Louisiana State EOC
3975.0   (LSB) RACES Net H&W Alternate

4780.0   FEMA
5135.0   SECURE Gulf Coast net ALE/USB VOICE
5136.4   Red Cross F-93
5141.4   Red Cross F-94
5211.0   National Emergency Coordination Net night primary
5696.0   Old USCG air-ground/safety of flight, now mostly on COTHEN
5896.5   SHARES night primary

6910.0   SHARES Region 6

7235.0   (LSB) Regional Emergency Hurricane Frequency
7240.0   (LSB) Texas Emergency Net
7248.0   (LSB) Texas RACES, Primary Tactical Freq
7250.0   (LSB) Texas Emergency Frequency
7260.0   (LSB) West Gulf Coast Hurricane Net (Alt)
7264.0   (LSB) Gulf Coast Health & Welfare (Alt)
7268.0   ????????????
7273.0   (LSB) Texas ARES (Alt)
7285.0   (LSB) Primary ARES Regional Daytime Frequency
7290.0   (LSB) Primary Regional Daytime H&W/WX Freq
7348.0   FEMA
10493.0   National Emergency Coordination Net day primary
11108.0   FEMA

12216.0   FEMA
13446.0   FEMA "Foxtrot-36" various modes
13457.0   SHARES primary - also Federal Aviation Administration
13956.0   FEMA "Foxtrot-48", some NECN use (USB/LSB)
14293.0   Red Cross use
14303.0   ARRL International Assistance & Traffic Net
14389.0   MARS Mission Support Net
14390.5   MARS disaster operations
14396.5   SHARES National Day Primary
14450.0   FEMA "Foxtrot-41"
14567.0   FEMA "Foxtrot-39," NECN primary in past
17458.5   SHARES

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In addition, there is activity on the COTHEN net, though I haven't heard any voice comms here yet.  This net was a mainstay in Katrina, and while I realize that's 12 years ago, and that its primary mission remains law enforcement, maybe it will be used again.  It's primarily USB ALE, though follow-on voice comm is frequent.


5732.0
5909.5
7527.0
8912.0
10242.0
11494.0
12222.0
13312.0 
13907.0
14582.0
15867.0
18594.0
20890.0
23214.0
24835.5


Friday, August 04, 2017

Shortwave Radiogram 5-6 August: Read the Blog

The announcement of this week's Shortwave Radiogram is too good for me to hack up here.  It contains some important illustrations and many tables and font changes.  It deserves to be viewed in all its glory here:

http://swradiogram.net/post/163794122557/shortwave-radiogram-5-6-august-2017-can-also-be 

The thing about the marketers' beloved "millennials" suddenly "discovering" TV antennas has always amused me.  I keep waiting for this ad:


ETHER PROBE

Here is a revolutionary NEW antenna which YOU can use to SNATCH FREE TV PROGRAMS FROM THIN AIR! This is not a hyped-up ad claim. This remarkable new device uses an exciting discovery called "RF" technology, which can provide many of your favorite channels WITH NO COST! Never pay a cable or streaming bill again!

(May not work in areas with low signal strength. Performance cannot be guaranteed in these conditions.)