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2016

Event Operations

CoH talkgroups on TxWARN P25

2015

Event Operations

CoH talkgroups on TxWARN P25

2014

Public Safety

TxWARN P25 talkgroups:

  • 45351 CoH 12F - HFD Command Post

Event Operations

TxWARN P25 talkgroups:

  • 45144 Building Inspections - Ch. 1? Main Stage
  • 45341 CoH 2 - Ch. 2? Site Operations? - go to the talk channel please channel 13
  • 45342 CoH 3 - Dispatch
  • 45343 CoH 4 - Ch. 4 Production
  • 45344 CoH 5 - Ch. 5 Finance
  • 45345 CoH 6 - Concessions (Spectrum Concessions)
  • 45346 CoH 7 - Catering? - need cups, going back to Site Ops
  • 45347 CoH 8 - Ch. 8? Safety and First Aid (5 Star Event Services security) - going back to Site Ops, go to channel 5 and talk to Finance
  • 45145 Electrical Inspections - Satellite Stage - she's either on main stage channel 1 or production on channel 4, go to channel 2 for Site Ops, go to channel 8
  • 45146 Mechanical Inspections - Sponsorship
  • 45147 Occupancy Inspections - Volunteers - going back to Site Ops, call Dispatch
  • 45148 Structural Inspections - Pyrotechnics
  • 45149 Plumbing Inspections - Ch. 13 Talk - going back to 2, going back to 6

2013

Public Safety

TxWARN P25 talkgroups:

  • HPD Citywide - HPD command post
  • 45348 CoH 9F - HFD command post

Event Operations

TxWARN P25 talkgroups:

  • 45341 CoH 2 - Ch. 1 Security (5 Star Event Services)
  • 45025 Mayor's Office - Ch. 2 Operations
  • 45342 CoH 3 - Ch. 3 Dispatch
  • 45343 CoH 4 - Finance
  • 45344 CoH 5 - Concessions (Spectrum Concessions)
  • 45345 CoH 6 - Catering
  • 45346 CoH 7 - Main Stage
  • 45347 CoH 8 - Satellite Stages?
  • 45145 Electrical Inspections - Volunteers
  • 45146 Mechanical Inspections - Pyrotechnics?
  • 45147 Occupancy Inspections - ?

Conventional Channels

461.1125  M   664 DPL  stage audio
464.5500  M   664 DPL  
467.5750  M  114.8 PL  stage lighting
469.5000  M   91.5 PL

2012

Security and operations are on the Houston City Services trunked radio system. Talkgroups:

41232 Ch. 1 Safety
41264 Ch. 2 Operations
41296 Ch. 3 Dispatch
41328 Ch. 4 Finance
41360 Ch. 5 Concessions
41392 Ch. 6 Catering
41424 Ch. 7 Main Stage
41456 Ch. 8 Satellite Stage
41488 Ch. 9 Sponsors
41520 Ch. 10 Volunteers
41552 Ch. 11 Pyrotechnics
41584 Ch. 12 Spare

Conventional channels:

451.8000  M   026 DPL  (note this has also been heard at Art Car Parade 2011/2012)
460.2250  M  123.0 PL  HPD Ch. A8/B8 Car-to-Car
460.4250  R  123.0 PL  HPD Ch. A5/B5 Citywide
461.0875  M  100.0 PL  audio technicians - bryan roberts, kick in only, unplugged
                         52 here, works now, moving on to snare, high hat, monitors
                         is good, rack 1 is good, rack 2, floor 1 good front of house,
                         go to broadcast, hey bryan, acoustic coming at you, acoustic good
461.1875  M  100.0 PL  lighting technicians - stage, are those focused ok, is that
                         focused ok, magenta on stage right along with 2 red
464.5500  M   664 DPL  (note this has also been heard at Komen Race for the Cure
                         2007/2010 and Free Press Summer Fest 2012) go for simmons,
                         i might have unplugged that joint and not plugged it in
467.5750   M  114.8 PL  down stage color

2011

2011 radio usage (all simplex unless noted):

123.0250    CSQ     Helicopter Air-to-Air
154.5700    67.0 PL  key-ups
161.7000   156.7 PL  KTRK-TV Channel 13 Helicopter
460.2250  123.0 PL  Houston Police Department Ch. 8 Car-to-Car (traffic)
460.4250  123.0 PL  Houston Police Department Ch. 5 Citywide (repeater; operations)
460.4500  123.0 PL  Houston Police Department Ch. 10 Detectives (repeater; helicopter video downlink)
461.0375   047 DPL  
461.0875   244 DPL  "HFD EMS"
461.1125   69.3 PL  Finance?
461.1375   464 DPL  Beverage - go to channel 1 for safety and tell them you need a medic, budweiser
461.1875   627 DPL  
461.2375            
461.2625   445 DPL  Pyrotechnics
461.2875   77.0 PL  lot C was about 50% empty
461.3625   88.5 PL  Electrical? - i'm going to switch back to 2 real quick
461.9125   67.0 PL  we want to take all the lights out as soon as they're done we're on channel 12
462.9750  127.3 PL  Houston Fire Department Ch. 7 Tactical (repeater)
464.5000            stage production?
464.5500  67.0 PL  breaker tripped
464.6250   343 DPL  wireless mic, cable
466.4125   664 DPL  crews breaking down stages, climber, liberty, kids stage, 2 climbers,
                      freedom stage, with lighting crew
467.7750   156 DPL  talk about food, house needed, on the board in a minute
467.8000   664 DPL

2010

5 Star Event Services providing event staff/security. 2010 radio usage (all simplex unless noted):

460.4250  123.0 PL  Houston Police Department Ch. 5 Citywide (repeater)
460.5750  127.3 PL  Houston Fire Department Ch. 5 Tactical (repeater)
461.0375   047 DPL  Security/Gates
461.0875   244 DPL  Dispatch
461.1125   69.3 PL  Finance
461.1375   464 DPL  Beverage/Ice
461.1875   627 DPL  
461.2125   74.4 PL  
461.2375   051 DPL  
461.2625   445 DPL  Pyrotechnics
461.3625   88.5 PL  Electrical
461.9125   67.0 PL  
469.5500   156 DPL  Audio Technicians/Stage Hands

2009

2009 radio usage (all simplex unless noted):

460.2250  123.0 PL  Houston Police Department Ch. 8 Car-to-Car
460.4250  123.0 PL  Houston Police Department Ch. 5 Citywide (repeater)
461.0375   047 DPL  security?  talk about entrances and who is allowed in
461.0625   67.0 PL  
461.0875   244 DPL  
461.1125   69.3 PL  
461.1375   464 DPL  talk about setting up the beer booth
461.1875            talk about bands
461.2125   74.4 PL  
461.2625?
461.2875   77.0 PL  
461.3625   88.5 PL  
461.9125   67.0 PL  primary?
464.5000  136.5 PL  may be the video production setup
467.7750   156 DPL  talk about setting up audio
469.5500   156 DPL  that's guitar 2 that you're talking into, that's guitar 2
                      on that side of the stage, should be channel 11

Talkgroup 0-05-106 on the Houston 2-Way Downtown LTR was active on July 3 and may be the IATSE Local 51 setting up the stages.

Also looks like 5 Star Event Services is handling security again this year so they might be on their own radios.

Prior to 2009

For many years prior to 2009, this event used the 16-channel Houston 2-Way rental radios for operations.