Hurricane Katrina
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Radio Systems Statuses
The following is known about Public Safety Communications Systems in the affected areas.
If you have updates, please add them below!
Louisiana
- NOPD's Wide Area EDACS ProVoice system is now up and operational. The system survived the initial hurricane, but subsequent flooding had knocked out generators, however the generators have been brought back online.
- The Jefferson Parish Smartzone system is currently down. The 350ft self supporting tower was knocked down during the storm. ITAC1 is being used for the East bank and ITAC3 for the West bank comms. Currently operating all the comms from the Galeria building at I-10 and Causeway Blvd.
- St Tammany Parish's EDACS ProVoice system is currently back UP and operational.
- Most sites for the Lousisiana State Smartzone system are operational, however reports indicate that the North Shore Smartzone sites are currently down. Communications are occuring on the Smartzone system in the New Orleans Metro Area.
- The Bridge City Site is Down
- The LaPlace Site is UP
- Northshore Sites are Down
- Michigan State Police is bringing hundreds of their portables, which have been reprogrammed to operate on the LSP system, to help support the state's recovery activities.
- Wasington Parish - All power, Telephone, Water are down, The whole parish is with gas except for a few stations that some gas. The Police, Sheriff, and Emergency Management Agencies and their respective repeaters are on backup generators So they have Local Parish wide communications. But No communication in or out the parish.
- Ad-Hoc Communications Systems
- Motorola has delivered a 700 MHz Communications trailer to the Louisiana State Police ,however it is unknown where it is being used.
- Remote agencies on site are using the following:
- Orange County FL Units - 800 MHz NPSPAC Simplex Direct
- Austin, TX Units - 800 MHz NPSPAC Simplex Direct
Mississippi
- Harrison County EDACS system is currently operational
- Gulfport - Unknown
- Biloxi - Unknown
Alabama
- Mobile - Unknown
live feed when working at http://www.al.com/mobilepolice/audio/index.ssf
Live Feeds of Public Safety Communications
David Hitchner's Feed
David Hitchner in Baton Rouge is providing a dual stereo feed from Baton Rouge.
The Right Channel is in Search mode providing all of Baton Rouge's State system site freqs. The Left channel is providing US Customs/US Coast Guard Operations. This feed can be found here:
- The Main Feed: http://www.radioreference.com:8080/lspbtr.m3u (100 User Limit - Please Use as Relay Source Only)(Working as of 1:00PM CST 9/11/2005)
- http://aurora.foghaven.net:8000/LSP.m3u - 1000 users max
- http://nola-intel.org:8003/fema - 1000 users max, Bandwidth donated by 15minuteservers.com
- http://mirror1.ev1helps.net:8080/lspbtr.m3u - 2000 users max
- http://stfunoob.com/nola/scanner.pls - 2500 users max
- http://us3.comclub.org:8000/fema_scanner - 1000 users
- http://radio2.wrpn.net:5000/nola_scanner.m3u - 32 clients max; located in Columbus, OH, USA
- http://stream.etherkiller.de:8000/no2.mp3
- http://fyreplace.com:12345 - 50 clients max; located in Houston, TX, USA
- http://radio.artplz.com:8000/BatonRouge - 600 clients max; located in Dallas, TX, USA
- http://egg.dishnuts.net:8000/LASP.m3u - 100 clients max; located in Boise, ID, USA
- http://ve3nsv.no-ip.org:8000/louisiana.m3u - 100 clients max
- http://69.18.113.212:8088 - 50 streams - located in Central Florida
- http://yp.peercast.org/?find=08FDCCE699431659F7EAFC3DBF9B3858 - Requires Peercast - Download Peercast - Click Play in link to play
123.02500 CBP/ICE TFR Ops VHF Sec 123.05000 West Jefferson Hospital 134.90000 CBP/ICE TFR Ops VHF Pri 138.45000 USCG Scene Coordination 142.25000 USCG Scene Coordination 237.90000 USCG Operations Secondary 238.60000 USCG Scene Coordination 282.42500 CBP/ICE TFR Ops UHF (BLUE-1) 283.65000 USCG Scene Coordination 289.65000 USCG Scene Coordination 326.15000 USCG Air to Ground Primary 345.00000 USCG Operations Primary 379.05000 USCG Air to Ground Secondary |
Louisiana System Site #1 Smartzone in Baton Rouge All TGs |
Feed by Dustin Childers
This feed is currently down.
Dustin Childers (dchilders@gmail.com, Google Talk: dchilders@gmail.com), located in West Monroe Louisiana (NW area of the state), is streaming talkgroups from the State Smartzone site located there:
- The Main Feed: http://205.252.89.181:8000/live.m3u (400 User Limit - Please Use as Relay Source Only)(Not working)
- http://nola-intel.org:8001/scan - 1000 users max, Bandwidth donated by 15minuteservers.com
- http://ev1helps.net:8000 - 2000 users max
- http://aurora.foghaven.net:8000/LALMR.m3u - 1000 users max
- http://stfunoob.com/nola/scanner.pls - 2500 users max, Both scanner streams
- http://us3.comclub.org:8000/no_scanner - 1000 users max
- http://216.22.26.45:8002 - 200 users max
- http://tinyurl.com/dc4tx
- http://64.202.112.69:8080/scanner
- http://www.homecomputersecurity.net:8000
- http://216.66.21.240:8000
- http://66.98.242.32:8000
- http://www.firefeeds.com/feedroom/la-neworleans.html - listen in-page
- http://69.18.113.212:8888 - 50 users. Central Florida
Talkgroups being monitored are:
- 656 LSP Troop B F1
- 41264 Office of Public Health
- 20656 National Guard B - Admin
- 20688 National Guard B - Ops
- 20720 National Guard B - Security
- 6800 LSP Statewide F1
- 43376 Louisiana Hospital Association
Houston AstroDome Operations
- http://stream.etherkiller.de:8000/no.mp3
- http://radio.artplz.com:8000/NewOrleans.mp3.m3u - 600 clients max; located in Dallas, Texas, USA
- http://broadcast.umbc.edu:8000/nola-scanner
- http://www.goodphuck.com:8088/listen.pls
- http://egg.dishnuts.net:8000/NewOrleans.m3u - 125 Clients max; Located in Boise, ID, USA
Might be down, none working as of 0400 ET 7 Sept
San Antonio Operations
This feed is currently down and not running.
- http://www.radioreference.com:8080/satx_katerina (Main: relays only please!)
- http://us3.comclub.org:8000/satx_scanner (Currently Working)
- http://www.gundevils.com:8000/satx_katerina (Mirror - 1000 users Dallas, Texas)
- http://www.midnightsoftware.co.uk/katerina3.m3u (Mirror - 100 users, UK) (REPEATING as of <22:53> EST)
Other Audio Feed's Operations
Someone Please Update this with where these feeds are broadcasting from?!?:
- http://stream.bsdshout.com:8000/listen.pls Katrina Disaster - Mixed feeds, Louisiana (NG), Baton Rouge (LSP), Houston (Astrodome), St Antonio (Airport).
- http://dir.xiph.org/listen.php?pid=2514334&file=listen.m3u Scan Cape Cod Special Event Feed Louisiana Scanner Relay
- http://www.shoutcast.com/sbin/shoutcast-playlist.pls?rn=44237&file=filename.pls News - WMAT Online Radio - LIVE Louisiana Scanner Audio - Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Efforts
HF Amateur Radio Nets
- http://w4atc.ece.ncsu.edu:8000/live.m3u W4ATC Scanner
- http://w4atc.ece.ncsu.edu:8000/live.m3u W4ATC Scanner Skywarn on the local 146.880 in Raleigh, N.C. website is
- http://www.caryncrepeater.com/ K4JDR Repeater & Link System
- http://142.167.186.130:8000/listen.pls - Hurricane Katrina recovery HF communications (scanner) - various channels (30 Listeners)
- http://ve3nsv.no-ip.org:8000/canwarnlive.m3u (3873 Mhz Gulf Region ARES)(300 Listeners)
- http://209.189.239.77:8048/listen.pls - HF Hurricane Katrina Watch Net /Health and Welfare - KA4EPS Deerfield Beach, FL
- http://207.44.198.6:8000/listen.pls - (K4MFC Hurricane Welfare Information Feed 3873KHZ) (32 Listeners)
- http://www.ip-intel.com:8000/listen.pls K4MFC Hurricane Welfare Information Feed 3873KHZ
Callsigns in Use on the Feeds
BASE on the Louisiana State System
Bayou77 EOC -- Bayou77 Emerg. Ops. Center Bulldog JOC -- Military Police Joint Ops. Center Eagle Base -- Colonels For Ft Bood 4 Avn Btn HQ ## -- State Police Units Assigned to Headquarters New Orleans EOC -- New Orleans Emerg. Ops. Center OEP -- Office of Emergency Preparedness Pelican Base -- Aircraft Joint Ops Center Region 9 EOC -- Region 9 Emerg. Ops. Center Saint Charles EOC -- St. Charles Emerg. Ops. Center State EOC -- Louisiana State Emerg. Ops. Center Saint Bernhard EOC- Saint Bernhard Emerg. Ops. Center
MOBILES on the Louisiana State System
Airvac ## -- Patient evacuation heli's flying to and from hospitals Bulldog # -- Military Police Units Defender 1 -- Military Aircraft providing coverage near troops operating in city area (SWAT) Dragon 15 -- Unk. Eagle ## = 4th Avn Btn out of Fort Hood TX (Just back from Iraq) Fuel Mobile 1 -- Fuel Truck Fuel Mobile 2 -- Fuel Truck Fuel Mobile 3 -- Fuel Truck seemed to be primarily for medical centers earlier Pelican 6 -- Military aircraft working rescue operations. Pelican 3 -- Military aircraft working rescue operations. Refuel 2 -- Likely KC-130 Hercules tanker plane. Roughneck # -- Unknown. Tiger 5 -- Likely WC-130 Hercules cargo plane. Thunderbird -- Oklahoma Air National Guard Viper -- Cobra Attack Helo Viper LNO -- Viper Liaison Officer
US Coast Guard / US Customs / US Navy
Cactus 7407 - Unid HAMMER - US Customs / ICE / CBP C3I --> March AFB CA Hawk 01/04 - US Navy E2 Hawkeye - (ID'd as such 09/04/05) Omaha 44 - US Customs P-3 AWACS Out of Corpus Christi TX (New Orleans TFR) Omaha 45 - US Customs P-3 AWACS Out of Corpus Christi TX (Mississippi Coast TFR) Omaha ## - US Customs Aircraft CLOSEOUT - US Navy E2C Hawkeye AWACS Control Aircraft NOLA AIR - US Coast Guard New Orleans MOBILE AIR - US Coast Guard Mobile AL Quitter 11 - Unid Raptor ## - Unid RESCUE ## - US Coast Guard Wizard ## - US Coast Guard (helicopter) WOLF ## - US Navy VAW-77 E2-C AWACS Aircraft (assisting CBP Omaha P-3's) NAVY NEW ORLEANS - Bell Chase NAS
TV News coverage of Hurricane Katrina
- http://www.hurricanecity.com/live.ram
- http://www.hurricanecity.com Hurricanecity Atlantic Hurricane Tracking website
NEW ORLEANS TV
http://www.wwltv.com WWL TV has live coverage. They use Windows Media 9. Click on "watch WWL-TV live news broadcast".
http://www.wdsu.com WDSU TV New Orleans has live coverage.
BILOXI - GULFPORT - PASCAGOULA TV
http://www.wlox.com You will find archived videos of Katrina on WLOX TV. also this message : "WLOX managers suggest the best way to find news of friends and family is through HAM radio operators. There is a HAM radio operator stationed at WLOX."
NEW ORLEANS RADIO
http://www.wwl.com Live news provided by United Radio of New Orleans and WWL 870. You will need Windows Media to listen. WWL transmits with 50,000 watts on 870 and can be heard over most of the U.S. in the evenings.
Shortwave Radio Simulcast of WWL via WHRI
http://www.whri.com/index.cfm/fa/wwl
Shortwave frequencies:
daily schedule: (all times CDT)
5.835 Midnite to 6 AM CDT daily.
11.875 7 AM to 9 AM CDT
15.285 9 AM to 3 PM CDT
9.840 5 PM to 7 PM CDT
Saturday schedule:
5.835 midnite to 7 AM
15.285 9 AM to noon
9.840 6 PM to 7 PM
5.835 7 PM to 9 PM
5.835 10 PM to 7 AM
Sunday schedule:
5.835 9 PM to 7 AM
15.285 9 AM to noon
15.285 1 PM to 5 PM
5.835 9 PM to 12 AM
Rescue Operations
TFRs - Temporary Flight Restrictions
- New Orleans / Baton Rouge TFR - Omaha-44 (US Customs P-3 AWACS out of Corpus Christi) is providing the primary TFR operational logistics and tasking to rescue aircraft in SE Louisiana.
- 282.425 Primary (BLUE-1 US Customs).
- 118.700 VHF
- 133.550 VHF
- FAA Link to the Offical TFR
- NOTAMS for Louisiana (posted 12 Sep 2005)
KHDC HAMMOND NORTHSHORE REGIONAL
09/058 - TEMPO TWR 122.7 120.175/UHF 239.2 1130-0100 DLY WIE UNTIL UFN
KNBG NEW ORLEANS NAS JRB/ALVIN CALLENDER FIELD/
M0381/05 - ALL CARGO ACFT FOR HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF CHECK IN WITH TALCE TO PASS LOAD INFORMATION ON FREQ 252.8 11 SEP 15:20 UNTIL 11 OCT 15:20
- Mississippi Coast TFR - Omaha-45 (US Customs P-3 AWACS out of Corpus Christi) is providing the primary TFR operational logistics and tasking to rescue aircraft for the Mississippi Coast. (No longer active, kept here for historical purposes)
- 327.050 UHF Primary. (No Longer Active and Used)
- 126.875 VHF Primary (No Longer Active and Used)
- FAA Link to the Offical TFR
NOTE: the Mississippi Coast TFR is still in effect, however ATC is back operational in Mississippi, therefor CBP P-3s are no longer providing Airborne support. T
- US Ships - Aircraft operating in the vicinity of US Navy Ships must contact them on 277.800 / 123.450
VHF/UHF Operations
You can only hear these in the local area -- to monitor, see the feed above.
- 123.000 and 123.025 AM is used for helo intercoordination in the New Orleans Metro area.
- 345.000 is the USCG Primary Air to Air / Air to Ground Frequency; also referred to as "OMAHA Control"
- 126.875 is an additional TFR Coordination Frequency
- Marine Channel 16 (156.8) and 22 (157.100) are used by the USCG for operations.
- 238.650, 289.650, 138.450, 138.475, 138.525, and 142.250 have been passed as New Orleans Scene Communications Frequencies.
- 257.800 New Orleans Convention Center Ops - Callsign: SUPERMAN (IDed by Omaha 44)
- 351.200 MOBILE AIR Primary
- 233.375 USS BATAAN Tower
- 138.125 Berman Highway LZ (AM mode)
- 139.000 AM BUFFALO LZ
VHF/UHF Unid Users
- 228.900
- 321.300 Armed support
- 240.4 "front end come up on 240.4"
- 165.2375 PL 165.2375
- 415.2 PL 103.5
- 408.8625 PL 141.3
HF Operations
- The USCG is using their HF frequencies of 5696, 8983, 11202 USB for long distance comms. 11202 is the primary scene HF frequency for daytime operations.
- The Department of Homeland Security Assets, USCG, and ICE are using the COTHEN network extensively for comms.
- US Government SHARES (Shared Resources) freuquency assignments for Katrina response (traffic is being handled and has been monitored on the primary frequencies):
- 14.396.5 - Primary national frequency (day)
- 14.455.0 - Alternate national frequency (day)
- 7.632.0 - Primary national frequency (night)
- 9.064.0 - Alternate national frequency (night) old?
- 5.901.0 - Alternate national frequency (night) old?
- 3.216.0 - Primary regional frequency (night) old?
- 3.361.0 - Alternate regional frequency (night) old?
- 4.513.0 - Alternate regional frequency (night) old?
Courtesy of Hugh Stegman's hurricane list
- SHARES Coordination Network (Voice/Pactor)
- 5236.0 Ch.1 (night voice primary)
- 14396.5 Ch.2 (daytime voice primary), also old National Communications System pri
- ? Ch.3
- 7632.0 Ch.4
- 9106.0 Ch.5
- ? Ch.6
- 20107.0 Ch.7
- 26812.0 Ch.8
- 6800.0 Ch.9 (PACTOR BBS)
- 13242.0 Ch.10
- SHARES Coordination Network ALE
- ? Ch.1
- ? Ch.2
- 4490.0 Ch.3
- 5711.0 Ch.4
- ? Ch.5
- 11217.0 Ch.6
- 15094.0 Ch.7
- 17487.0 Ch.8
- SHARES Users
- 4582.0 CAP, National Clg & Emergency, Pacific Alternate -Katrina tfc heard here
- 7381.0 US Navy MARS
- 7540.0 US Air Force MARS
- 7552.1 NTA
- 7635.0 CAP Command Net
- 9197.0 Federal Highway Administration
- 10493.0 National Emergency Coordination Net day primary, also FEMA Foxtrot 26
- 10586.5 new SCN channel Xray Foxtrot
- 10891.0 Federal Highway Administration
- 13457.0 Primary (old?) - also Federal Aviation Administration
- 13993.0 USAF MARS
- 13996.0 US Army MARS primary guard fq
- 14383.5 US Navy MARS
- 14493.5 Federal Bureau of Investigation
- 14902.0 CAP rescue and relief, all regions
Amateur Radio - Ham Radio Operations
- 14.325 USB - Primary Hurricane Net Related Operations
- 14.265 USB - SATERN Net (Salvation Army Relief Network)
- 7.285 LSB - Emergency traffic day primary
- 3.873 LSB - Emergency traffic night primary
- 7.290 LSB - Health and Welfare traffic day primary
- 3.935 LSB - Health and Welfare traffic night primary
- 7.260 LSB - Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Coordination (daytime)