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== Radio Systems Statuses ==
 
 
The following is known about Public Safety Communications Systems in the affected areas. 
 
<br><br><b>If you have updates, please add them below!</b>
 
 
=== 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 APCO25 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. The Jefferson Parish analog system went down after the storm.  Fire and EMS were operating on FG1 and FG4.  The main site on the Westbank came back up, but the Galleria site is down with resulting poor portable coverage on the Eastbank. 
 
 
* St Tammany Parish's EDACS ProVoice remained in operation throughout the event and is still '''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
 
* Jackson County Motorola II system is operational
 
* Gulfport - Operational
 
* Biloxi - Operational
 
 
=== 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. 
 
 
Please see the Hurricane Rita web page:
 
 
http://www.radioreference.com/wiki/index.php/Hurricane_Rita#Baton_Rouge
 
 
=== 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
 
 
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 ===  
 
=== San Antonio Operations ===  
  
Line 102: Line 7:
 
* http://www.gundevils.com:8000/satx_katerina (Mirror - 1000 users Dallas, Texas)
 
* 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)
 
* 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://209.16.69.13:8000/live.m3u - http://www.nexusradio.us MS Gulf Coast Online Scanner (location Biloxi MS) Status UP!
 
* http://stream.bsdshout.com:8000/listen.pls Katrina Disaster - Mixed feeds, Louisiana (NG), Baton Rouge (LSP), Houston (Astrodome), St Antonio (Airport).
 
* 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
 
* http://kara.fast-serv.com:9166/listen.pls Livewire FM Hurricane Relief Coordination
 
 
 
 
=== 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://209.189.239.77:8048/listen.pls - HF Hurricane Katrina Watch Net /Health and Welfare - KA4EPS Deerfield Beach, FL
 
*  http://live.irlp.net:8100/listen.pls During Hurricane season, Kevin KD5WX maintains the http://www.voipwx.net/ site daily and are called by the NHC to activate the net, concurrent with the HF watch nets. VoIP Hurricane Net streaming
 
* http://scandfw.com/katrina.m3u Relief Efforts in New Orleans
 
* http://www.smeter.net/slc/audio.php Salt Lake City, Utah Receiver (Audio Only) Also they have a * http://www.smeter.net/slc/slc.php Control the Salt Lake Receiver (Hourly Audio Leasing)* http://www.smeter.net/receive/receive.php S-Meter Website Receivers. (Only Work's with Explorer)
 
 
=== Callsigns in Use on the Feeds ===
 
<b>BASE on the Louisiana State System</b>
 
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
 
Scorpion ## -- Unk.
 
State EOC -- Louisiana State Emerg. Ops. Center
 
Saint Bernhard EOC- Saint Bernhard Emerg. Ops. Center
 
<b>MOBILES on the Louisiana State System</b>
 
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
 
Jackson Barracks -- Most likely Guard Barracks in Jackson Parish
 
Pelican 6 -- Military aircraft working rescue operations.
 
Pelican 3 -- Military aircraft working rescue operations.
 
Refuel 2 -- Likely KC-130 Hercules tanker plane.
 
Roughneck # -- Unknown
 
Swamp Dog -- Unknown
 
Tiger 5 -- Likely WC-130 Hercules cargo plane.
 
Thunderbird -- Oklahoma Air National Guard
 
Viper -- Cobra Attack Helo
 
Viper LNO -- Viper Liaison Officer
 
<b>US Coast Guard / US Customs / US Navy</b>
 
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
 
 
<b>State Police Troops</b>
 
<br>
 
[[Image:LA-troopmap.jpg|Louisiana State Police Troops]]<br>
 
 
== 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 ==
 
 
=== [[TFR]]s - 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
 
** [http://tfr.faa.gov/tfr_save_pages/detail_5_8157.html 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)
 
** [http://tfr.faa.gov/tfr_save_pages/detail_5_7600.html 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
 
 
* '''NOTAMS for Mississippi''' (posted 12 Sep 2005)
 
KHSA STENNIS INTL
 
 
09/031 -  TEMPO TWR 127.15/273.30 FM 34.10 1100-0300 DLY WIE UNTIL UFN
 
 
09/029 -  CTAF 123.0 WIE UNTIL UFN
 
 
KBIX KEESLER AFB
 
 
M0167/05 -  SPECIAL HELICOPTER ARRIVAL PROCEDURES IN EFFECT. ALL
 
HELICOPTER ARRIVALS TO KBIX OR KGPT CONTACT KGPT APPROACH CONTROL ON 127.5 04 SEP 22:37 UNTIL 01 DEC 04:00
 
 
M0166/05 -  CLASS D AIRSPACE EFFECTIVE 24 HOURS. CONTACT KEESLER TWR
 
269.075 UHF 120.75 VHF 04 SEP 22:26 UNTIL 01 DEC 04:00
 
 
M0155/05 -  ALL CARGO RELATED ACFT CONTACT KEESLER TALCE 236.0 139.75
 
20 MINUTES OUT TO COORDINATE FUEL AND PARKING 03 SEP 16:15 UNTIL 15 SEP
 
23:59
 
 
KSLJ HAGLER AAF
 
 
M0006/05 -  FREQS FLT OPNS FM 35.50 HF 6.193 WIE UNTIL UFN
 
 
M0001/05 -  CTAF 126.2 WIE UNTIL UFN
 
 
KCBM COLUMBUS AFB
 
 
M0380/05 -  APPCH "LOCAL" FREQ 285.425 CHG TO 307.8 09 SEP 19:00 UNTIL
 
30 SEP 23:49
 
 
M0378/05 -  WHEN AERODROME IS OPERATIONAL AFTER CLASS C AIRSPACE
 
HOURS: ALL AIRCRAFT OPERATING WITHIN 4 NM, AND 2500 FT AND BELOW ARE
 
REQUIRED TO CONTACT COLUMBUS TOWER ON 289.6 OR 128.65 IAW FAR 91.126 09 SEP 15:20 UNTIL 30 SEP 23:59
 
 
09/195 -  RCAG NOW 132.750 VICE 132.35 WIE UNTIL UFN
 
 
KMEI KEY FIELD
 
 
08/032 -  ATIS 291.675 VICE 279.575 WIE UNTIL UFN
 
 
=== VHF/UHF Operations ===
 
You can only hear these in the local area -- to monitor, see the [http://www.radioreference.com/wiki/index.php/Hurricane_Katrina#David_Hitchner.27s_Feed 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
 
* 123.450 AM CLOVER LZ (I-10 at Causeway Blvd)
 
 
=== VHF/UHF Unid Users ===
 
 
* 228.900
 
* 321.300 Armed support
 
* 240.4 "front end come up on 240.4"
 
* 165.2375 PL 100.0
 
* 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 [http://www.ominous-valve.com/hurricne.txt 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)
 
 
St. Tammany Louisiana - western side of Parish using:
 
146.715 repeater
 
147.270 repeater - also covers Slidell
 
 
Mississippi Gulf Coast:
 
* Red Cross Ops - 146.4200 / 147.4200
 
* Harrison County EOC - 146.7300 / 146.8800 ALT.
 
* Hancock County EOC - 146.7000
 

Revision as of 13:26, 4 October 2005

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