BTown Milcom/Gov Blog Logs - 8/30/2008

Here is the latest list of active military/government frequencies monitored in association with emergency operations on the Gulf associated with Gustav.

3349.0 DoD Tri Service MARS HF ALE Network:- WWLNNN USN/MC MARS Unknown location

4490.0 SHARES SCN Ch 3:- AAT3BF USA MARS Newark DE / KNY58 NTCN-HF Gadsden AL

4765.0 DoD Tri Service MARS HF ALE Network:- WKCNNN USN/MC MARS IL

4780.0 IN NG Primary:- INDOPS NG Indianapolis IN / FC6 FEMA Region 6 Office Denton TX / FC8FEM FEMA Region 8 Denver CO

5015.0 USACE:- WUK Unknown location

5135.0 US Secure:- MA1NC NH EMA Manchester NH / NA1SH NH EMA Nashua NH / SEM003 NY EMA Glen Falls NY

5140.0 US Secure:- 0041MT Montana

5158.0 DoD Tri Service MARS HF ALE Network:- WKCNNN USN/MC MARS IL

5378.0 FEMA FNARS:- FR5FEM FEMA Chicago IL (WGY9865)

5402.0 FEMA FNARS:- FC8FEM FEMA Region 8 Denver CO

5711.0 SHARES SCN Ch 4:- AAT3BF USA MARS Newark DE / KTQ313 US EPA Montgomery AL / ZLSNNN USN/MC MARS Yorktown VA

5817.0 NG STARC Net:- NRK NG Norfolk VA / RLD NG Richland VA

5821.0 FEMA FNARS:- FC8FEM FEMA Region 8 Denver CO / FR5FEM FEMA Chicago IL (WGY9865)

5847.0 NG STARC Net:- NRK NG Norfolk VA

5878.5 NG STARC Net:- NRK NG Norfolk VA

5961.0 FEMA FNARS:- FR5FEM FEMA Chicago IL (WGY9865)

6020.0 US Army Corps of Engineers:- G323 unknown location

6049.0 FEMA FNARS:- FR5FEM FEMA Chicago IL (WGY9865)

6106.0 FEMA FNARS:- FR5FEM FEMA Chicago IL (WGY9865)

6151.0 FEMA FNARS:- FR5FEM FEMA Chicago IL (WGY9865)

6785.0 USACE:- FCJ UV5 Unknown locations

6800.0 SHARES SCN Ch 9:- KTQ313 US EPA Montgomery AL

6803.0 SHARES:- KTQ313 US EPA Montgomery AL

6806.0 CAP ALE:- 0011ARCAP CAP AR / 0011OKCAP OK / 0048FLCAP CAP FL / 054NHQCAP CAP HQ Assignment / 101NCRCAP - CAP North Central Region Unit / 100SWRCAP Southwest Region Unit

6809.0 FEMA FNARS:- FC6 FEMA Region 6 Office Denton TX / FC8FEM FEMA Region 8 Denver CO / FR5FEM FEMA Chicago IL (WGY9865)

7348.0 FEMA FNARS:- FC6 FEMA Region 6 Office Denton TX / FC8FEM FEMA Region 8 Denver CO / FR5FEM FEMA Chicago IL (WGY9865)

7428.0 FEMA FNARS:- FR5FEM FEMA Chicago IL (WGY9865)

7480.0 US Secure:- 0041MT Montana

7642.0 DoD Tri Service MARS HF ALE Network:- OARNNN USN/MC MARS Bloomington IL / WKCNNN USN/MC MARS IL / ZLSNNN USN/MC MARS Yorktown VA

7806.4 US Secure:- FC8FEM FEMA Region 8 Denver CO

8012.0 CAP ALE:- RIC CAP Region 2 MER/CAP National Technology Center Richmond VA / 0004WICAP CAP WI / 0011ARCAP CAP AR / 0011OKCAP OK / 0048FLCAP CAP FL / FR5FEM FEMA Chicago IL (WGY9865)

8037.0 NG STARC Net:- NRK NG Norfolk VA

8047.0 NG STARC Net:- NRK NG Norfolk VA / L060AN - NG Baton Rouge LA / HQ703N - NG Readiness Center Arlington VA / T3Z238 - NG 2-238 AVN Shelbyville IN

8050.0 FEMA FNARS:- FC8FEM FEMA Region 8 Denver CO / FR5FEM FEMA Chicago IL (WGY9865)

8093.0 NG STARC Net:- NRK NG Norfolk VA

9025.0 USAF HF-GCS Scope Command ALE HF Network:- ADW Andrews AFB MD / DMLS Unknown station / MCC West Coast McClellan CA / OFF Offutt AFB NE
Mexican Army Net:- Jupiter / Venus

9106.0 SHARES SCN Ch 5:- AAT3BF USA MARS Newark DE / BF741 DOMS Washington DC

9143.5 NG STARC Net:- NGTROOPCMD - NG Columbus OH / NRK NG Norfolk VA / RLD NG Richland VA / VAB NG Virginia Beach VA

9224.0 DoD Tri Service MARS HF ALE Network:- 2PBAFA USAF MARS Arlington VA

9462.0 FEMA FNARS:- FC6 FEMA Region 6 Office Denton TX / FC8FEM FEMA Region 8 Denver CO

10194.0 FEMA FNARS:- 473FEMAUX Unknown location / FC6 FEMA Region 6 Office Denton TX / FR5FEM FEMA Chicago IL (WGY9865) / FC8FEM FEMA Region 8 Denver CO

10202.0 FEMA FNARS:- FC8 FEMA Region 8 Denver CO

10588.0 FEMA FNARS:- FC6 FEMA Region 6 Office Denton TX / FC8FEM FEMA Region 8 Denver CO

10816.5 NG STARC Net:- T060XN Camp Mabry (Austin) TX / A040LN Montgomery AL

10899.0 FEMA FNARS:- FC8FEM FEMA Region 8 Denver CO

11108.0 FEMA FNARS:- FC8FEM FEMA Region 8 Denver CO

11217.0 SHARES SCN Ch 6:- 043NCS US NCC Unknown location / AAT3BF USA MARS Newark DE
UK DHFCS TASCOMM ALE Network:- XSS Unknown location

11801.0 FEMA FNARS:- FR5FEM FEMA Chicago IL (WGY9865)

11226.0 USAF HF-GCS Scope Command ALE HF Network:- 290062 USAF C-17 Aircraft #99-0062 / ADW Andrews AFB MD / AED USAF Elmendorf AFB AK
AQC Send D4QCDM

12087.0 NG STARC Net:- T1Z147 NG 1-147 AVN, Madison WI / R27069 US Army aircraft

12216.0 FEMA FNARS:- FC6 FEMA Region 6 Office Denton TX / FC8FEM FEMA Region 8 Denver CO / FR3FEM Unknown location / FR5FEM FEMA Chicago IL (WGY9865)

13242.0 NIPR:- DL0005DAT Unknown

13446.0 FEMA FNARS:- FC6 FEMA Region 6 Office Denton TX / FC8FEM FEMA Region 8 Denver CO / FR5FEM FEMA Chicago IL (WGY9865)

13568.0 NG STARC Net:- T060XN Camp Mabry (Austin) TX / A040LN Montgomery AL

13935.0 FEMA FNARS:- FC6 FEMA Region 6 Office Denton TX

14450.0 FEMA FNARS:- FC6 FEMA Region 6 Office Denton TX

14776.0 FEMA FNARS:- FC6 FEMA Region 6 Office Denton TX / FC8FEM FEMA Region 8 Denver CO

15094.0 SHARES SCN Ch 7:- 043NCS US NCC Unknown location / PR13 unknown location / USARC5 - Unknown location (US Army Reserve Command or American Red Cross?)

15708.0 FEMA FNARS:- FC8FEM FEMA Region 8 Denver CO

More to follow...Chief Larry

Gustav Now a Cat 4 Hurricane

Hurricane Gustav is now a Cat 4 hurricane of the Safir-Simpsom scale with top winds at 145 mph.

Scanner enthusiasts and others who are interest:

There is a scanner audio stream for Lafourche/Terrebonne Parish covers about 30-40 miles west of NOL LA so basically INB has coverage from NOL area to Lafayette LA with a small area not covered.

If you would like to listen here is the INB Team speak addy.

70.87.174.165:8796

You will have to have the Teamspeak audio software package.

WWL-AM 870 the official emergency radio station for the NOLA area is streaming audio.

Go to reciva.com and search for WWL. It is a Windows media player stream.

More as we receive it here in the Monitor Post.

BTown Milcom/Gov Blog Logs - 8/29/2008

FEMA MERS vehicle (Photo courtesy of FEMA)

Logs on 8/29/2008 from Brasstown, NC. Primary receiver: Icom IC-706 MKIIG, PC-ALE, Rigblaster Pro, Full size 80 meter G5RV.

73 and hope all my friends and family along the Gulf remain safe and sound.

Larry Van Horn, N5FPW

4780.0 INDOPS - National Guard Indianapolis, IN, ALE/USB sounding at 1825 on IN NG Primary freq.

5402.0 FC8FEM - FEMA Region 8 Denver, CO, ALE/USB sounding at 1548 on FEMA FNARS net freq.

5711.0
AAT3BF - US Army MARS Newark, DE, ALE/USB sounding at 1530/1558/1851 on SHARES SCN channel 4.
ZLSNNN - Navy/Marine Corps MARS, Yorktown, VA, ALE/USB sounding at 1837 on SHARES SCN channel 4.

6806.0
0011ARCAP - Civil Air Patrol ALE/USB sounding at 1532 on the nationwide CAP ALE net.
054NHQCAP - Civil Air Patrol ALE/USB sounding at 1847 on the nationwide CAP ALE net.
101NCRCAP - Civil Air Patrol North Central Region Unit, ALE/USB sounding at 1531/1544/1556 on the nationwide CAP ALE net.

6809.0 FC8FEM - FEMA Region 8 Denver, CO, ALE/USB sounding at 1548 on FEMA FNARS net freq.

8012.0
0004WICAP - Civil Air Patrol Wisconsin, Wing Communications Officer, ALE/USB sounding at 1537 on the nationwide CAP ALE net.
054NHQCAP - Civil Air Patrol ALE/USB sounding at 1848 on the nationwide CAP ALE net.
RIC - Civil Air Patrol CAP Region 2 MER/CAP National Technology Center Richmond, VA, ALE/USB sounding at 1840 on the nationwide CAP ALE net.

8050.0 FC8FEM - FEMA Region 8 Denver, CO, ALE/USB sounding at 1548 on FEMA FNARS net freq.

9025.0
DMLS - Unknown station, using ALE/USB on USAF HF-GCS Scope Command ALE HF Network at 1638.
MCC - West Coast, McClellan CA, using ALE/USB on USAF HF-GCS Scope Command ALE HF Network at 1634.
OFF - Offutt AFB, NE, using ALE/USB on USAF HF-GCS Scope Command ALE HF Network at 1631.
Mexican Army Net - Jupiter clg Venus, ALE/USB at 1600.

9106.0
AAT3BF - US Army MARS Newark, DE, ALE/USB sounding at 1525/1554/1818/1846 on SHARES SCN channel 5.
BF741 - Director of Military Support, Washington, DC at 1811 on SHARES SCN channel 5.

9143.5 NRK - US Army National Guard Norfolk, VA, ALE/USB sounding at 1550 on the NG STARC nationwide net.

10194.0 FR5FEM - FEMA Chicago, IL (WGY9865) ALE/USB sounding at 1819 on FEMA FNARS net freq.

10588.0 FC8FEM - FEMA Region 8 Denver, CO, ALE/USB sounding at 1847 on FEMA FNARS net freq.

11217.0
XSS - UK DHFCS TASCOMM ALE Network, ALE/USB sounding at 1836. I was really surprised to be hearing this station at this hour.
AAT3BF - US Army MARS Newark, DE, ALE/USB sounding at 1823 on SHARES SCN channel 6.

12087.0 R27069 - US Army aircraft calling T1Z147 - National Guard (WI) 1-147 AVN, Madison WI, ALE/USB at 1807.

12216.0 FC8FEM - FEMA Region 8 Denver, CO, ALE/USB sounding at 1847 on FEMA FNARS net freq.

13446.0 FC6 - FEMA Region 6 Office Denton, TX, ALE/USB sounding at 1810 on FEMA FMARS net freq.

15708.0 FC8FEM - FEMA Region 8 Denver, CO, ALE/USB sounding at 1846 on FEMA FNARS net freq.

BTown Milcom/Gov Blog Logs - 8/28/2008

WC-130J Hurricane Hunters takes off from Biloxi for hurricane observation ops. (USAF Photo)

With the approach of tropical cyclones Gustav and Hanna, we are monitoring selected frequencies associated with SHARES, FEMA, Secure, National Guard, CAP, US Army Corps of Engineers, and other services that may be involved in any disaster response. All frequencies listed below are in kHz and times in UTC.

Keep an eye on this blog for any late breaking frequency information and you can see my latest list of frequencies to monitor at http://monitor-post.blogspot.com/search?q=hurricane.

4490.0 KNY58 - National Communications System - NTCN-HF Gadsden, AL, ALE/USB sounding at 1753 on SHARES SCN channel 3.

4780.0 INDOPS - National Guard Indianapolis, IN, ALE/USB sounding at 1811/1842 on IN NG Primary freq.

5378.0 FR5FEM - FEMA Chicago, IL (WGY9865) ALE/USB sounding at 1822 on FEMA FNARS net freq.

5711.0 AAT3BF - US Army MARS Newark, DE, ALE/USB sounding at 1652/1818/1916 on SHARES SCN channel 4.

5817.0 NRK - US Army National Guard Norfolk, VA, ALE/USB sounding at 1800 on the NG STARC nationwide net.

5961.0 FR5FEM - FEMA Chicago, IL (WGY9865) ALE/USB sounding at 1821/1921 on FEMA FNARS net freq.

6106.0 FR5FEM - FEMA Chicago, IL (WGY9865) ALE/USB sounding at 1820 on FEMA FNARS net freq.

6806.0 0011ARCAP - Civil Air Patrol, Unknown location in Arkansas, ALE/USB sounding at 1836 on the nationwide CAP ALE net.

6809.0 FC6 - FEMA Region 6 Office Denton, TX, ALE/USB sounding at 1911 on FEMA FMARS net freq.

7348.0
FC8FEM - FEMA Region 8 Denver, CO, ALE/USB sounding at 1748 on FEMA FMARS
net freq.
FC6 - FEMA Region 6 Office Denton, TX, ALE/USB sounding at 1911 on FEMA FMARS net freq.

8012.0
RIC - Civil Air Patrol CAP Region 2 MER/CAP National Technology Center Richmond, VA, ALE/USB sounding at 1801 on the nationwide CAP ALE net.
0011ARCAP - Civil Air Patrol, Unknown location in Arkansas, ALE/USB sounding at 1828 on the nationwide CAP ALE net.
0048FLCAP - Civil Air Patrol, Unknown location in Florida, ALE/USB sounding at 1922 on the nationwide CAP ALE net.

8037.0 NRK - US Army National Guard Norfolk, VA, ALE/USB sounding at 1915 on the NG STARC nationwide net.

8047.0
NRK - US Army National Guard Norfolk, VA, ALE/USB sounding at 1915 on the NG STARC nationwide net.
L060AN - US Army National Guard Baton Rouge, LA, calling HQ703N - NG Readiness Center Arlington, VA, ALE/USB at 1919 on the NG STARC nationwide net.
T3Z238 - National Guard (IN) 2-238 AVN Shelbyville, IN, ALE/USB sounding at 1859 on the NG STARC nationwide net.

8050.0 FR5FEM - FEMA Chicago, IL, ALE/USB sounding at 1819/1919 on FEMA FNARS net freq.

9106.0 AAT3BF - US Army MARS Newark, DE, ALE/USB sounding at 1650/1748/1817/1914/1943 on SHARES SCN channel 5.

9143.5
NGTROOPCMD - Ohio National Guard Columbus, OH, ALE/USB sounding at 1611.
NRK - US Army National Guard Norfolk, VA, ALE/USB sounding at 1900 on the NG STARC nationwide net.

9462.0 FC6 - FEMA Region 6 Office Denton, TX, ALE/USB sounding at 1911 on FEMA FMARS net freq.

10194.0 FR5FEM - FEMA Chicago, IL (WGY9865) ALE/USB sounding at 1819 on FEMA FNARS net freq.

10588.0 FC8FEM - FEMA Region 8 Denver, CO, ALE/USB sounding at 1747/1947 on FEMA FNARS net freq.

10816.5 T060XN - Texas National Guard STARC, Camp Mabry, TX, calling A040LN Montgomery, AL, ALE/USB at 1945.

10899.0 FC8FEM - FEMA Region 8 Denver, CO, ALE/USB sounding at 1947 on FEMA FNARS net freq.

11108.0 FC8FEM - FEMA Region 8 Denver, CO, ALE/USB sounding at 1847 on FEMA FNARS net freq.

11217.0 AAT3BF - US Army MARS Newark, DE, ALE/USB sounding at 1651/1748/1817 on SHARES SCN channel 6.

13446.0 FC6 - FEMA Region 6 Office Denton, TX, ALE/USB sounding at 1910 on FEMA FMARS net freq.

13568.0 T060XN - Texas National Guard STARC, Camp Mabry, TX, calling A040LN Montgomery, AL, ALE/USB at 1944.

14776.0 FC8FEM - FEMA Region 8 Denver, CO, ALE/USB sounding at 1846/1946 on FEMA FNARS net freq.

15094.0 USARC5 - Unknown location (US Army Reserve Command or American Red Cross?), calling PR13, another unknown location using ALE/USB at 1847 on SHARES SCN channel 7.

New HF Digital Protocol to Debut at DCC

WINMOR, an HF digital protocol designed for use with the Winlink 2000 network, will be unveiled at the upcoming ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference in Chicago, September 26-28.

You can read the rest of the story on the ARRL website at
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/08/26/10284/?nc=1

NY Statewide Wireless Network on Ropes

NY Times Blog Article By Danny Hakim

Source: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/statewide-wireless-network-on-ropes/#more-3697

More bad news will come tomorrow (August 21, 2008), when Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli will release a highly critical audit detailing failures of M/A-Com, a division of Tyco International, in living up to the requirements of its contract to create the network, according to a person briefed on the audit.

An ambitious plan to create an emergency radio network that was intended to connect all emergency agencies and local police and fire departments in New York State appears to be in danger of falling apart. The $2 billion network has been plagued with problems
( http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/nyregion/18radio.html?scp=1&sq=%22statewide%20wireless%20network%22&st=cse) and has also been the victim of the latest round of budget cuts, which included a $40 million cut to the project.

A press release detailing budget cuts issued by the Paterson administration Wednesday said, somewhat ominously, that "any decision regarding the future of the Statewide Wireless Network project" would be "made at a later date." At a press conference Wednesday, Gov. David A. Paterson was asked if the project was dead, at which point Speaker Sheldon Silver whispered something that was inaudible in the governor´s ear. "The Speaker just said to me it´s not dead," the governor said, "but it´s in critical condition."

Editorial Comment: Surprise, surprise, another dismal failure of a M/A-COM system. If the Dems in Congres want to do something useful maybe they should hold hearings on all the wasted taxpayer money spent on failed M/A-COM trunk radio systems, like New York state and New Orleans (to name just two). Florida, you have a big target on your back and the clock is ticking.

Lifelong radio buff Tom Kneitel dead at 75

It is my sad duty to announce that my old friend Tomcat has passed away down in Florida on Friday. Here is an obit courtesy of the Orlando newspaper, Jack NeSMith and family. Thanks Jack.

From the Orlando Sentinel newspaper:

Tom Kneitel, who loved radios from the time he was a kid, turned his hobby into a career, writing magazine articles and books for other radio buffs. Known by his CB handle "Tomcat," Kneitel was a storied figure in the world of CBs, shortwaves and scanners.

His 1992 book Tune in on Telephone Calls - which told readers how to use inexpensive equipment to join the "popular pastime" of listening in on other people's cell-phone calls - earned him interviews by The New York Times and The Boston Globe.

Kneitel, 75, died Friday. The DeLand man had been ill for more than a year, with a variety of health problems, said Judy Kneitel, his wife of 54 years.

He began writing about radios in the 1950s. "My goodness, I'm having fun and they're paying me," he told his wife.

His last job had been as editor of Popular Communications magazine, but he had also written for CB Horizons magazine, S9 magazine, Popular Electronics and TV Guide. He also wrote a number of other books.

Born in New York City, Kneitel spent part of his childhood in Florida. He was the grandson of Max Fleischer, the cartoonist who had a Miami animation studio that created Betty Boop and Popeye cartoons.

His family moved back to New York when he was a teenager, and Kneitel spent most of his life there. In 2004, the Kneitels retired to DeLand.

He was a funny man but also a workaholic who would "be at the typewriter 18 hours a day," Judy Kneitel said. "He never missed a deadline. He enjoyed writing."

Even as he was entering a hospice last year, "he turned out three more articles," she said.

Most of his columns contained humor, plays on words and strong opinions. A Pennsylvania newsletter for radio buffs last year reprinted this retort by Kneitel, who'd been taken to task for his criticism of an old organization: "I don't care when it was founded, I just want to know when it will be losted."

Kneitel got his first radio from relatives after he contracted polio when he was 14 - and was hooked.

Though he recovered from the disease, he always walked with a limp, his wife said, and about 15 years ago "post-polio syndrome" landed him in a wheelchair. He'd been suffering from heart disease and diabetes, among other problems, too.

In addition to his wife, Kneitel is survived by seven of his eight children and by 10 grandchildren. The family plans a private memorial service.

RAC announces a newly revised HF Band Plan.

The HF Band Plan is a voluntary, gentleman's agreement, intended for the guidance of and observation by Canadian Radio Amateurs. Without these guidelines chaos would set in. The main mode of enforcement is peer pressure.

Industry Canada as a government department regulates the amateur radio spectrum. They regulate the frequencies and the bandwidth, but not the modes of operation within the amateur spectrum. A Band Plan (even though it is voluntary) is necessary for the guidance of the users.

The Canadian HF Band Plan was formulated by a committee of Radio Amateurs representative of a cross section of each geographical district. After a consensus was reached by the committee, the HF Band Plan was submitted to the Board of Directors of Radio Amateurs of Canada for approval.

The Plan was approved on July 22, 2008.

The HF Band Plan reflects the interests of Canadian Radio Amateurs, while taking into account the regional and international concerns of the International Amateur Radio Union. The plan addresses the needs of Canadian Radio Amateurs for a workable HF Band Plan.

http://www.rac.ca/service/bandplans/hfband_e.php

New Uniden scanners are on the horizon

Uniden will be releasing two new handheld scanners later this year. Two new Uniden support Yahoogroups (below) were recently discovered while roaming the net.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BCD396XT

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BC346XT

The BC346XT will probably be a follow-on product to their original BC-246 handheld, the first to have dynamic memory. Both units will probably have updated features with the 346 maintaining its analog pedigree and the BC396XT continuing its digital lineage.

More about the radios soon here on this blog.

GOES-12 Tracks Edouard

A GOES-12 infrared satellite image provided by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, Calif., showing the status of Tropical Storm Edouard at approximately 4:00 am EST. Edouard made landfall near Port Arthur, Texas, as a strong tropical storm with maximum sustained winds near 65 mph and higher gusts. It is moving west-northwest at 14 mph. The storm is expected to weaken as it continues into Texas. U.S. Navy photo (Released)

NECN Activated for Edouard

Courtesy of Eric in Hotlanta and the UDXF group.

ZNR UUUUU
DE AFN1EC NR 011
O 050825Z AUG 08
FM AFN1EC ME
TO USAF MARS SHARES STATIONS
INFO AGA3C
ZEN ARMY MARS
ZEN NAVMARCORMARS
BT
SUBJ: ECOM BDCST 08-11 FEMA NECN ACTIVATION//TS EDOUARD
RE: FEMA EMAIL DTG 042051Z AUG 08

1. EFFECTIVE 051000Z (5:00AM CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME) AUGUST 2008, THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) IS ACTIVATING THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY COORDINATION NET (NECN) IN RESPONSE TO THREAT OF DAMAGE TO THE STATES OF TEXAS AND LOUISIANA AS A RESULT OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD. THE TROPICAL STORM IS EXPECTED TO REACH HURRICANE STRENGTH BY THE TIME IT MAKES LANDFALL IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF 05 AUGUST.

2. THIS NET IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE BACKUP COMMAND AND CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS LINKS TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL RESPONSE PLAN BY PROVIDING FEDERAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL WITH A COMMON HF FREQUENCY TO MEET ON FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION,
COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES, AND TO REQUEST ASSISTANCE.

3. NATIONAL RESPONSE PLAN SUPPORT AGENCIES SHOULD DESIGNATE ONE OR MORE HF RADIO STATIONS TO PROVIDE LIAISON BETWEEN THE NECN AND YOUR AGENCIES COMMAND STRUCTURE. THOSE STATIONS SHOULD CHECK IN AND MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH THE NET CONTROL STATION.

4. THE NET CONTROL STATION WILL BE WGY906, LOCATED NEAR DENTON, TX. THE NECOS WILL BE MONITORING FREQUENCIES 10493 AND 5211 USB.

5. REGION 4 OR TRANSCON SHOULD DESIGNATE ONE OR MORE HF RADIO STATIONS SUPPORTING HURRICANE ECOM OPERATIONS TO PROVIDE LIAISON BETWEEN THE NECN AND MARS ECOM NETS.

6. THOSE STATIONS SHOULD CHECK IN AND MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH THE NET CONTROL STATION.

7. MARS STATIONS OUTSIDE THE AFFECTED THREAT AREA AND NOT ENGAGED IN ECOM SUPPORT TO TX AND THE GULF COAST SHOULD MONITOR TRANSCON VOICE FREQUENCIES AND BE READY TO ASSIST WITH ECOM TRAFFIC. DIGITAL NETWORKS SHOULD BE CLOSELY MONITORED TO ENSURE EFFICIENT TRAFFIC FLOW.

8. AIR FORCE MARS: PROVIDING THE REINS OF COMMAND - IN EMERGENCIES

9. SGD HARRY L. MARSTERS II, CMSGT, NATIONAL EMERGENCY COORDINATOR/AFN1EC

BT
NNNN AR

Police Call publisher Gene Hughes has passed away

Gene (Costin) Hughes, the creator and publisher of the Police Call frequency books and one of the founding fathers of scanning radio hobby, has passed away. Very few people in the radio hobby actually knew Gene's real surname of Costin. I remember the first time he told me what it was during a phone conversation. When he asked me if I knew Gene Costin, I asked him Gene who? He had a good laugh over that one.

Gene was a good friend, a great radio hobbyist, and super scanner hobby mentor. Like his Police Call publications, Gene will be missed.

From the August 3 Los Angeles Times at
http://www.legacy.com/latimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=114760512

"COSTIN, Gene. Born in Louisville, KY November 25, 1927. Gene Costin moved with his parents at the age of 12 to Los Angeles and loved this community. He lived a full and accomplished life. As a young man Gene devolped interests in politics and astronomy and closely followed developments in both areas throughout his life. He was a passionate civil libertarian and supporter of many liberal causes and other charities. *He was well known in the two-way radio communications business and renowned to radio hobbyists nationwide for Police Call, which he published under the name Gene C. Hughes.* After retirement he served long hours as a volunteer at the LAPD, for which he received a Volunteer of the Year award from the State of California. He was loved and will be missed by a wonderful family- his devoted wife Mitzi, three children, and their spouses-Cathy Costin (Mitchell Reback), Robert Costin (Yves Yarborox), and John Costin (Rachel Phipps). He was proud of his four grandchildren, Isaac Reback, Mia Reback, Silas Phipps-Costin, and Judah Phipps-Costin, and he adored his dog Murray. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Tower Cancer Research Foundation or a charity of your choice. Services will be private at Gene's request. "

A guestbook may be signed, at
http://www.legacy.com/latimes/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=114760512

(Photo courtesy of BoingBoing.net)