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Fansome

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Haiti earthquake frequencies
« on: January 15, 2010, 2104 UTC »
This was posted to the UDXF mailing list. Looks like a good site.

[UDXF] Haiti earthquake frequencies...‏
From:    udxf@yahoogroups.com on behalf of ka3jjz (ka3jjz@netscape.com)
Sent:    Wed 1/13/10 2:12 PM
To:    UDXF@yahoogroups.com

are being tracked in the RadioReference wiki, URL here...
 
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Haiti_Earthquake_2010
 
Anyone wanting to edit and registered with RR can sign in with their userid/password on the left about 1/3 of the way down the page.
 
73 Mike
 
 

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Re: Haiti earthquake frequencies
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2010, 0120 UTC »
thanks.

Offline Tube Shortwave

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Re: Haiti earthquake frequencies
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2010, 1956 UTC »
For those (like me) who find the additional step of going there annoying, here you go with my compliments-

US Coast Guard
The COTHEN network is active with US Coast Guard assets passing US Citizen injury reports and damage estimates for Haiti. All frequencies in USB and assets use ALE for call connections. 9025 (HF-GCS) has been noted with ALE traffic

MIAMI - Coast Guard officials in Miami have mobilized cutters and aircraft to positions in close proximity to Haiti to render humanitarian assistance as needed.

Deployed to the area are:

.The crew of a C-130 Hercules fixed-wing aircraft from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla. .The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant, a 210-foot reliance class cutter homeported in Miami. .The crew of the Coast Guard Cutters Forward, a 270-foot medium endurance cutters homeported in Portsmouth, Va. .The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma, a 270-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Portsmouth, N.H. .The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk, a 270-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Key West, Fla.

Additional Coast Guard assets patrolling the area have been alerted of the situation and stand by to render assistance as needed.

The Coast Guard is also using their standard HF frequencies for operations as well:

Callsigns: CamsLant/Camslant Chesapeake= Communications Master Station-Atlantic- Chesapeake Virginia

CamsPac/CamsPac Point Reyes-Communications Master Station-Pacific, Point Reyes, CA.

5696
8983
11201
COTHEN Net:

Callsigns: Service Center= US Customs National Law Enforcement Communications Center -- Technical Service Center and COTHEN Remote Transmitter, Orlando, FL.

CamsLant Chesapeake CamsPac Point Reyes

5732.0
5909.5
6709.0
7527.0
8912.0
10242.0
11196.0
11494.0
12222.0
13907.0
14582.0
15867.0
18584.0
20890.0
20662.0
23214.0
25530.0
[edit] USAF
9018.0 USB is active with USAF REACH assets (Airlift Assets) coordinating their arrivals into Haiti.

8992.0 and 11175.0 are active with phone patches and general traffic on the USAF High Frequency Global Communications System

[edit] USN
The US Navy is very active on 8971 with TIGER-01, FIDDLE, CARDFILE-02 and other assets coordinating P-3 radar communications and data links back to the US. Assume these taskings are to provide tactical data links for assets on scene.

Link 11 Coordination Net is active, and has been heard on:

 * 5.715.4 MHz
 * 8.975.4 MHz
 * 9.005.4 MHz
All communications have been in USB. In addition, data has been sent on 5.715.4 MHz.

[edit] US Army SOUTHCOM operations
MIAMI - U.S. Southern Command will deploy a team of 30 people to Haiti to support U.S. relief efforts in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.

The team, which includes U.S. military engineers, operational planners, and a command and control group and communication specialists, will arrive in Haiti today on two C-130 Hercules aircraft. The team will work with U.S. Embassy personnel as well as Haitian, United Nations and international officials to assess the situation and facilitate follow on U.S. military support.

11205
11436
15025 (possibly)
11205.0 USB has been active working assets transitioning the area. Callsign SMASHER and SHARK-97, SHARK-98 and others.

[edit] US Dept of Homeland Security
US Customs and Border Protection has a P-3 AWACS Aircraft on station over Haiti providing air traffic control and other coordination duties. The aircraft on scene is N145CS presumably out of the Jacksonville CBP air branch. The P-3 is coordinating assets on 345.0 AM in addition to using the COTHEN network for HF communications.

[edit] CANFORCE Canadian Armed Forces
Canada is sending a reconnaissance team to Haiti to assess the needs from the major earthquake as government agencies and private citizens tried Wednesday to reach Canadians known to be in the devastated country. Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said the reconnaissance team will provide guidance for the deployment of Canada's Disaster Assistance Response Team, or DART, a military quick-reaction force for humanitarian aid. A C-17 transport plane and two Griffon-type search-and-rescue helicopters are standing by to help with relief efforts in Haiti following the destructive quake that hit Tuesday afternoon. It's not immediately clear when the aircraft will depart from Canada. "More equipment is to be deployed based on the needs assessment," Cannon said in Ottawa.

5717  - Halifax & Trenton Military
6706  - Halifax Military
9007  - Halifax & Trenton Military
11232 - Trenton Military
[edit] Amateur Radio Operations
International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region II Area C Emergency Coordinator Arnie Coro, CO2KK requested that the following frequencies be kept clear for emergency traffic related to the quake.

7045 kHz
3720 kHz
SATERN Nets are active on these frequencies:

14.265 MHz Primary Daytime.
7265 and 3977.7 KHz evening and night
The Maritime Mobile Service Network maintained its net and directly coordinated traffic in and out of the affected area. Phone patches were also arranged and moved off to nearby frequencies.

14300 kHz Primary
14313 kHz Phone Patches
The Global ALE High Frequency Network (HFN) is on alert and ready to communicate using the following frequencies:

HFN net (text/internet/sounding/calling)

3596.0 USB
7102.0 USB
10145.5 USB
14109.0 USB
18106.0 USB
21096.0 USB
24926.0 USB
28146.0 USB
HFL net (emcomm/voice/calling)

3791.0 USB
7185.5 USB
14346.0 USB
18117.5 USB
21437.5 USB
24932.0 USB
28312.5 USB
[edit] Local Haiti Operations
USCG Herc-20 passed the following info to USCG District 7 during a phone patch through DHS Service Center

127.0 VHF AM used for all UN Aircraft operating in the vicinity of Haiti
124.5 VHF AM is Port au Prince Temporary tower frequency
USCG Aircraft passed the following info on 1/15/2010:

124.5 Approach

118.3 Port Au Prince Tower

130.0 Port Au Prince Ground Control

[edit] Live Radio Communications Streams
RadioReference Live Audio Feeds related to the Haiti earthquake are located here:

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?stid=283

In addition, W2LIE.net is streaming SATERN traffic from NY. Current radio is TS-450 with a Cushcraft R-7.

Listen on the "/Special" Feed http://www.w2lie.net

EchoLink VOIP Stream: http://live.wx5fwd.net/

cmradio

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Re: Haiti earthquake frequencies
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2010, 0330 UTC »
I see 3720 kHz is used by ham coordinations.  That explains why my morning listening of the wet coast crowd there has proved fruitless.

Peace!