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- BBS: Red Onion Express
- Date: 08-26-92 (00:59) Number: 160
- From: BRIAN JOHNSON Refer#: NONE
- To: ALL Recvd: YES
- Subj: HURRICANE ANDREW/MONITORI Conf: (39) SHORTWV
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- The following frequencies have been monitored here with relation to
- Hurricane Andrew emergency operations. The Amateur Radio RACES
- service is operating on several frequencies. During the day it is
- best to monitor the "Hurricane Net" on 14325 kHz (USB). Health &
- Welfare traffic is heard on 14300 kHz with "outgoing" Health & Welfare
- messages on 14268 kHz. The above frequencies are best heard during
- the daylight hours or according to propagation conditions. At one
- point, I belei a ham operator from San Diego was handling the net on
- 14325 khz. All the above can be heard in USB mode. Night-time and
- early morning traffic can be heard on the following frequencies...
- 3930 kHz (Central Gulf Coast Hurricane Net), 3935 kHz (Hurricane
- Net-Emergency Traffic) and 3920 kHz (Health & Welfare Traffic). All
- these are in LSB (Lower Sideband) mode. In addition, for RTTY weather
- updates from WLO at Mobile, Alabama (especially with relation to
- Hurricane Andrew) can be monitored on 16997.5 kHz (daytime) and 8534
- kHz or 6344 kHz (during the night and early morning hours). WLO
- carries the latest Hurricane Advisories from the National Hurricane
- Center in Florida. Of course, there are other frequencies which you
- may hear WLO on also. USCG weather can also be heard on 4429 kHz,
- 8765 kHz, 13113 kHz and 17307 kHz (USB). As was mwntioned before, NOAA
- Hurricane Hunter aircraft can be found on 6673, 11398, 13354 and 21937
- kHz (USB). There may be other frequencies which may be on the air and
- in use by other agencies such as the American Red Cross, FEMA (The
- Federal Emergency Management Agency) or other government services such
- as the National Guard. In addition, there are the following
- frequencies which may have amateur radio traffic in relation to
- Hurricane Andrew or other emergency traffic. 3958 kHz (LSB) is the
- Sunbelt Net. Others are 3950 kHz (LSB) and 7251 kHz (USB).
- If anyone has additional information to contribute here as far as
- frequencies are concerned please do so. As I write this, tornados are
- extremely predictable in areas of Louisiana and Texas on the frontal
- zone of Andrew. In fact a couple of twisters have already touched
- near La Plat (sp?), Louisiana. And, this is just the first hurricane
- of the season. Happy Monitoring...Brian.
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- * Origin: Gandalf's - San Diego, CA - VHST - 619-466-9505
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