Armed Forces Day Update

Due to the flood emergency in the US, the Army Corps of Engineers has changed its plans from those shown in the original schedule for the communication tests:

A quick note - due to regional flooding in the St. Francis River basin, the WUG-231 operation from the W.G. Huxtable Pumping Plant in Marianna, AR will not be possible. Instead, look for WUG-2/B which will be operating from Memphis, TN. Frequencies will remain the same as for WUG-231 operation.

Jim Pogue - KH2AR

9/14 COTHEN and USACE Logs

Propagation conditions have tanked here in The Land That Shortwave Forgot. This will have to be the last log for a while:

5327.5 WUK437-US Army Corps Of Engineers, CA, ALE sounding, also on 6020 and 6785, at 2052.

7527.0 LNT raised J31 in ALE, then USB voice at 2149.

8912.0 CRB raised D31 in ALE, then secure PARKHILL comm in USB, at 2120.
8912.0 LNT raised K15 in ALE, link quality analyses at 2124.
8912.0 CNT raised D31 in ALE, then clear and secure USB voice, at 2137 and 2142.

11494.0 USDAEOC2-US Dept of Agriculture Alternate Emergency Operations Center, MD, ALE sounding at 2306. Station is not in the COTHEN net, but this frequency is common to both.


COTHEN callsigns heard: 501, 716, A39, CNT, CRB, D31, D45, J01, J09, K15, LNT, T16
Freqs: 7527.0, 8912.0, 10242.0, 11494.0, 13907.0, 15867.0, 18594.0

501 = Coast Guard 1501, HC-130H, E-City
716 = Coast Guard 1716, HC-130H, Sacramento, CA
A39 = US Customs & Border Protection AB139, reg. #N139HS
CNT = CBP Central Regional Communications Node
CRB = CBP Caribbean Regional Communications Node
D31, D45 = CBP P-3 patrol a/c
J01 = Coast Guard 6001, MH-60J helo, E-City
J09 = Coast Guard 6009, MH-60J helo, E-City
K15 = USCG rescue helo, probably Coast Guard Rescue 6515
LNT = Camslant Chesapeake
T16 = CBP Piper PA-42-720R, reg. #N9116Q, FL

Federal ALE Logs 1 Sep 08

All USB ALE, Times UTC

31 Aug 08

11217.0   043NCS      SND            23:40:31

1 Sep 08

3345.0    WUK437      SND            06:05:53
4757.0    494FEMAUX   TO  5CDCS16    04:11:38
5140.0    401MT       SND            02:12:32
5140.0    401MT       SND            04:27:44
9414.5    494FEMAUX   TO  033CDCS22  03:16:26

043NCS = SHARES/ National Communications System
401MT = Unknown FEMA Region 4
494FEMAUX = FEMA WGY 9494, Region 4 Auxiliary Station
05CDCS16 and 033CDCS22 = National Public Health Radio Network stations, Centers for Disease Control

US Army Corps Of Engineers Log

WUK437, Los Angeles, sounding on 5015.0, 5400.0, 5437.5, and 5400 kHz USB ALE.

Other possible USACE freqs worth trying are 3345.0, 5327.0, 6020.0, 6785.0, 9122.5, 11693.5, 12070.0, 12122.0, 12267.0, 16077.0, 16326.0, 16358.0, 16382.0, and 20659.0, all USB ALE.

The USACE is responsible for levees and flood walls in the Louisiana area.