[FedCom] 169.5125 [127.3] for Galveston area disaster drill

[bernieS]

Nice catch!  Thanks for posting interesting details.


At 09:34 AM 6/14/2019, Eric C. Carlson wrote:
>169.5125 [127.3] was reported during Hurricane Harvey in Houston but
>unidentified. It was active again on June 12 for a large scale Texas Task
>Force 1 and National Guard disaster drill in the Galveston area. The
>frequency was used by the DPS "Spectre 219" (N219TX) aircraft acting as an
>airborne command post coordinating assets for the drill with the ground
>command post. Based on the freq, usage, and 127.3 CTCSS this seems to a
>National Guard frequency in Texas.
>
>Other frequencies used include:
>36.8
>36.9
>123.45 "Fingers" appeared to be primary air coordination freq
>151.1375
>154.28 (or 154.2875)
>156.2175 NAC 162 DPS Air
>
>There was probably a lot more in use but I could only hear the higher
>altitude aircraft from a distance. The drill included 26 fixed-wing and
>rotary aircraft including those from Texas DPS, National Guard, Texas Game
>Wardens, Houston Police, and Coast Guard.
>
>https://www.kagstv.com/article/news/local/only-on-kags-texas-task-force-one-and-national-guard-search-and-rescue-demo/499-f96da88b-9685-48c7-a47b-3cc9fdd96849
>
>https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=891439281199175
>
>-Eric
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