Hi Rick, I wanted to make this a separate message for some reading regarding ALE and Katrina, I do not know all the details of ALE use by all the agencies involved, many just take it for granted actually, below is an item to read related to the subject of ALE and Katrina that I have made note of in the past, I am sure if some did some research much more would be found. The purchasing of ALE equipments after Katrina has gone way up by the way.
http://www.ametsoc.org/atmospolicy/documents/Clark_Andrew.pdf#search=%22%22Automatic%20Link%20Establishment%22%20Katrina%22 Also, the reason for all the ALE in everything Military is that they have learned HF ALE excels in "over-the-horizon" transmissions due to automatic selection of the best available frequency for a given communication path. As the Military has a limited number of available Tactical Satellite (TACSAT) channels within a given theatre, HF ALE has proven to be a reliable over-the-horizon communications replacement for TACSAT anywhere at any time 24/7. Here is a message from my e-mail archives from that disaster: Bonnie and others are in a much better position to provide or point you to the Amateur Radio data from that period as I was involved with MARS activities and at that time we did not do things like posting monitoring reports. To: "a Propagation Reflector" <<mailto:propagation%40contesting.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Propagation] WD8ARZ ALE Propigation Report for Katrina Responders From: "WD8ARZ" <<mailto:wd8arz%40ix.netcom.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 12:57:12 -0500 List-post: <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This e-mail posting is from the Radio Propagation Reflector that you're currently subscribed to. Refer to the end of this e-mail for directions on how to change your subscription options, or to unsubscribe. _______________________-start-_________________ Ale scanning and sounding has generated the following so far today: [17:45:43][FRQ 07065000][SND][ ][TWS][K4BYR ][AL0] BER 27 SN 06 [17:40:43][FRQ 14109500][SND][ ][TWS][K4BYR ][AL0] BER 23 SN 06 [17:39:44][FRQ 07102000][SND][ ][TWS][K4BYR ][AL0] BER 30 SN 07 [17:39:28][FRQ 14109500][SND][ ][TWS][KB2M ][AL0] BER 30 SN 09 [17:38:30][FRQ 10145500][SND][ ][TWS][KB2M ][AL0] BER 26 SN 06 [17:24:25][FRQ 10145500][SND][ ][TWS][KB2M ][AL0] BER 30 SN 07 [17:18:04][FRQ 10145500][AMD][KM4BA ][ENROUTE BROOKHAVEN MS RED CROSS SHELTER] [17:08:30][FRQ 14109500][SND][ ][TWS][KB2M ][AL0] BER 30 SN 06 [16:47:25][FRQ 07102000][SND][ ][TWS][KB2M ][AL0] BER 29 SN 08 [16:38:59][FRQ 14109500][AMD][KF4 ][KF4IN DAN HERE TES] [16:34:45][FRQ 14342500][FAILED ][KQ6XA ] [16:33:06][FRQ 14342500][TO ][WB9QDL ][TIS][K4BYR ][AL0] BER 30 SN 07 [16:31:25][FRQ 07102000][SND][ ][TWS][KB2M ][AL0] BER 26 SN 06 [16:29:08][FRQ 14342500][TO ][WB9QDL ][TIS][K4BYR ][AL0] BER 25 SN 10 [16:27:44][FRQ 10145500][TO ][GPR ][TIS][KM4BA ][AL0] BER 30 SN 10 [16:03:30][FRQ 07102000][SND][ ][TWS][KB2M ][AL0] BER 24 SN 07 [16:00:29][FRQ 07065000][SND][ ][TWS][KB2M ][AL0] BER 28 SN 08 [15:32:31][FRQ 07102000][SND][ ][TWS][KB2M ][AL0] BER 22 SN 06 [15:32:26][FRQ 07102000][SND][ ][TWS][KB2 ][AL0] BER 26 SN 05 73 from Bill - WD8ARZ /s/ Steve, N2CKH/AAR2EY >If ALE played a huge part in Katrina, it was one of the best kept >secrets. Each group with a particular agenda believes that their system >was THE one that saved the day. For example Winlink 2000, by some >accounts, preempted the ARRL NTS system. I heard the SHARES system >active, but not passing very much traffic, I heard other nets in a >similar vein. Since you can not easily copy Pactor traffic, even with >the equipment, it is difficult to know what went on there. I suspect >that most of the traffic was via government sat phone, HF links, and of >course tactical communication which makes up the bulk of emergency >traffic. Some of this information may not be possible to ever find out. > >73, > >Rick, KV9U [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
