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Boston Area Special Event / Working Incident Live Audio Feed special event feed is up and running ... safety launch 1 and 3 were talking at 11am ... maybe on 'dcr field' tg

this is not a national security event apparently ... it is not mentioned on the fema daily ops report today

air 5 picking up tupac at boston fire barn 1114am

'broadcastify calls' also has a feed with mema ... iirc it has 'dcr field ops' also

'safety launch 6 to net control' ... its probably nothing ... memorial drive and western drive ... unattended bag at 1117am ... tan bag ... 18inch length ... soft bag on green park bench

whiskey one romeo is net control .... hearing other ham callsigns also
 

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I'm running this feed and added in the amateur radio frequency that was posted on the SNE forums. Anything with "net control" is on the amateur repeater. Not sure if I'll keep it in the rotation tomorrow, I added it today since it's very quiet on the public safety side.

In the same thread they also mentioned that MSP is using H-PTL-1 instead of an Events channel today, though Events 5 is up but seems to be unrelated. I added in DCR Field Ops as well but my Metro Boston Simulcast reception can be...spotty. Not sure if DCR is also on Cambridge Simulcast.

The channels and TGs I'm monitoring are probably overkill for the HOCR, especially since Friday doesn't have that many events. I might drop H-PTL-1 and Statewide Heli tomorrow if they're going to be using an Events TG to cut down on non HOCR traffic.
 
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MEMA - Metro Boston Ops/Emergency Management (MEMA) Group Calls Live MEMA Boston area TG

MEMA - Statewide/Emergency Management (MEMA) Group Calls Live MEMA statewide TG ... might just catch Worcester area traffic

DCR Field Ops/Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Group Calls Live DCR Field Ops TG ..... heard talking to unit at Blue Hills

Techs Statewide/Technicians Group Calls Live state radio techs statewide

Statewide Helicopters and Mobiles/State Police - Statewide Group Calls Live ... state TG for helos

all of these feeds are from 'Broadcastify Calls'
 
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Airport Detail: BOS | LiveATC.net

aviation feeds for boston area including logan unicom, logan helicopters, boston tower, boston approach, etc

Boston Skyway is used by Logan Tower to coord helos in greater Boston area
 

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Seems like things might be winding down for the day, at least on the Amateur Radio side. Safety Launch One was released by River Control and the race livestream ended a while ago.

Seems like Events 3 might be Marine units on the Charles since there was traffic on the TG about a unit verifying that a temporary dock was supposed to be there. I'll make a decision this evening whether to drop H-PTL-1 or not since I'll be working the event tomorrow and won't be able to make adjustments on the fly.

Since I'll likely be dropping H-PTL-1 in favor of Events TGs they can be heard here: MA State Police Troop H
 
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twosenses can you give a little info about radio traffic for the event?

will we hear both Safety Launches (with hams] and State Marine units ? will EMS have boats? any 'behind the scene' channels? should we hear watertown or newton involved?
 

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I can certainly try based on some previous SNE threads and some blog posts from hams who have volunteered in the past.

On the Amateur Radio side of thing you'll hear Safety Launches which will have at least one Lifeguard in them for any on the water medical incidents (see https://www.hocr.org/lifeguard/). You'll also hear first aid tents and walking teams for medical incidents on land. Today all I really heard from the Safety Launches were requests for bio breaks and that unattended bag you mentioned earlier. For the walking team someone skinned their hand. I expect more traffic on the repeater tomorrow. Still haven't decided if I'm keeping it on the feed but I probably will as hams are primary for a lot of medical comms.

On the MSP side of things there is at least one Marine unit on the Charles. I heard it on Events 3 and also saw it in the background of the livestream by the finish line. Based on SNE threads there have been at least two Events TGs in the past, one for Marine, one for Land. As to EMS boats I have no idea but I know that Cambridge FD has some boats though I think most of this is in the realm of the Safety Launches.

DCR is involved in some capacity since the course is on the Charles River Reservation. I heard a couple of things about helping out stuck boaters (a shell hit a bridge) on DCR Field Ops but that's also a statewide TG so will also have non HOCR traffic.

In terms of behind the scenes channels that would be the good old DC Rentals/All Comm trunked DMR system. This is not included in my feed as it may not fall under the TOS being "private". Info on that can be found here: All-Comm Technologies Trunk - Scan New England Wiki

Courtesy of this thread the following TGs have been identified as active:
231 - Emergency Services
232 - Technology
242 - Operations or River Control
243 - Computer Timing/ Cambridge Boat Club

Since the course is entirely in Cambridge and Boston I doubt Watertown or Newton will be involved. I'm not sure how much BEMS/BPD/BFD or Cambridge PD/FD/EMS will be involved as this is my first year monitoring the event. They're all included in the scan rotation just in case but I feel like most public safety traffic will probably go through UCC/CP/LECC/etc on one of the MSP Events TGs.

*edit* I hope there aren't any other events tomorrow using the MSP Events TGs so there isn't any confusion for those listening! I am broadcasting Alpha tags so hopefully if there are multiple Event TGs in use someone can post the ones that are being used for the HOCR. Downside of monitoring all eight of them but better to hear too much than not hear something.
 
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I'm going to be bringing the feed down shortly as the river is opening back up to normal traffic. Will be back up around 4am tomorrow morning with some minor changes.

Since DCR Field Ops can be heard on another Broadcastify system (see above) I'll be removing them from the feed. They weren't that talkative and are statewide anyway. Same with Statewide Helicopters and H-PTL-1. I will likely also be removing Boston Ambulance Mutual Aid.

In terms of "Priority" channels the only two will be BAPERN Area Wide 4 and the Amateur Radio Repeater. I'm keeping AW4 priority as it's usually used for patching multiple agencies together. In terms of keeping the hams priority they seem to be the main eyes and ears on the water so even though they're not public safety it's good to keep them priority.

On the MSP and Cambridge trunk side of things nothing much is changing I just hope the other Events TG aren't being used. If there are and zerg (or someone else) manages to identify what TGs are being used (2 and 3 appeared to be used today) hopefully they're posted in the thread.

I still haven't decided if I'm keeping up the NIFOG TAC-Stack as the only traffic on it I heard was not related to the HOCR.

Since the race is occurring on what is effectively State owned water I'm not sure how much Boston or Cambridge public safety traffic there will be. Hopefully the BPD and BEMS channels I'm monitoring are either used for the event or won't have much traffic on them.
 

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Well the feed is back up as of 4am this morning but Broadcastify is having issues so the feed may or may not work šŸ˜…
 

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Issues with servers?

831 am ET I cant connect ... Broadcastify is having issues ... I cant connect to Number 1 feed either

the HOCR feed is showing 5 listeners however

openMhz might have a few feeds up

if anything big breaks I can stream audio via YouTube
 

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There is a thread that one of the servers locked up at 3am, LB already has corrected the issue

BTW - you may want to Lock-out SOPS-6 , if in your list, as it is an unrelated on-going event in Plymouth County
Yeah I haven't gotten an email saying it's down but I can't connect using the app or the web.

Confirmed that SOPS-2 (and maybe Events 2) is in use for HOCR
 

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There is a thread that one of the servers locked up at 3am, LB already has corrected the issue

BTW - you may want to Lock-out SOPS-6 , if in your list, as it is an unrelated on-going event in Plymouth County

I'm currently sitting on the river so I can't unfortunately. Hopefully it doesn't cause too much noise. If it's still in use tomorrow I'll lock it out.
 

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Yes, SOPS 2 is the current assignment, have not heard Events 2 in use tho
Yeah I haven't gotten an email saying it's down but I can't connect using the app or the web.

Confirmed that SOPS-2 (and maybe Events 2) is in use for HOCR
 

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feed sounds wicked awesome now

Safety Launch 4 just got a bio break
 

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While the medical calls originated with the hams today they were all routed through the UCC anyway so I'll probably drop the ham repeater for tomorrow....since most of it turns into bio breaks like zerg noticed.

The Cambridge Fire guys I was stationed next to mentioned they were using one of the Cambridge EMS channels as well though I don't remember if it was EMS 1 or EMS 2 so I'll add both of them for tomorrow. I need to check the TOS to see if I can but if I add the DC Rentals DMR TRS it'll just be Emergency Services as River Control isn't super exciting.

I'll actually be near my scanner tomorrow so I can lock out any non HOCR related channels/TGs that are being noisy. I'll likely pre-emptively lock out SOPS-6.
 

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Though if there is any interest in River Control I can turn it on tomorrow. The majority of it that I heard today was just launch timings and coordinating crews getting back to their boathouses. The only interesting thing was a speedboat that really wanted to use the river despite the race which ended up getting referred to the MSP Marine Unit.
 

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radio traffic around 11 indicates that a MSP marine unit is berthed near the Northeast or Northeastern First Aid Station / tent or NE Boat Club
 

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That's the boat at the finish line, downriver from Herter Park. I know there's at least one other manned boat up by the start line around the BU Bridge area and a third boat also up by the start line but I wasn't close enough to see if it was manned.

Based off radio traffic from a recent medical incident Boston EMS is being dispatched (or at least notified) through the State Police Command Post. However I'm not picking up any traffic on the (non simplex) EMS-Tac channels. It's possible they're using their standard dispatch on 462.975 R which I'm monitoring out of band. They could also be using one of the simplex EMS-Tac channels which I won't be able to pick up from here.

radio traffic around 11 indicates that a MSP marine unit is berthed near the Northeast or Northeastern First Aid Station / tent or NE Boat Club
 
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