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Does anyone know what frequencies they are using?
Those are your local Talk Groups. Good luck trying to listen to USAR WA. Task Force 1 and the rest of the FED.'s
Adding one more frequency that just came across radio traffic.
155.415 - National Guard Helicopters will be communicating to ground crews on this frequency.
Currently two Blackhawks, "Cougar 33 and Cougar 34."
Adding one more frequency that just came across radio traffic.
155.415 - National Guard Helicopters will be communicating to ground crews on this frequency.
Currently two Blackhawks, "Cougar 33 and Cougar 34."
I speculate, but perhaps a line-of-sight and RX (Bainbridge Is) or low power TX issue from their area? I heard them state on MFD Tac 7 some issues with State Ops 2 and related channels.During the press conference going on right now they mentioned a common frequency is being used by everyone to coordinate the search efforts. Of course they didn't mention the actual frequency. They talk about military aviation being on hand for SAR ops. I have all those common frequencies. But I'm not hearing anything . Does anyone have any ideas or confirmed information in this regard?
Is that a local SNOCOM frequency or state or what?
Funny how things get confusing so quick.
Regarding the SERS 800 trunk radio system. Several of the talkgroups are currently being used for the rescue and recovery of victims.
I forget which side is using which TAC. But TAC 7 and 8 are being used for operations for the different search groups on each side of the pile. It's referred to as East and West Branch.
- TAC 7
- TAC 8
- PSPOS N3
- PSOPS N4
- DEM
PSOPS N3 is being used by Air Branch, Air Ops and Air Tac. Sgt.Danny Wikstrom, aka Robert1 in the Snohomish County SAR world, is who is behind the mic for Air Tac. Both SNOHAWK choppers where using this talkgroup to communicate during the first few days. I have heard Law Enforcement Branch and WSP Dispatch randomly jump on in too.
As of the morning of 3/26 both SNOHAWK choppers have been stood down. Enter in the two blackhawk choppers. Respectfully Cougar 33 & 44. This is when ground to air operations was switched to 155.415 - simplex. Presumably because the blackhawk choppers do not have the ability to get on the SERS TRS. This morning the coordination of handing out the portables to the different groups was organized on PSOPS N3. Likely a bunch of portable radios that Sno County already had.
And 155.415 is the VHF frequency the Snohomish County Search & Rescue group uses for missions. They communicate / operate with SNOPAC. It's sometimes patched to SERS SAR talkgorup 1616. In this case they are using it for simplex ground to air comms.
123.1 and 155.370 (LERN) was also used when the WPS Smokey unit was in the area the first couple of days.
Sounds like one of the Smokey units may be back tomorrow. The closed airspace has been violated several times. This afternoon I heard they were going to request one of the WSP air units to patrol area during the day operations.
Funny how things get confusing so quick.
Regarding the SERS 800 trunk radio system. Several of the talkgroups are currently being used for the rescue and recovery of victims.
I forget which side is using which TAC. But TAC 7 and 8 are being used for operations for the different search groups on each side of the pile. It's referred to as East and West Branch.
- TAC 7
- TAC 8
- PSPOS N3
- PSOPS N4
- DEM
PSOPS N3 is being used by Air Branch, Air Ops and Air Tac. Sgt.Danny Wikstrom, aka Robert1 in the Snohomish County SAR world, is who is behind the mic for Air Tac. Both SNOHAWK choppers where using this talkgroup to communicate during the first few days. I have heard Law Enforcement Branch and WSP Dispatch randomly jump on in too.
As of the morning of 3/26 both SNOHAWK choppers have been stood down. Enter in the two blackhawk choppers. Respectfully Cougar 33 & 44. This is when ground to air operations was switched to 155.415 - simplex. Presumably because the blackhawk choppers do not have the ability to get on the SERS TRS. This morning the coordination of handing out the portables to the different groups was organized on PSOPS N3. Likely a bunch of portable radios that Sno County already had.
And 155.415 is the VHF frequency the Snohomish County Search & Rescue group uses for missions. They communicate / operate with SNOPAC. It's sometimes patched to SERS SAR talkgorup 1616. In this case they are using it for simplex ground to air comms.
123.1 and 155.370 (LERN) was also used when the WPS Smokey unit was in the area the first couple of days.
Sounds like one of the Smokey units may be back tomorrow. The closed airspace has been violated several times. This afternoon I heard they were going to request one of the WSP air units to patrol area during the day operations.
Could be a number of reason. Likely just a mistake. Sgt. Wikstrom refers to them as Cougar 33 & 44 so that is there call sign.Regarding the Blackhawks, I'm a bit confused as to what the second helicopter's call sign was as I heard it referred to as Cougar 34 a couple of different times in the morning, then later in the day it was being referred to as Cougar 44.
Again, just a mistake. And yes they picked up some officials to do a fly over.In the afternoon while the Blackhawks were sitting at Arlington Airport I also heard at least one person refer to them as Chinooks but they were clearly Blackhawks as one of them (I believe it was Cougar 33 giving the FEMA assessment tour) flew over my house at low altitude around 6:30PM tonight.
Is that a local SNOPAC frequency or state or what?