Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Radio Recovery

[Mike Hardester <DX4EVR@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:49 PM 1/19/2006 -0600, Les Rayburn wrote:
>Does anyone know if FEMA set up (and possibly is still running)
>any of their Radio Recovery low powered AM transmitters within
>the area affected by Katrina?
>
>I seem to recall a fairly powerful station that was set up in Miami
>after Andrew that was well heard throughout the Eastern US.
>FEMA runs information for the refugees, news briefs, etc?

         This is from Terry L. Krueger's 
(Tocobaga Publications) excellent website on low 
power stations AM/FM in Florida

http://home.earthlink.net/~tocobagadx/flortis.html


>1610 (TIS) "Radio Recovery", Homestead; shortly 
>after the devastating 8/24/92 passing of 
>Hurricane Andrew, the US Army established this 
>emergency TIS which remained active for several 
>weeks, relaying info in English/Spanish/Kreyol 
>and I believe a native Central American dialect 
>for displaced residents. IDed as "Radio 
>Recovery, the Voice of Task Force Andrew." 
>Signal was ultimately heard on sunrise skip and 
>nights throughout Florida and beyond. WINZ (940 
>kHz) also briefly rebroadcast Radio Recovery 
>tapes on 50 kW emergency authority power at 
>night. While long inactive, it's certainly very 
>likely a similar operation would appear in the 
>event of a future natural disaster elsewhere.


Mike Hardester
Jacksonville, NC. (34.47 N ? 77.23 W +/- a couple of nanoseconds)
ICOM R-70 - 2 x 75 foot (23 meter) random wires
Orientation: E/W and N/S
Quantum Phaser and Patience  



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