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Welcome to Operations(Response) Telecommunications
Division Chief - Bill Scholz DVC-OT

 

Auxiliary communications are not bound into a rigidly structured operational system but rather consist of those radio-equipped vessels and aircraft,  fixed land stations, land mobile stations and direction finder stations that have been accepted by the Director of the Auxiliary as facilities.

The primary purposes of the Auxiliary communications network are:

  • Coordinating authorized Auxiliary activities in support of Coast       Guard Operations

  • Augmenting the Coast Guard communications system, when       required

  • Communicating urgent matters of official Auxiliary business

  • Training

  • Assisting national resources in time of disaster

In general, Auxiliarists will operate radio facilities in conjunction with authorized surface and air missions.  They will, at that time, use authorized government frequencies.

In order to stand watch at a Coast Guard or an Auxiliary communication facility, a Basically Qualified Auxiliarist must complete either the Auxiliary Communications Specialty Course (or the equivalent),  or the Coast Guard Watchstander Qualification Program.

Radio Facility

An Auxiliary radio facility does not require a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license when operating while assigned to duty or performing a mission directed or scheduled by the U S Coast Guard.

A radio facility may be offered for use by an Auxiliarist and, if it meets requirements for that type of facility, it will be accepted by the Director of the Auxiliary.  The facility owner must arrange for an initial inspection of the facility and, thereafter, a re-inspection every three years from the date of acceptance for use. Radio equipment used on a surface or air facility is considered and inspected as part of that facility.  In general, the operator of a radio facility must maintain radio logs and formal message logs.  Under ordinary conditions, Auxiliary radio facilities operate according to the Telecommunications Manual, COMDTINST M2000.3.

April 2008 - *******A N N O U N C E M E N T*******

For more than 50 years, there has been an annual "crossband communications test" carried out by military HF stations in conjunction with ARMED FORCES DAY. Some years back, the Coast Guard participated in this effort. For the past few years, lack of resources has made that participation impossible.
This year, however, is different.

At the suggestion/request of the CAMS (Communications Area Master Stations), the Coast Guard will be an active participant on the 10th of MAY and the stations and personnel will all come from the CGAUX HF Program. Three separate stations will be on the air, one from the East Coast, one from the Dallas area, and one from Southern California. The station owners are in charge of recruiting and monitoring the operators who will man the stations.

For those of you who aren't familiar with the Crossband Communications Test, military stations transmit on military frequencies outside of, but close to several amateur bands. Those stations then listen for calls from "ham stations" who are transmitting within the relevant ham bands. So for example, a military station, callsign "WAR", will transmit on a publicized frequency near the 20 meter band and will announce that it is listening for calls on 14.295 MHz. Ham stations will call on that frequency and listen for a response from WAR on the military frequency.

The Coast Guard Stations which will be on the air, with their individual callsigns, schedules, frequencies and points of contact are:

STATION: NBMW (10 MAY 1600Z - 11 MAY 0200Z)
Frequency Emission Amateur Band
3390.5 kHz USB 80M
6972.8 kHz USB 40M
14459.5 kHz USB 20M
Location: Southern California
POC: Mr. William Scholz
Commercial: 714-292-4271

STATION: NDTH (10 MAY 1400Z - 10 MAY 2400Z)
Frequency Emission Amateur Band
3390.5 kHz USB 80M
6821.8 kHz USB 40M
11130.3 kHz USB 20M
Location: Central Texas
POC: Mr. John Fullingim

STATION: NDGW (10 MAY 1300Z - 10 MAY 2400Z)
Frequency Emission Amateur Band
3203.0 kHz USB 80M
7351.5 kHz USB 40M
15979.5 kHz USB 20M
Location: New England
POC: Mr. Gary Stapleford

Operation by the CG stations will be Upper Sideband only, although some of the other Services' stations will also be operating on digital modes. The complete list of all military stations participating can be found at:

http://www.netcom.army.mil/MARS/docs/ARMEDFORCESDAYFinal.pdf

We look forward to contacting many of our CGAUX colleagues who are also hams.

2/1/2007 - "NEW VERSION OF form # 7004 (old form # 2736A)

Effective immediately there is a new version of the RADIO FACILITY INSPECTION AND OFFER FOR USE FORM. Previous editions of this form are obsolete and not to be used.

There are several minor changes to this form which are in process, but until those are implemented on the form, please note the following:

  1. In Section II, item 2, the line that now says " MT/VHF-AM/SSB" should read "MF/HF - SSB". This line is intended for entry of the equipment to be used on the MF/HF CGAUX HF contingency frequencies and other District authorized MF/HF frequencies. Also the line that now reads "VHF-AM/SSB" will be changed to read "VHF-AM".



  2. In Section 3, two additional definitions should be added:

    1. CGAUX VHF channels

    2. CGAUX HF Contingency Comms Channels



  3. In section 7, PLEASE be sure to enter the latitude and longitude of any fixed land station in the format requested (degrees, minutes and tenths of minutes). If the original submission is in degrees, minutes and seconds, please change it to the requested format.

Questions should be directed to your DSO-CM."

 

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