Louisiana National Guard

September 1, 2005 1:46 PM

Louisiana National Guard radio [ShoutCAST MPEG]
posted by Pretty_Generic (26 comments total)

No idea how to listen to this :(
posted by cleverusername at 1:55 PM on September 1, 2005

alternative alternative

I'm using Winamp, but these should work with Windows Media Player really.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 1:57 PM on September 1, 2005

I've been listening on and off and its not as exiting as Railroad Radio.

You'd think that military traffic would be encrypted in this day and age.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 1:57 PM on September 1, 2005

It hasn't been exciting for the last few minutes. When I logged on there was unexplained gunfire for a while.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 2:04 PM on September 1, 2005

It was more active earlier today. I have seen rumors that they have tried to move lot of chatter off the air or to more restricted channels. I understand none of the tech/operational side of that, but that's what I've read on various sites. Every once in a while you hear someone trying to make a connection. Earlier there was a radio check around of a bunch of hospitals.
posted by mmahaffie at 2:06 PM on September 1, 2005

There's a guy in a fuel truck trying and failing to get a response now.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 2:07 PM on September 1, 2005

There also was a stolen ice cream truck, ice cream music blaring, loaded with people and guns, looting and using the truck to carry off their "supplies."
posted by atomicmedia at 2:07 PM on September 1, 2005

Was it marked "Mr. Whoopee"?
posted by Pretty_Generic at 2:09 PM on September 1, 2005

A wiki with more mirrors. And a link to a forum post by the guy running this.

(Apparently this is coming off some kind of complicated system involving repeaters. The reciever that everyone is listening to is actually hundreds of miles away in Northern LA.)
posted by smackfu at 2:15 PM on September 1, 2005

I don't know. Poor Fuel three is still calling... Oh wait, I think they answered him as I was typing this. "stand by"
posted by mmahaffie at 2:16 PM on September 1, 2005

The scanner is monitoring -

Louisana State Police Troops (A, B, F, and G)
Louisana EOC
National Guard (Admin, Ops, Security)
Red Cross
Louisiana Hospital Association
Office of Public Health
and a few others
posted by Pretty_Generic at 2:18 PM on September 1, 2005

Folks who don't want to listen can join irc.freenode.net, channel #interdictor-scanner where some folks are transcribing the transmissions.
posted by cmonkey at 2:22 PM on September 1, 2005

You'd think that military traffic would be encrypted in this day and age.

Maybe it's not a good idea ..imagine what if they turned into looters...for some reason it doesn't seem a fantasy anymore these days.
posted by elpapacito at 2:27 PM on September 1, 2005

ops on preview: cmonkey : god bless IRC and the transcribers.
posted by elpapacito at 2:28 PM on September 1, 2005

Found this on the shoutcast directory, dunno if it's the same because it's dead air for the past 5min.
posted by StephenV at 2:45 PM on September 1, 2005

What a coincidence - just moments earlier I got an email from a friend with this (dark) joke:

What is the difference between Baghdad and New Orleans?

The Louisiana National Guard is protecting Baghdad.
posted by scottreynen at 2:51 PM on September 1, 2005

Sounds like some people are getting into the radio system and assigning missions to national guard crews.


Yeesh.
posted by craven_morhead at 3:48 PM on September 1, 2005

Listened to this extensively this morning.

Around 11 (MDT), this call came in (from memory, not a transcript):

Bulldog 3: Defender 5, Any word on the med evac? Still got the pregnant woman here.

Defender 5: Negative

Bulldog 3: 10-4, Know anything about giving birth? (very worried tone)

Defender 5: Negative
posted by pandaharma at 4:05 PM on September 1, 2005

VIP overflight at 6:30 pm
posted by atomicmedia at 4:10 PM on September 1, 2005

Sucks to be a fuel truck apparently.
posted by Pollomacho at 5:15 PM on September 1, 2005

Um, what timezone?
posted by Pretty_Generic at 5:19 PM on September 1, 2005

Charity Hospital requests armed guards to remain all night.
posted by Pollomacho at 5:19 PM on September 1, 2005

Central time PG.
posted by Pollomacho at 5:20 PM on September 1, 2005

So you're saying there was one? I didn't catch it.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 5:23 PM on September 1, 2005

" Multi baby pickup at Superdome, over. This is a priority pickup, over."

"Looks like we have 18 babies..."

Listening to this is heartbreaking.
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 5:45 PM on September 1, 2005

Aren't they in Iraq?
posted by Laen at 7:02 PM on September 1, 2005