[TheList] Waikato AOS incident

Sun Aug 13 17:16:39 AEST 2017

Listening and streaming it are two very different things :) nothing illegal about listening to anything on the airwaves

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On 13 August 2017 6:36:41 PM NZST, Craig Molloy <phantomdb at gmail.com> wrote:
>Not trying to be a party pooper here, but to sounds like you guys are
>re
>broadcasting information herd......... Keep safe.
>
>On 13 Aug. 2017 6:02 pm, "DogSecurity - Richard"
><richard at dogsecurity.co.nz>
>wrote:
>
>> I believe Eagle (at least one) do have an ESA band radio, although at
>one
>> point they had two choppers, one black one was marked, wonder if
>that's
>> still the case - might explain why they weren't using the channel.  
>I'd
>> say the unit you heard was probably one of the AOS guys before he got
>> geared up (but had his gear with him) could also have been DCC or an
>> Alpha.  I know MOX is an AOS member.
>>
>> I wasn't listening last night so didn't hear all the excitement.
>>
>> On 13/08/17 17:49, Radio Solutions wrote:
>>
>> Spent a few hours listening to all this unfold last night, just after
>> midnight. For those who aren't aware of it, the cops were chasing a
>late
>> model Commodore for failing to stop after it was seen doing 90 in a
>50 k
>> area.
>> They followed it to the outskirts of Morrinsville, where it stopped
>and
>> the driver got out and pointed what is believed to be an AK-47 at
>them and
>> started letting off rounds. The photos on the news sites show the
>squad car
>> windscreen peppered with bullet holes.
>> During all of this they called Eagle in, but were having problems
>> communicating with the helo and at one stage one of the senior cops
>said to
>> another one that he was going to set up coms with Eagle on 'encrypted
>> channel F11'.
>> It would seem then that Waikato cops have radios (perhaps not issued
>to
>> everyone) which have digital capability.
>> It is the first time I have ever heard a cop calling 'ten-ten' (and
>> calling it multiple times) on the radio and I hope I never hear it
>again.
>> It would seem that if Eagle does have an analog radio with all the
>North
>> Island channels programmed, it obviously wasn't working properly.
>> In a situation like this, reliable coms is imperative. At one stage
>the
>> Waikato channel locked up (probably a link-line issue) and was
>unusable for
>> about 5 minutes.
>> I take my hat off to the bravery of these guys who put their lives on
>the
>> line every day in front of loose units with guns.
>>
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