HomeMy WebLinkAboutBrazos County Radio Station Tornado Warning Procedure 1975 BRAZOS H ^ COUNTY
JAKE CANGLOSE OFFICE OF JAMES PRESSWOOD
COUNTY DIRECTOR AND CHAIRMAN TEXAS A& IA UNIVERSITY DIRECTOR
E.E. BURNS CIVIL DEFENSE & EMERGENCY PLANNING GEORGE L. HUEBNER
COUNTY DEPUTY DIRECTOR COUNTY COURTHOUSE COLLEGE STATION DIRECTOR
J. LOUIS ODLE BRYAN,TEXAS 77801 NORTH SARDELL
BRYAN DIRECTOR COLLEGE STATION DEPUTY DIRECTOR
October 27, 1975
SUBJECT: Brazos County Radio Station Tornado Warning Procedures
FROM: Jake Canglose, County Director
The Brazos County Civil Defense Office has installed a UHF Base Radio
Station with Tone -Alert capability. This station will provide emergency
communications with local Government and Civil Defense Units and will serve
as a warning station whenever it is determined that Tornadoes or severe weather
threatens Brazos County.
The Tornado Warning Network, activated by Dr. Vance Moyer, Head of the
Brazos County Civil Defense Tornado Warning Division, will broadcast Civil
Defense warnings and weather advisories to local Radio and TV Stations, and
other units on the assigned Frequency of 154.0$5 MHZ.
Local Radio and TV Stations broadcast official National Weather Service,
weather forecasts, watches and warnings for our area. Weather advisories and
warnings issued by this office are intended to improve our local tornado and
severe weather warning capability whenever severe weather threatens life or
property in Brazos County.
BRAZOS COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE
TORNADO WARNING STATION
RECEIVER SPECIFICATIONS FOR RECEIVING CIVIL DEFENSE WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS
STATION CALL: KYB966
FREQUENCY: 154.085 MHZ FM
CAPABILITY: TONE -ALERT PAGING SYSTEM
BASE STATION TONE GENERATOR: REGENCY MOT, EN&
FOR TONE -ALERT OPERATION:
Your receiver must have the following tone channels and tone timing must
be compatible with Base Station Tone Generator
CALL 1 (Schools and General Public) TONE: 1st Tone 346.7
2nd Tone 384.6
ALL CALL TONE: 1st Tone 582.1
2nd Tone 524.8
TONE -ALERT Receivers Specifications
FREQUENCY: 154.085 MHZ FR
Crystal Controlled Narrow Band
Frequency Tolerance .001 %
ATENNA: Telescoping and external antenna capability
POWER: (Specify 115VAC, 60cy or 12VDC as required)
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
Squelch Control
Alert - Monitor switch
Reset Switch
Red Flashing light to indicate tone -alert has been activated
FOR TONE -ALERT OPERATION:
Receiver must be able to receive base station tone generator signals.
Which has the following tone timing:
First Tone: .5 sec. to 1.5 sec.
interval to 0.5 sec.
Second Tone: .5 sec. to 3.0 sec.
The following local firms are known to have tone -alert UHF receivers,
some with recorders.
I. Claude Wright Associates (Plectron)
James A. Bland
P. 0. Box 3954
Bryan, Texas
Telephone: 822 -1858
II. Industrial Electronics, Inc. (Regency)
808 West 25th Street
Bryan, Texas
Telephone: 822 -5533
NOTE:
THE ABOVE SOURCES ARE T.TSTED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND NOT
MEANT TO IMPLY THAT EQUIPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM OTHER FIRMS OR
THAT EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE PURCHASED FROM ABOVE SOURCES