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Friday, January 19, 2007

NYC Federal Interop Tests

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I've received some information about weekly testing of the New York City federal interop radio channels. Reports are that 167.7875 MHz ,...

MT Reader Only Access

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A new feature of the Monitoring Times website is a "Reader Only" access area. Look for a password in each issue of Monitoring Time...

SFO DHS Update

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On a recent stopover at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), I was searching the federal bands and found that the DHS CBP/ICE repeater...
Monday, January 15, 2007

Anyone for NAC's?

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I've been getting some requests from readers for information about the federal use of Network Access Codes or "NAC"s on P-25 d...
Friday, January 05, 2007

Fed Files Contest

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As announced in the January Fed Files column, we are having a contest to celebrate 25 years of Monitoring Times magazine. The prize is an or...
Wednesday, January 03, 2007

DHS Releases National Interop Assessment

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released scorecard assessments of interoperable communications capabilities in 75 urban and ...
Saturday, December 30, 2006

Durango Dispatch USFS Info

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A source passed along this link to the Durango Dispatch Center firefighting information packet. These PDF files occasionally show up on line...
Friday, December 29, 2006

Federal Air Marshals Communications

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Recent posts on the AirCommSouthwest Yahoo group were concerning the Federal Air Marshals Service and an incident involving an Air Marshal o...
Thursday, December 28, 2006

Coast Guard MSST Activity

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I recently received some loggings of some USCG MSST activity in the Southeast US... From an anonymous source: "Within the last year, I ...
Saturday, December 23, 2006

What's Up in MT?

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The January Monitoring Times Fed Files covers a number of topics, including our Fed Files drawing for an original issue of Monitoring Times,...

A Very Merry Fed Files Christmas!

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Sorry for the lack of new blog entries these days, but between traveling for work and getting up to speed on the holidays, I've just not...
Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Little Rock Federal Scanning - Updated

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I'm set up in Little Rock, Arkansas for the weekend and will have some time for searching the federal bands. Here's some of what I...
Tuesday, December 05, 2006

CBP Comm Center Alert

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Apparently a suspicious white powder was discovered in a package delivered to the Customs & Border Protection National Law Enforcement C...
Thursday, November 30, 2006

MT Blog Subscription Offer!

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Monitoring Times is offering a discount on new or renewed MT Express subscriptions that mention the MT Blogs! MT Express is the electronic...
Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Tampa Federal Monitoring - Updated

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I'm located in the Tampa, Florida area for this week, so here is what I've been picking up. I'll update this list as new things ...
Saturday, November 25, 2006

National Parks Going Digital - Updated!

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A number of reports have come across my desk about the National Parks Service switch to APCO P-25 digital, and that change appears to be in ...
Thursday, November 16, 2006

Las Vegas Redux

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Back in Las Vegas with some time to search the federal bands. Here are a few things I've been hearing: 165.2375, 100.0 - DHS CBP NET 1, ...
Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Justice IWN News

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A recent article on the Government Computer News web site  http://www.gcn.com has some insight in to the progress of the Justice Integrate...
Sunday, November 05, 2006

TSA Oddity at SFO - Updated!

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A while back I asked Fed Files readers to keep an ear out for new frequencies that might be used by the Transportation Security Administrati...
Thursday, October 26, 2006

Justice IWN Marches On!

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Until recently the Justice Integrated Wireless Network (JIWN) testbed trunked system operated within the state of Washington, but now the s...