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Monday, September 01, 2008

RNC Opening Day

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Just a quick update from St. Paul and the Republican National Convention. As has been reported by the news media, President Bush and VP Chen...
Friday, August 29, 2008

RNC Build Up

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Now that the dust has settled in Denver, the focus shifts towards the eastern half of the Twin Cites, St. Paul, Minnesota. The radio spectru...
Sunday, August 24, 2008

Denver DNC Ramps Up

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The radio spectrum in the Denver area is becoming increasingly filled with communications related to the Democratic National Convention, whi...

Tom Kneitel, 1933-2008

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I received word this morning that Tom Kneitel, author of many scanning and monitoring related books and writer for Popular Communications ma...
Saturday, August 23, 2008

Denver MACC Opens For DNC

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The Multi Agency Communication Center for the Democratic National Convention has begun operations in Lakewood, CO this morning. The MACC is ...
Friday, August 22, 2008

Federal Protective Service Frequency Shift

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The process of re-farming the federal UHF channels continues with the shuffling of radio frequencies used by the Federal Protective Service ...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

FEMA Phone System Hacked

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According to new reports, FEMA had someone hack access to the federal agency's internal phone network and placed calls to the Middle Eas...
Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Customs AMD At Selfridge

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The Air Marine Division of CBP Customs is now operating out of Selfridge ARB in Michigan. This makes a total of 5 AMD air bases along the no...
Sunday, July 20, 2008

Northwest CBP Gone P25

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Listeners along the Washington / British Columbia border have reported that the US Border Patrol, part of the DHS Customs & Border Prote...
Thursday, July 17, 2008

Big Apple Update

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I got to spend a week in New York City for the MLB All Star Game and found a few interesting things... First, while spending my days at Yank...
Sunday, July 06, 2008

IWN Updates?

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I haven't seen much information on the Internet about the current status of the Jutice Department's Integrated Wireless Network (IWN...
Friday, July 04, 2008

Happy 4th of July!

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Here's wishing a very Happy Independence Day Weekend 2008 to all the Fed Files and Monitoring Times readers!
Wednesday, July 02, 2008

2008 National Hurricane Operations Plan

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The 2008 version of the National Hurricane operations Plan is available here: http://www.ofcm.noaa.gov/nhop/08/pdf/Entire_NHOP_2008.pdf Radi...
Thursday, June 26, 2008

DHS Lags in Preparations for Transition of Power, Study Says

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Noting Timing of Terrorist Attacks, Report Urges Readiness By Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, June 26, 2008; A17 http:...
Sunday, June 08, 2008

EPA Frequencies

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One of the more elusive federal agencies to monitor is the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA. They have a visible presence at many eve...
Saturday, May 31, 2008

EPA OSV BOLD Visits Pacific Northwest

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Among the ocean-going visitors to this years Portland Rose Festival is the Ocean Survey Vessel Bold . The Bold is the only OSV in the mari...
Saturday, May 24, 2008

St. Paul MN Scanning Update

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I was recently in St. Paul, Minnesota for some preliminary meetings regarding broadcast coverage of the Republican National Convention in Se...

McCain Campaign Update

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As I posted a couple of weeks ago, Sen. John McCain has recently been confirmed as having Secret Service protection as he campaigns across t...

When Federal Frequencies Get Hijacked?

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I was recently working near the location of a Championship Off Road Racing event in Nevada. I discovered that someone at this event was usin...
Monday, May 12, 2008

McCain Now With USSS

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I was able to confirm today that Sen. John McCain is now accompanied by a security detail from the US Secret Service. There had been some sp...