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Monday, March 16, 2009

Federal Use of MotoTRBO?!?

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Those who read the posts in the Radio Reference web site forums have no doubt noticed an increase in the number of posters asking about some...
Friday, March 06, 2009

Where Has Treasury Gone?

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A lot of folks are wondering what has happened to radio traffic from the various bureaus of the Treasury Department, and particularly the IR...
Monday, March 02, 2009

More From Houston-Updated

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Just getting ready to depart the Houston area from IAH, and found a few interesting items. 168.9250 MHz, 167.9 and 171.1750 MHz, 167.9 are...
Friday, February 27, 2009

Houston Federal Interop Testing

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I was working in Houston, Texas this week and caught some testing of the federal interoperability repeaters. On Thursday evening, I caught t...
Thursday, February 19, 2009

More on Federal P-25 NAC

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Since federal agencies have started using IMBE P-25 digital radios, and scanner listeners have had access to scanners that will display the ...
Saturday, February 14, 2009

GAO Report on FAMS

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report on progress with the Federal Air Marshals Service (FAMS). The report can be...
Sunday, February 01, 2009

Super Bowl XLIII Update

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With the kickoff fast approaching, things are getting busy here in Tampa. The FBI and DHS are the prime agencies covering this event so far,...
Friday, January 23, 2009

Super Bowl XLIII

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Now that the Inauguration has passed, the next big event to monitor will be Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa. I'm on scene now, but so far the ...
Thursday, January 15, 2009

NTSB in NYC

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As news reports are being broadcast about the US Airways flight emergency landing in the Hudson River, many in the NYC area are probably cur...
Sunday, January 11, 2009

Presidential Inauguration Activities

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Reports are coming in of potential communications activities related to the upcoming Inauguration. An active frequency to keep an ear on app...
Saturday, January 10, 2009

VA Going Digital-Updated!

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More listeners are reporting that VA Medical Centers near them are switching to APCO P-25 digital radios. One report from the Albany, NY ar...
Friday, January 09, 2009

Inaugural Edition of CHM Newletter Now Available

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The latest edition of The Capitol Hill Monitor newsletter is now available for download: http://henney.com/chm/0109/chm0109.pdf Anyone who i...
Thursday, January 01, 2009

2009 Presidential Inauguration

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The Presidential Inauguration is fast approaching, planned for Tuesday, January 20th. Unfortunately I will not be in Washington DC for the e...

Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year to everyone! I got to spend my New Years Eve freezing my rear end in Times Square. I was working as part of the NBC coverage ...
Saturday, December 27, 2008

Blue Ridge Parkway-Updated!

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Listeners along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia and North Carolina have started to report that the US Park Police that patrol the BRP h...
Thursday, December 25, 2008

Merry Christmas!

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A very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all the Monitoring Times and Fed Files readers out there. Holiday travel has been a challenge...
Sunday, December 14, 2008

New GAO Report on IWN

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The latest GOA report on the current progress of the federal Integrated Wireless Network (IWN) has been released, and you can find a copy h...
Saturday, December 06, 2008

Arizona Scanning

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I was in the Phoenix & Tucson areas after Thanksgiving, so I had some time to scan the bands for activity... 162.0625 MHz, N001 - CBP Bo...
Saturday, November 29, 2008

White House Operations?

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I caught an interesting program on the History Channel the other night. It was sort of a companion program to the inside look at Air Force O...

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend

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Happy Thanksgiving weekend to all the Fed Files fans out there. This holiday weekend finds me working in Ontario, CA. I haven't had a lo...