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Saturday, August 08, 2009

Colville National Forest

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Although many of the US Forest Service web sites have had the frequency data for the radio systems scrubbed from the available documents, oc...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

MT Reader Survey 2009

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Please help us at Monitoring Times find out what you are interested in and what you want to see in future issues. When you have a moment, p...
Friday, July 10, 2009

Upcoming Events - NLE09

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FEMA's National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE09) is scheduled for July 27th through July 31st, 2009 ; http://www.fema.gov/media/fact_sheets/...
Wednesday, July 08, 2009

More on FPS

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And speaking of the Federal Protective Service; http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/07/gao_finds_major_security_flaws.html?hpi...
Tuesday, July 07, 2009

FPS Adding VHF?

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I have received reports from some areas that Federal Protective Service vehicles are beginning to sprout VHF hi-band antennas in addition to...
Thursday, July 02, 2009

New FAA Radio Update

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Back in November of 2006, I received frequency information from the new FAA land-mobile P-25 radio network, known as the FAA "C2" ...
Wednesday, July 01, 2009

USCG Sector Portand Update

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Since posting about the US Coast Guard utilizing more federal interoperability frequencies, I have run into some changes in my own listening...

Minneapolis FRB

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As some may recall, we have noted that the Federal Reserve branch banks across the US have been using a common set of UHF frequencies for th...

DHS Demos Thales Liberty Radio

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The Department of Homeland Security will be testing a new multi-band portable radio from Thales. The pilot program will involve field testin...
Monday, June 22, 2009

CBP Operating Predator Drones

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Reports are that the DHS Customs & Border Protection directorate are now using Predator B unmanned drones to keep the northern New York ...

DTV Transition - Boon for Scanners?

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Has anyone else noticed a marked improvement in scanning the federal bands since the turn-off of analog full power TV stations? In the last ...

Upcoming Events - G20 in Pittsburgh

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It was recently announced that they next meeting of the G20 Summit will be in Pittsburgh, PA on September 24th and 25th. These summit meetin...
Sunday, June 14, 2009

NASA Glenn TRS On Line

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The new UHF P-25 trunked system apparently is on the air at the John Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. This system is apparently goi...
Monday, June 01, 2009

USCG Using Federal I/O Channels

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Recent reports are that the US Coast Guard has started using some of the new Federal Interoperability channels for their operations in the ...

LEWC Information

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After searching for new information about the Justice Department's Integrated Wireless Network (IWN) trunked system, I discovered that t...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Declassify Federal Frequencies?

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As part of their move towards "transparent" and open government, the White House has started asking for suggestions. One member of...
Friday, May 22, 2009

Secret Service Requests Funding For Upgrades

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Two news sources discuss budget requests by the Secret Service for upgrades to their IT systems: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7644...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

FPS UPdates

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I've recently received information that both Houston and Dallas Federal Protective Service radios have switched to new frequencies and a...

NIFOG Update

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The latest version of the National Interoperability Field Operations Guide (NIFOG) is available for download here: http://www.dhhs.state.nc....
Friday, May 15, 2009

Shuttle EVA Communications

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I have been asked about possible shuttle EVA communications frequencies that could be monitored while the shuttle Atlantis is overhead. Alth...