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Friday, June 11, 2010

Federal Cell Phone Jamming

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A recent mention in another radio forum lead me to this article from Toronto, Canada: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontog20summit/artic...

Denver Federal Scanning

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Just had some short time with the radios during a recent trip to the Denver area. Here's some of what I was able to catch: 162.2250, CSQ...
Friday, May 28, 2010

Border Patrol Birthday

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Today, May 28th, marks the 86th anniversary of the United States Border Patrol. It was originally started in 1924 to combat the illegal entr...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

Arizona Border Activity

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Down in Arizona on a short vacation and have been observing some new and previously unknown frequencies active. The usual CBP Border Patrol ...

US Fish & Wildlife Activity

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Reports from the Georgia Coast are that US Fish & Wildlife Service is active with Loggerhead Turtle tracking and support activities. I h...
Friday, May 21, 2010

USGS Mt. St. Helens Frequencies

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In honor of the 30th anniversary of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens in Washington State, the US Geological Survey had an open house at their ...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010

More Federal MOTOTRBO?

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I recently came across what sure sounds like another federal frequency using the proprietary MOTOTRBO digital mode. In Las Vegas I heard man...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

FPS in Phoenix

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After searching through the UHF federal band many times during my past visits to Phoenix, I finally caught the Federal Protective Service. T...
Monday, April 26, 2010

So Cal I-10 Road Trip

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I had a chance to drive across I-10 from Ontario, CA to Phoenix, AZ this weekend. I was trying to confirm more of the CBP Border Patrol P-25...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

More Coast Guard UHF?-Updated!

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I have received information that 412.9750 MHz, NAC293 is being heard around the Boston, MA area. This frequency has been identified in the...
Thursday, April 01, 2010

TSA Analog Radios-Continued

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Just spotted a report that the TSA screeners are using 173.0875 MHz in analog with voice inversion at the Bellingham, WA airport (KBLI). Th...
Friday, March 26, 2010

New DEA Frequencies-Continued

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As we recently reported, the DEA has been utilizing some new UHF frequencies in the Houston, TX area. Previously a new P-25 repeater was hea...

St. Paul MN Logs-Update

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I have been fortunate enough to stay in touch with some folks in the Minneapolis/St.Paul area after the RNC Convention in St. Paul back in S...

VA Medical Center TRS

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For some time there was some discussion on the Radio Reference site about the frequencies used by the VA Medical Center Mountain Home in Jo...
Sunday, March 07, 2010

Providence, RI

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Just a couple of quickies before I board my flight home. While driving in to Providence this morning, I caught what sure sounded like MotoTR...
Monday, February 22, 2010

OOPS! Typo in March Fed Files

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Before I get a lot of emails, I wanted to correct a small typo in the March 2010 Fed Files column. In the column, I referred to the new 9 MH...
Saturday, February 20, 2010

Harris Wins Federal Contract for Multi-Band Radios

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http://www.rfcomm.harris.com/talkasone/ http://www.rfcomm.harris.com/talkasone/pdf/Unity_XG-100_Prod_Guide.pdf Radios Will Be Provided to De...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

More Cities with New TSA Radios

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Just passing through another set of airports this week and found the TSA at my home airport of Portland International (KPDX) is now starting...
Wednesday, February 03, 2010

DoS UHF Changes As Well

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Besides the changes going on with the DEA UHF channels, there seem to be some changes afoot with the Department of State Bureau of Diplomati...

DEA Changes In The Works?

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Recently there have been some possible changes to the DEA's UHF channel plan. It's been long expected as the DEA original frequencie...