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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Palm Springs Area Update

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I spent a few days in the very warm Palm Springs area for work last week. I had only a few brief periods to scan the federal bands and came ...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

169.8250 P-25

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While driving to the airport in Portland, OR today, I came across at least two mobile units talking on 169.8250 MHz , simplex, P-25 NAC293 ....
Saturday, July 10, 2010

More TRBO Digital on Federal Frequencies

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I just received a report of confirmed use of the MOTOTRBO digital mode on 409.7375 MHz , somewhere in the Southern California (LA) area. MOT...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

USFS Columbia Dispatch Using P-25 Digital

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Over the last year or so there have been rumors of upgrades to the radio systems used by Mt. Hood National Forest and Gifford-Pinchot Nation...

DOJ LEWC Budget

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Found this document on the web with some updated information on the Integrated Wireless Network ( IWN ) and what might be next: http://www.j...
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...