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Friday, October 22, 2010

More TSA Radio News

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Here are a couple of news items regarding TSA and their radio communications. This item has some details about the purchase of the Icom F-...
Tuesday, October 05, 2010

More "New" TSA Analog Frequencies

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Since the addition of the Icom F-50V radios to the TSA security checkpoints at US airports, some new frequencies have started showing up. Th...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

170.3375 MHz in Dallas - TSA?

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I have received some reports of a new P-25 digital channel being heard in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. Reports are that 170.3375 MHz, NAC...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

New Federal VHF Trunking - Update

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I recently posted that listeners were reporting many new VHF P-25 trunking sites starting to go live in the northern Virginia and Washington...
Saturday, September 25, 2010

VHF Trunking in Northern Virginia?

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I just spotted a post over on Radio Reference that someone is hearing "P25 control channels" on multiple VHF federal frequencies. ...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Gifford-Pinchot National Forest

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I recently spent some time near the Gifford-Pinchot NF Headquarters in Vancouver, WA. Us locals have been trying to piece together some of t...
Monday, September 13, 2010

408.1875 MHz in Las Vegas?

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On my last couple of trips to the Las Vegas area have found 408.1875 MHz keyed up continuously with no voice. The P-25 channel is showing a ...

NGC 'Border Wars'

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For those who have not seen it yet, I can highly recommend the National Geographic Channel's "Border Wars", airing on Wednesda...
Thursday, September 02, 2010

DHS CBP Officers to Operate in France

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I have previously asked about US CBP officers operating in Canadian pre-clearance areas, but now it appears they are being sent to France to...

NASA GRIP Experiment

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The Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) experiment is being conducted by NASA using various aircraft and flying missions surr...
Monday, August 23, 2010

ARINC delivers new Huey II helicopters for CBP

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According to this article, DHS CBP has taken delivery of 3 new helicopters for its Office of Air & Marine: http://www.gsnmagazine.com/no...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

CBP Customs in Canada

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I just returned from a quick trip to Montreal and passed through the US Customs Pre-Clearance at Toronto's Pearson Airport (YYZ). I spot...

POTUS Visit to Seattle

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I was unable to make the trip up to Seattle to monitor the arrival of President Obama on Tuesday, but I did get some reports from folks on t...
Saturday, July 31, 2010

US Troops Deployed to Border

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National Guard troops are beginning their deployment along the US-Mexico border. Troops will be deployed in Texas, New Mexico , Arizona and ...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

More From USFS Mt. Hood

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In past blog posts I have mentioned some changes taking place in the Mt. Hood National Forest and Gifford-Pinchot National Forest areas of n...
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...