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Monday, April 23, 2012

DHS Annouces Multi-Billion $ Radio Contract

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 Watch for continued changes in DHS radio systems in the near future: http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20120413_8705.php?oref=rss This ...
Thursday, April 19, 2012

National Guard "Operation Phalanx" Along Border

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Here is an item regarding National Guard troops being used for border protection: http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/26129?c=border_security ...

North Carolina / South Carolina Logs

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I recently made some driving trips in the Asheville and Raleigh, NC areas, as well as driving south to Augusta, GA though South Carolina. He...

166.5125 MHz Mysteries

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For those who have been into federal monitoring for a while, the frequency of 166.5125 MHz should appear familiar. It has been long known a...
Monday, April 16, 2012

Super Bowl XLVI Monitoring Logs

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In the May issue of Monitoring Times , the Fed Files column contains my scanning logs from Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis this past Februar...
Friday, April 13, 2012

DEA on VHF?

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While I continue to receive reports of the DEA transitioning to new P-25 frequencies in various parts of the country, I have seen two report...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

CBP "Integrated Towers" Project

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The US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) has begun soliciting bids on what it is calling "integrated fixed towers": https://...
Saturday, April 07, 2012

US Marshals Service

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For several years now, the US Marshals Service, part of the Department of Justice, has been utilizing the FBI radio communications network f...

South Central Oregon Fire Channel Plan

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Here's a nice listing of frequencies used by the South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership. It contains both statewide and federa...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Monitoring Times on Kindle

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For those of us with Kindle e-readers, some good news. Monitoring Times magazine is available for the Kindle through the Kindle store. Alth...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

GOP Campaign Update

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As noted in previous postings, both of the current front-running Republican presidential candidates are now receiving protective details fro...
Monday, March 05, 2012

G8 Summit Moved

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There were folks planning on being in the Chicago area for the upcoming G8 Summit, May 18 & 19, to monitor the action. News is that t...
Sunday, March 04, 2012

Additional Secret Service Detail for GOP

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In addition to providing protective details for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the US Secret Service will now be providin...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Washington DC Logs

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In the March issue of Monitoring Times, I have published my logs from the last trip I made to the Washington, DC area. I have a few entries ...

USCG NET Updates

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For a while now I've been tracking the new APCO P-25 digital radio NET channels being deployed by the US Coast Guard. I've posted wh...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

IWN Project Gets Zero Funding

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Confirming what was alluded to in previous postings, the Justice Department has allocated no additional funding to the Integrated Wireless N...
Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Mitt Romney To Get USSS Protection

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After winning the Florida GOP primary, Mitt Romney will now start getting a protective detail from the US Secret Service. More here: http:...
Friday, January 27, 2012

Super Bowl XLVI Monitoring Post

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Here's a look at my hotel room monitoring command post near Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. I'm also monitoring from inside the s...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

CBP To Fly ROV's Along Southwest US Border

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The CBP is looking for vendors to help operate airborne remotely operated vehicles along the southwestern US border area: http://www.gsnma...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

Super Bowl XLVI Indianapolis

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Things are starting to come together in Indy for the Super Bowl on February 5th. All indications are that this event will have much of t...