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Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Happy Independence Day!

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Happy 4th of July to all from The Fed Files !
Monday, July 02, 2012

Sandy Hook NPS Frequency Change

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Reports on Radio Reference indicate a change of radio frequencies used by the Sandy Hook unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area in new...
Saturday, June 30, 2012

State VHF TRS Using NTIA Frequencies

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On a recent trip to Northwest Arkansas, I was noticing many weak hits on 171.4375 MHz, N1CC . After a while I figured out this was a P-25 tr...
Sunday, June 17, 2012

DEA New P25 UHF Updates

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Just came up with some additional DEA UHF channels that had been previously unheard. First, I received a report of DEA activity in the Bos...
Thursday, June 14, 2012

New Radio Systems for RNC in Tampa

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While not specifically federal, this article describes the new radio systems that will be installed to support the Republican National Conve...
Sunday, June 03, 2012

Des Moines, IA Area Logs

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While working in the Des Moines, IA area I logged a few active federal frequencies. 165.2875, N650 - BATFE NET 1 167.8625, CSQ - VAMC P...
Friday, June 01, 2012

Federal Lands Fire Management Plans

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After what seemed like a long drought, with virtually no federal fire information found on-line, many federal fire planning documents are st...
Sunday, May 20, 2012

New UHF Trunked System - Las Vegas

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I'm spending a little time searching the airwaves in the Southern Nevada region. I seem to have stumbled upon yet another 400 MHz trunki...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

414.5625 Mhz Continued

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Over the last few years I've seen reports of, and heard myself, some encrypted P-25 transmissions on 414.5625 MHz . Reports have come fr...
Sunday, May 13, 2012

Chicago NATO Summit

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The NATO Summit is getting cranked up this week in Chicago. The Summit occurs on May 20 & 21, but preparations are already underway....
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...