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Saturday, September 29, 2012

More Mexican Cartel Radio Towers Dismantled

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An AP story on the discovery of more drug cartel radio towers in Mexico: http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/19671161/mexico-finds-ca...
Sunday, September 23, 2012

NYC Activity

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I'm in New York City and noted a marked increase in radio traffic on known Secret Service and Department of State Diplomatic Security ch...
Friday, September 21, 2012

Dallas Area DEA

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As reported previously, there are a number of VHF frequencies in use around the Dallas/Ft. Worth area that are reported to be used by the DE...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

Portland TSA Off of IWN?

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A while back I discovered that the TSA at Portland International Airport (KPDX) seemed to have moved their primary radio operations to 4 tal...

USCG Astoria Using UHF

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I recently caught one of the US Coast Guard helicopters out of Astoria, Oregon using 412.9750 MHz, N293 for position and ops normal traffic...
Tuesday, September 04, 2012

DNC Convention Begins

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The Democratic National Convention begins today in Charlotte, NC. Some reports of convention related communications are filtering in. ...

Ryan Secret Service Code Name Revealed

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News outlets are now reporting the Secret Service code name for GOP VP candidate Paul Ryan. The code name for Ryan is reported as "...
Monday, September 03, 2012

New BoP Radio System - Atwater?

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I recently saw a note on Radio Reference about a new UHF federal trunked radio system being heard on the air in central California. Listener...
Saturday, August 25, 2012

Tampa RNC Updates

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As the powers that be mull a possible delay in the start of the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, due to Hurricane Isaac, so...
Friday, August 24, 2012

Las Vegas, Southern Nevada List

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In the September Fed Files, I listed frequencies from my scanning trip around Las Vegas and Southern Nevada. Here is the list as published, ...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

TSA Frequencies - One Stop Shopping!

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While preparing some information for an upcoming Fed Files column, I noticed that I had some "competing" blog posts with different...
Monday, August 20, 2012

CBP Inks Deal for Covert Antennas

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According to this recent item, the CBP has signed a deal for "covert" mobile antennas with Antenna Authority, Inc., of Douglasvill...
Sunday, August 12, 2012

Joint Base Charleston

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I've been in Charleston, SC for over a week for work, and finally had some time to search around for military activity in the area. I st...
Friday, August 10, 2012

FEMA Moves From Nextel

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As we have known, many federal agencies were heavy users of the Nextel "Direct Connect" push-to-talk radio and mobile phone servic...
Tuesday, August 07, 2012

El Paso, Texas Federal Scanning

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A few months ago I spent a few days in El Paso, Texas. As expected, the frequencies for CBP Border Patrol and Field Operations were...

Pacific Northwest IWN System

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In the July 2012 Fed Files column, I published the most recent compilation of the Integrated Wireless Network (IWN), the federal VHF P-25 t...
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...