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Thursday, November 21, 2013

US Capitol Police Trunked System On The Air

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I just started monitoring the new US Capitol Police VHF P-25 trunked system that should replace the analog VHF conventional channels that ar...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Coast Guard Data Bursts?

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I have recently seen complaints from multiple locations about hearing some sort of digital noise or interference on the Coast Guard primary ...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

State Department 409.5250 MHz Work in LA

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While in the Inland Empire near LA, I caught someone doing some work on the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) ...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Monitoring Times Final Issue

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The last ever issue of Monitoring Times magazine has hit the streets today. Farewell old friend, it was a great ride!
Monday, November 04, 2013

US Capitol Police Begin Testing of New Radio System

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According to this article, the US Capitol Police are beginning testing of their new radio system: http://www.rollcall.com/news/capitol_pol...
Sunday, October 27, 2013

NOAA Weather Transmitter Causing Interference

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According to this release from NOAA, the New York City area weather transmitter seems to be causing some interference issues with the Coast ...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Boulder, CO Area Trunked Systems

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I recently found myself with some spare time and a rental car in the northwest part of Denver. I decided to cruise up and see what I could f...

Press release on The Spectrum Monitor

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--> PRESS RELEASE 10-23-13 For Immediate Release Contact: Ken Reitz e-mail:   ks4zr1@gmail.com Phone: 540-967-2469 ...
Monday, October 14, 2013

The Spectrum Monitor

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As you know, Monitoring Times magazine is ending publication with the upcoming December 2013 issue. Some of the MT editors & writers (in...
Saturday, October 05, 2013

US Capitol Police Channels

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I've had some inquiries about where to listen when looking for the US Capitol Police. As mentioned in a previous blog post, they are one...

Radio Problems Cited in Capitol Shooting Incident

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Media outlets are reporting stories of poor equipment performance and radio system incompatibility during the car chase and shooting that oc...
Wednesday, October 02, 2013

DEA, FBI & FPS Updates

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I've added some additional information to the DEA frequency updates featured at the top of the home page of the Fed Files blog. A sour...
Saturday, September 14, 2013

Armed Federal Agencies

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With all the controversy surrounding the EPA and their use of armed agents in Alaska recently, I saw  this story about all the federal agenc...
Friday, September 13, 2013

DoE Seeking New Radio System

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The Department of Energy is seeking vendors for replacement of their current Motorola trunked radio system at their Oak Ridge, Tennessee fac...

DHS OIG Report on Communications Management

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The Department of Homeland Security continues to have difficulties in managing their communications resources, says a new report out from th...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

The Fed Files on Twitter

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Preparing for life after Monitoring Times, I have established a Twitter account for posting breaking news and updates on the federal frequen...
Saturday, August 24, 2013

CBP Changes in Houston Area

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I'm seeing reports of major changes in the Customs & Border Protection (CBP) repeaters in the Houston, Texas area. It appears that t...
Saturday, August 17, 2013

NFM in the UHF Miltiary Air Band?

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Recently I have received reports of uses of narrow-band FM for voice traffic on various frequencies in the 225-380 MHz military air band. Mo...
Friday, August 16, 2013

NTIA Plans Spectrum Monitoring

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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) plans a remote, real-time, spectrum monitoring project. You can read s...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

170.7875 MHz in Boston

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Reports of a new frequency being tested by "radio services" were received from sources in the Boston area. The frequency heard was...