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Saturday, July 16, 2016

RNC Security Information

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The Secret Service has posted an interesting PDF file regarding all the security surrounding the RNC Convention in Cleveland. You can find t...
Sunday, June 26, 2016

GAO Report on The Secret Service

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I wrote about this report back in the April 2016 edition of The Spectrum Monitor: --> https://www.oig.dhs.gov/assets/Mgmt/2...

Changes in San Antonio Military Systems

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Over the past few weeks I've been seeing reports on the Radio Reference forums of some changes occuring in the UHF trunked systems used ...
Saturday, June 11, 2016

DEA in NYC

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I've been working in New York City this week and noted hearing some Over-The-Air-Rekeying (OTAR) data on the DEA frequencies. I heard it...

TSA at IAH Changes

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I just saw a posting that indicates the TSA at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) is now using a repeater on 172.9000 MHz, N0...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Whistler Steps Up to DMR

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After the announcement by Uniden that they would be offering an update to listen to DMR digital on the 436/536 line of scanners, the Whistle...
Monday, May 16, 2016

Uniden Announces DMR Upgrade

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In a thread on Radio Reference, the Uniden product manager (UPMan) for scanners announced that they were preparing to offer a paid upgrade t...
Saturday, April 09, 2016

New NIFOG Available

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A necessary tool for any serious federal scanner listener is the National Interoperability Field Operations Guide, or NIFOG. The latest vers...
Thursday, April 07, 2016

Super Bowl 50 Monitoring

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Here's a short list of what I was able to monitor during my stay in the Santa Clara area for Super Bowl 50: 136.3750    AM        ...

IRS - Heard Them Lately?

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At one time, the IRS division of the Treasury Department was fairly active on their federal frequencies. Lately they seemed to have gotten h...

Federal Use of DMR

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In the January 2016 issue of The Spectrum Monitor, I listed a few confirmed frequencies that seem to be carrying a digital mode called DMR ...

2016 - Where Are The Blog Posts?!?

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Sorry to all of the Fed Files blog fans out there. I've been neglecting my blog postings for too long now, and will try and catch up wit...
Thursday, December 24, 2015

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

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I hope all the Fed Files fans and The Spectrum Monitor readers have a safe and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Thursday, November 19, 2015

406.9375 MHz in Las Vegas Identified

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For some time I have been hearing Moto TRBO (DMR) on 406.9375 MHz . I assumed for some time that it was related to the VA Medical Center in ...
Monday, October 19, 2015

More Federal Prison System Updates

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It appears that the Federal Bureau of Prisons, part of the Justice Department, is continuing to upgrade their existing Motorola Type II trun...
Tuesday, October 06, 2015

CBP OAM changes to AMO

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As of October 1, the Customs and Border Protection Office of Air and Marine has changed their name to CBP Air and Marine Operations (AMO). ...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Top 100 Military Frequency List

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In the October issue of The Spectrum Monitor ( http://www.thespectrummonitor.com/index.aspx ), I  posted my attempt at an updated version o...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

USAF Trunked System Expands in Colorado

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It appears that the US Air Force is expanding their regional trunked radio system and will have Buckley Air Force Base moving off of the fed...
Monday, June 29, 2015

"New" trunked system in Southern California

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On a recent trip the Los Angeles area, I stumbled upon a P-25 trunking control channel on 411.4500 MHz. I was located just south of the LAX ...
Monday, June 08, 2015

Portland Rose Festival Fleet Week 2015

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   I'm usually out of town for most of the annual Rose Festival Fleet Week, but I just made it back to get a chance to watch some of the...