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Monday, December 16, 2019

Army Flights Over DC

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-13/army-s-secret-flights-over-washington-now-an-enduring-mission
Thursday, November 14, 2019

Another 380 MHz Trunked System and Garage Doors

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Another story has  emerged about people having trouble with their garage door remote controls likely due to interference from a government 3...
Saturday, October 12, 2019

VHF P-25 DoD System Near Pittsburgh?

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A recent posting over on Radio Reference indicates that a new VHF P-25 multi-site radio system is being heard in the Pittsburgh area, in sou...
Monday, September 16, 2019

FBI Communications Compromised by Russian Agents

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This story began circulating recently on the Internet - an interesting read: https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-russia-carried-out-a-stunnin...
Tuesday, September 10, 2019

VHF Marine Channel Number Changes

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The US Coast Guard has a nice chart of the numbering changes on some of the VHF marine radio channels used in the United States. Here is a l...
Thursday, August 08, 2019

ELMR 14C Sites in Barstow CA

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On a recent drive between Las Vegas and Burbank, I ran across two ELMR 14C sites in Barstow, CA supporting the Marine Corps Logistics Cen...
Sunday, July 07, 2019

Providence, RI

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Time for an update to the Fed Files blog! I recently spent a few days in the downtown Providence area and had some interesting federal rad...
Friday, April 12, 2019

US Miltary P25 Low Band Report

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I have reported several sources indicating that they have heard some P-25 digital modes in to 30 - 88 MHz VHF low band that were assumed to ...
Saturday, April 06, 2019

More DEA VHF Transition

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Some new VHF frequencies likely being used by the DEA have been heard active in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Here are the c...

New Federal UHF Trunked System in Austin, TX

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A new UHF P25 trunked system in the UHF band has been reported in the Austin, Texas area. Discussions on Radio Reference can be followed her...
Saturday, March 23, 2019

Super Bowl 53 Wrap Up

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Here are the listings of frequencies I logged during my two weeks of work in Atlanta at Super Bowl 53. While not all of the activity w...
Friday, March 01, 2019

New Federal Bay Area VHF Trunking?

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Reports have been posted on Radio Reference about a new VHF trunking control channel being heard in the San Francisco Bay area of Northern C...
Friday, January 25, 2019

Super Bowl 53 Updates

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Once again I am at Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta, Georgia. I will post some limited updates on federal activity here, but nothing on active ope...
Saturday, December 29, 2018

New Email Address

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I have started using a new email address for communications related to the magazine column and other federal monitoring. You can email me at...
Friday, December 28, 2018

Tournament of Roses Parade

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For the first time in a while I will not be working on the television coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasaden...
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

TSA Moving to UHF Channels?

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A recent posting in the Federal Business Opportunities website, https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=25449a5f51bc288...