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Monday, April 13, 2020

Federal Emergency Frequencies

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In the April issue of The Spectrum Monitor, I presented possible frequencies that would possibly be used, particularly in response to the CO...
Friday, April 03, 2020

National Guard and COVID-19 Operations

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I have seen and heard some frequencies and radio systems that appear to be specially reserved for operations supporting response to the COVI...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

Navy Hospital Ships and COVID-19

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The U.S. Navy has dispatched two hospital ships to New York City and Los Angeles to support medical efforts during the Coronavirus pandemi...
Sunday, March 22, 2020

Federal Agencies & COVID-19

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Here is a graphic that shows which federal agency is doing what during the COVID-19 pandemic response: https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matt...
Tuesday, January 07, 2020

New vendor awarded $8.5M to service Coast Guard’s failing VHF sites

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This is in reference to VHF Marine Remote sites in Alaska: https://www.ktoo.org/2020/01/06/new-vendor-awarded-8-5-million-to-service-coast...
Tuesday, December 31, 2019

The Passing of Uniden's Paul Opitz

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Word began spreading last night about the death of Paul Opitz, otherwise known as " UPMan " on the scanner forums on Radio Referen...
Monday, December 30, 2019

January 2020 TSM Corrections

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Well, I somehow managed to fat-finger some frequencies in the January 2020 edition of Federal Wavelengths and wanted to post some correction...
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...