[FedCom] Where Have Customs Gone?

[Tom M.]

I once heard a drug sting on 154.600 Mhz.
I was tuning up a commercial radio for a chap at the time and heard this on the
radio I was servicing.

Good choice.  I'm sure Starbucks and Wal Mart got a kick out of it.

Seems like there would be better places to hide, like 151.61, in that area.

Tom
Lafayette, LA
--- OHIOSCAN <mikef@ohioscan.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > As someone who deals with many of these Federal agencies from time-time in
> > my F/T job, I have only seen the migration to Nextel as an Alternative to
> > Verizon and CellularOne in the Major Metro Areas.
> >
> > The agencies are still maintaining and using their Normal VHF and UHF
> Radio
> > equipment, however the Nextel does make it a little easier for the
> Cellular
> > as well as the Direct Connect features at times, but Alas we have no fear
> > (atleast in Boston, from my perspective) of loosing the ability to monitor
> > our Favorite Alphabet Soups.
> >
> > ASTRO is a different issue.
> >
> > Bill Dunn N1/KUG
> > Official Scanner Guides
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~ecps92/
> >
> >
>    I can confirm NEXTEL are not supposed to be used for operational
> comms. I talked with a relative and according to his directives they
> are to use SABRES for their ops and NEXTEL is not there future comms
> device. Not that direct connect is not used its just not what they
> are supposed to use. A friend who works for the same agency in Fl in 99
> showed me his ASTROS programmed for the same freqs they been using for
> years. I forgot to ask my relative if they are issued ASTROS also up
> here in Ohio. His theory why they have vanished is simplex is used 95%
> of the time during ops and the admin chat we used to hear on rptr's is
> now going over Nextel or Cellular. They also are using local PD's radios
> since most ops are joint deals and they bail out once finished with there
> part. He also mentioned the war going on for spectrum and with the
> new Home Land Defense Agency sucking up his and others agencies the
> radio situation is in chaos. The FBI is trying to grab whatever they
> can regardless of the ramifications on smaller budget tight agencies.
> 
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
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