[FedCom] FRS military traffic Bosnia & Herzegovina

Wed, 03 Jul 2002 13:32:18 -0400

Ahh yes, sounds similar to the turn public safety radios are taking - they're
so secure that they won't even work for the intended users!

And that article is a conglomeration - someone with some radio knowledge
should have been enlisted...

Terry

On Wed, 03 Jul 2002 13:22:16 -0400 ed <[email protected]> wrote:

so much for secure radios...

-ed

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=8692&archive=true
Soldiers in Bosnia scour catalogs, PX in search of better two-way radios
By Sean E. Cobb, Bosnia bureau
Stars & Stripes, European edition, Wednesday, June 26, 2002

EAGLE BASE, Bosnia and Herzegovina -- For soldiers on patrol with the 
Bosnian peacekeeping mission, the best way to stay in touch starts with the 
post exchange.

That's where soldiers are buying up two-way radios designed for civilian 
families on ski slopes or at the mall. The commercial two-way radios are 
smaller, more powerful and more reliable than Army-issue hand-held radios ...

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