[FedCom] FRS military traffic Bosnia & Herzegovina

Wed, 3 Jul 2002 10:40:54 -0700 (PDT)

Gentlemen?

I was on a USCG cutter in New Orleans where the crew also used the same FRS
radios on board.

73 Tom
--- [email protected] wrote:
> 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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