[FedCom] Customs

Wed, 19 Jun 2002 12:30:57 -0500

Virtually all the antennas used on USG vehicles as "disguise antennas"
look like cellular telephone antennas.  They are primarily used for VHF
freqs and will work with a cellular phone. The industry standard and
choice of virtually every government agency is Sti-Co Industries.  Check
their web page and you will see what everyone is using.

JH wrote:
> 
> It is quite possibly a "disguise" VHF antenna. I know, why use a disguise
> antenna on a marked car? It happens a lot. Since the majority of Customs
> vehicles are unmarked, they probably have more unmarked "radio packages".
> This includes the Motorola W3 car radio (the car radio that has all the
> controls on the handset). If you see that Customs car again, try to get a
> peek at the radio. I'll bet it is the W3.
> 
> Joe
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> > Saw a marked Customs car today with only a 800 Mhz trunkmount
> > antenna on it? Canadian border unit.
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