[FedCom] Encryption and Aircraft Radios (was: Questions)/The Answer

[Chris Parris]

Just for the record, Steve - I hear OTAR data bursts on DEA frequencies, and
have (rarely) heard the US Secret Service doing some OTAR during a big event
with a lot of radios running around (i.e., political conventions). But Customs
does do a LOT of OTAR and quite often it fails, with a trip to the radio shop
needed...

Steven Rutledge wrote:

>
> The only federal agency that I know of that has OTAR is U. S. Customs.
> This is Over The Air Keying.  Each radio has to have a code injected in
> it so it can operate in the encrypted mode.

Chris Parris
Beaverton, OR