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

[JH]

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From: "Steven Rutledge" <STRutledge@oii.net>
To: <fedcom@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: [FedCom] Encryption and Aircraft Radios (was: =
Questions)/The Answer


> The only federal agency that I know of that has OTAR is U. S. Customs. =


Not correct. There are numerous federal agencies that have OTAR =
capability. The reason we hear a lot of OTAR activity on the Customs =
frequencies is that their radios are programmed to "check in" as soon as =
they are turned on. What this does is check for the new DES code that =
gets changed often. If the code was sent out and the agent had his radio =
turned off, this gets him online with everyone else.=20

>  Only a very few federal agencies have repeater systems that =
adequately support DVP.  In
> fact, I would say that the FBI might be the only one.

I don't know about DVP, but most federal agencies' repeaters support DES =
and OTAR. Some however may not support the more current digital mode =
(i.e. APCO 25 project).

Joe




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