Who is Using?? Re: [FedCom] IRS freqs

Fri, 29 Aug 2003 23:16:54 -0400 (EDT)

Well, they have a whole band set a side for them, and all the freqs I have
read on lists are in this band and are listed to the FBI and IRS and many
others.y

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Ken Windyka wrote:

> I've had these freqs in the scanner since they were first published, and
> have been at large military
> airshows/open houses  ... I've yet to hear any activity on these freqs.
> I've also seen/heard CAP using normal FRS radios with CTCSS enabled (as of
> last weekend at the Schenectady NY air show).  Would be interested to find
> out what agencies actually are using these radios on a regular basis or for
> that matter even having purchased the units.  My guess is there's a lot more
> fed agencies using standard FRS radios which are probably 70% cheaper than
> the IRS units & they probably had purchased the FRS units for IRS became
> available.
>
> Has anyone heard any federal agency using these???
>
> Ken
> Springfield MA Monitoring Area
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MONIX" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 8:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [FedCom] IRS freqs
>
>
> > I routinely keep a scanner going which has the ISR
> > (Federal Users equivalent to FRS radios which being
> > under NTIA they are not allowed to use)
> > frequencies in it and have never heard another unit.
> >
> > Except of course another unit I was talking to as I have two
> > of the IC-4008M's for CAP communications.
> >
> > There is no encryption option.
> >
> > It appears that some people are not aware of the frequencies.
> >
> > 396.875        01 ISR Inter Squad Radio (ISR) FM
> > 397.125        02 ISR
> > 397.175        03 ISR
> > 397.375        04 ISR
> > 397.425        05 ISR
> > 397.475        06 ISR
> > 397.550        07 ISR
> > 397.950        08 ISR
> > 398.050        09 ISR
> > 399.425        10 ISR
> > 399.475        11 ISR
> > 399.725        12 ISR
> > 399.925        13 ISR
> > 399.975        14 ISR
> >
> > MONIX
>
>
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