[FedCom] Springfield MA Activity Report

[Ken Windyka]

For period 1/1/03 through 2/9/03:

Monitoring from my office about 1 mile from the federal building =
(Springfield MA) & from the home monitoring post (major limitation is =
just using a portable antenna attached directly to the BC 780XLT) :

165.2375 (CTCSS 100.0)  -- Informal chit chat (passing through on =
interstate highway system close to my office), appeared 1 unit was a =
mobile & other was using low power HT since I wasn't able to hear the =
other unit -- IRS-CID, ATF, Customs?? (happen to be just doing a search =
in the federal bands, ).
165.9125 digital/ scrambled? (rare use)
165.95 Digital probably encrypted (IRS-CID), (ocassional usage)
165.2875 Digital probably encrypted (BATF), (ocassional usage)
167.125R (CTCSS 167.9)  -- FBI, in the clear & also encyrpted  =
(ocassional usage)
167.5125R  (always) Encrypted (FBI?) (daily).
167.6625R (CTCSS 167.9)  -- FBI, in the clear & also encyrpted  =
(ocassional usage)
415.05R (CTCSS 91.5)  Postal Inspectors/Security (daily usage) -- =
interestingly that more than 1 repeater appears to get keyed at one =
time.  Hartford is main control but also other offices (e.g. =
Springfield) have access to the network.  Maybe at least 8 channels in =
the sytem - but unable to find the others -- may be related to input =
CTCSS to key an appropriate repeater  & simplex rather than more =
repeaters on separate frequencies.=20

I basically took all the DEA 400 mhz frequencies out of the scanner =
since they were all encrypted anyways..

Ken




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