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

[JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON]

That si interesting that they are licensing a lot of these freqs
specifically for people like the IRS, but I have heard tittle to no
activity on them.
	I'm trying tfind out more about the place I will be working at,
and rememember reading lists of freqs with the IRS's name on them, and
didn't think much of it.





On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, MONIX wrote:

> To the best of my knowledge, not hearing anything personally,
> are the reports that the Marines, who lead the program to
> develop the ISR's to replace short range voice and
> hand signals are the only people using them.
> At $85.00 each GSA price they are a little expensive, a
> few months ago the VX-150's which are NTIA Wideband
> Compliant were going for less than $100.00.
>
> CAP has a prohibition of using FRS's for "Missions"
> however they can use them for other things.
> At the last Air show here both CAP and OMR, the OH organized
> militia (security), were both using FSR's.
>
> MONIX
> http://www.monix.org has more info on the above
>
>
> > 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
>
>
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