[FedCom] New antennas on the Secret Service suburban

[Tom Greenwood]

Just a thought, but I wonder if the large antennas to the rear of the
vehicle may be HF antennas designed for tremendous durability and high
transmitter power.  Looking at the base of them, I wonder if what we are
seeing is some sort of feed network for tuning the antennas.

The antennas to the front with the ground planes I am guessing are for UHF.
The dimension appears to be correct.  Again, looks like designed for
tremendous durability and high transmitter power.  ...and we all know that
GEP use a lot of power.

73's

Tom
Monitoring DC to Daylight
Metro West Boston


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Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 9:37 PM
To: Discussion of Federal Government Communications
Subject: [FedCom] New antennas on the Secret Service suburban



>>>
Anyone know what the new antennas on the Secret Service
suburban are being used for? And what their frequency
range might be?
<<<

I had heard reports of these new antennas on some of the vehicles, but I
hadn't seen what they looked like before. Very interesting!

I'm wondering if the Suburban in the photo is the latest version of
ROADRUNNER, that used to be housed in a Ford van.

- Chris
 --
Chris Parris
Fed Files Columnist
Monitoring Times Magazine
chrisparris at monitoringtimes.com



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