[FedCom] New Fed P25 sys: FBI? DPL?

[john wilson]

Immigration.

Steven Donnell WA1YKL wrote:

> For the past wk or so, directly following the DNC convention, we have
> been hearing some strange new activity on several Fed freqs from our
> home in southern NH:
> 163.675  MHz   DPL 043
> 163.750             DPL 023
> 163.775             DPL 071
> 165.7375           DPL 023
>
> These all seem to be linked repeater outputs. Except for the 165 Mhz
> freq, I would say they are merely new narrowband FBI CHs. Until today,
> most all that Ive heard on these freqs was the repeaters self keying due
> to severe interference from paging and FM Broadcast signals. Sometimes
> when the repaters key up there is the telltale buzz that indicated it
> was a P25 signal, but other times its an analog carrier, BUT w/ a DPL of
> 023. The DPL has been confirmed on two radios here, and by a friend.But
> Ive also just noticed the DPLs are different for each freq.
>
> The 163.750 MHz tx is likely here in NH as at a location 25mi W the
> signal is V strong. Possibly Windham, NH.
>
> Today we finally heard couple of radio techs playing w/ the system. Some
> of this was P25, both clear and Enc, and some analong, and again in DPL
> 023,,. The techs were refering to themsleves as "Team F", and themselves
> or the system as "FNC"(I think). They also talked to a dispatcher that
> IDd as "Central", which sounds like classic FBI.
>
> Watching the watchers,,.
>
> Steve
>
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