[FedCom] Mystery antenna madness

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In a message dated 8/14/2004 8:09:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time,  
fedcom-request at mailman.qth.net writes:

From:  "Christopher  Corley" <paratrooper202 at earthlink.net>
Subject:  Re: [FedCom] Re: The Mystery Antennas 
To: "Discussion of Federal  Government Communications"
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It is about time. Thanks  for that info. I thought that my self but wasn't
sure.
   Just because a person wrote it in an authoritative tone,  and it agreed 
with what you suspected, it doesn't mean it's correct!    It's actually pretty 
silly.   The ROADRUNNER vans do the comms support  during the motorcades & to a 
lesser degree, at POTUS visit sites.  Y/Z  provides a link between the limo & 
the ROADRUNNER van that has the obvious  SATCOM dome on it.  The PPD Close-In 
comms are still usually simplex, and  deliberately so.


Chris
----- Original Message ----- 
From:  <Signal500 at aol.com>
To: <fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent:  Saturday, August 14, 2004 11:05 PM
Subject: [FedCom] Re: The Mystery  Antennas


> This is a USSS communications suburban.  It has  three radio repeaters in
it.
> The first repeater is used to repeat  the three 800 MHz encrypted phones
from
> the president's limo back  to Air Force One. ( those are the two large
antennas
> on the back  ).  The second repeater is for the VHF P25 digital encrypted
>  protective service around the president. (the two smaller antennas)   And
the third
> repeater is a satellite uplink/downlink used for  secure communications.
(the
> two dome antennas) And yes, the WHCA  also follows in the motorcade with
two
> black Ford communications  vans "roadrunner" that also supplies secure
> communications for the  president in the event of an emergency.  They are
not operated  by
> the NSA, nor have they ever been.  There main purpose is to  set up
worldwide
> secure communications anywhere the president  is.
>
>
> Signal 500