[FedCom] New Antennas on Secret Service Suburban

[gary]

The question of the license was intentionally silly. Groom Lake was 
running their seismic sensors on 151.5MHz and didn't have a license, and 
hey, nothing happened to them. ;-)

Here is a bit more on classified patents:
<http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/05may20041600/edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2002/julqtr/pdf/37cfr5.1.pdf>

Peter Gottlieb wrote:

> I would think it would be difficult to get a "classified" patent.  
> Boy, I'd love to see that get to court.
>
> OTOH, you have no idea what name they have patents in (if indeed there 
> are any).
>
> The question of licensing is silly.
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "gary" <lists at lazygranch.com>
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> Subject: Re: [FedCom] New Antennas on Secret Service Suburban
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>> FYI, I did a patent search and can't find any from ACM Systems or 
>> Advance Countermeasure.  It is possible to get classified patents.
>>
>> BTW, so where is the license for these guys to transmit in the cell 
>> and pager band? Oh wait, some people don't need no stinkin' licenses.
>>
>> listen13579 at att.net wrote:
>>
>>> This site has some additional comments about the vehicle in question
>>> including some links to a possible manufacturer of the electronic
>>> equipment:
>>>
>>> http://cryptome.org/spy-vehicle-02.htm
>>>
>>> Law enforcement officers frequently rely on cell phones as a backup to
>>> their radios and a blanket RF jammer operating in the 800 Mhz band 
>>> would
>>> affect their phones as well. I wonder if LEO's are advised in 
>>> advance of
>>> a POTUS visit to make sure their communications plans don't involve
>>> cellphones?
>>>
>>> Perhaps USSS would only turn the jamming on during certain times 
>>> (like a
>>> motorcade movement) to avoid inconveniencing the many people, including
>>> White House staff, LEO's etc, whose jobs would be affected by cellphone
>>> disruption?
>>>
>>>
>>>
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