[FedCom] Re: Follow-Up: Monitoring Status

[HornSmoke]

Absolutely correct. In fact, regarding the FAA repeater system here in 
Maine, only ONCE have I heard any analog traffic on channel #7. I 
initially put the freqs in as of March 2001, and daily scanned early 
morning and late afternoon. The first (and last!) analog traffic I 
monitored was at 0635 (EDT) on September 11, 2001 while in Waterville, 
Maine, with a 136.5 pl. (I had just ordered, via McDonalds' drive-thru, 
an onion-free steak and egg bagel.) A frantic conversation had ensued on 
the Central Maine machine. It seemed oddly out of place at the time. 
Later that morning, I watched the live feed as the second plane struck. 
Only two weeks later did it finally click (during a CNN recap) what I 
had actually heard early that morning. I bolted out to my car, checked 
my log book, and was stunned. Recently, I've only detected digital burst 
traffic on that particular freq.

Many of our venerable members have encouraged us to keep scanning. This 
is yet one more reason to do so.

Honestly, there are also far worse things we can spend our time and 
money on...at least this one is calorie/carb/fat free! One can even scan 
while exercising...yeah, right!

Best to this fine Group,

Loren

BTW, the US Marshals' repeater on 163.200 is still strong here in Maine, 
but inactive. I'm biding my time. ICE slips up and transmits cool stuff 
"in the clear", too.

MSDBM at aol.com wrote:

>In NYC the fedcom activity is alive and well. Every day there is someone  out 
>doing surveillance from DHS-CBP, ICE, FBI or DEA. Except for the FBI SOG  
>guys, most of the radio traffic is in the clear. On a lesser scale, occasionally  
>you hear Postal Inspectors or ATF. The thing is, most of the fedcom  activity 
>in the city is done where possible, on simplex/tactical frequencies  rather 
>than on repeaters. Nextel appears to be used for casual communications,  but 
>the surveillance, warrants etc are all through the radio. 
> 
> 
>If this monitoring is your sole source of scanning, you would surely die of  
>boredom.  The feds have a ridiculous number of frequencies allocated to  each 
>agency. You can monitor a frequency  that the local agency has in  their 
>radios for literally years with nothing good ever heard. As many have  stated, you 
>need patience to monitor this stuff. Eventually you'll hear  something good. 
>In six years of monitoring, I have heard the FCC repeater key up  twice with 
>radio checks, but no traffic. I have never heard the IRS CID guys  even once, 
>and come to think of it, I haven't heard the Marshalls in the longest  time, but 
>I know they are still there. 
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