[FedCom] RE: FCC

Rankin, Robert L rankin at ku.edu
Tue Feb 21 09:56:03 EST 2006


No worries.  An engineer from the KC office came over and demo-ed it for our ham club.
 
Bob, w0nxn
 
> I was waiting for someone to mention that setup, I was hesitating to do so
because of OPSEC. But anyhow, a friend of mine here in New England said
they deploy a similar device in a car as well.

> Yeah, they had a "hard top convertible" in Kansas City with a vinyl
covered roof, and the rotating DF antenna was built into the roof
*underneath* the vinyl.  And none of this "get them to keep transmitting so
we can get a 'fix"." like in the old movies.  They can lock in in less than
a second.  It's all very slick, and they probably do use phones now.



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