[FedCom] Interesting comments - secrecy of Civil Air Patrol Freqs

[Ken]

Hello Daryll & the group:

I think the vast majority of people who volunteer their time to Civil Air 
Patrol have good intentions & do help the government in a variety of 
missions (see their website for complete information).  As with any 
organization, you always have a few that are "on the fringe"  so to speak.

US Government frequenices lists/usage (civilian agencies as well as military 
branches) are considered FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY, and are not to be released 
to unauthorized personnel.  This policy has been around for 40+ years!

Again even if CAP's frequencies get changed (which is doubtful), it really 
won't take that long in a concentrated US wide radio monitoring hobbyists 
project to find & identify new frequencies in use.

It's too bad too many people on this list are always complaining about 
perceived "injustices" or what other people say rather than just spending 
some monitoring time "in the search mode" discovering interesting 
frequencies & posting their findings to this list.....

Ken
Springfield MA Monitoring Area



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daryll" <rotarymag at adelphia.net>
To: "Discussion of Federal Government Communications" 
<fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [FedCom] Interesting comments - secrecy of Civil Air Patrol 
Freqs


> Very interesting reading, reveals a lot about the attitude of some CAP 
> communicators towards scanner hobbiests.
>
> Using the term "enemies of freedom" to describe us is very insulting. 
> Some of us have done more to ensure our peoples freedom than some entire 
> CAP wings.
>
> /quote/
>>>When our Freq's change, and/or we go to narrow band, anyone with a 
>>>scanner will know break our COMSEC in 10 seconds. Even if we go to APCO, 
>>>a bunch of manufacturers are making APCO (digital) scanners. I suggest 
>>>using navajo or pig latin to confuse the enemies of freedom! Of course, 
>>>encrypting our system might just work too...<<
> /quote/