[FedCom] ATF

[Ben Russell]

Since we're talking about ATF, 165.2875 is active in the Philadelphia, PA area
as a repeater output.  Activity is sporadic, but can be quite heavy during
surveillance ops.  All traffic is P25 with encryption used not nearly as often
as I would expect.  I'll have to plug in those tac channels some time; I only
had the 165.9125 freq in the scanner along with the above listed repeater. No
traffic heard on the tac channel, though.

Ben


> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:24:00 -0500
> From: Chris Parris <CParris2 at compuserve.com>
> 
> Here's what I have in my database and I have monitored some of these in
> use:
> 
> ATF 
> TAC 1 - 167.1625
> TAC 2 - 170.9625
> TAC 3 - 173.0125
> TAC 4 - 168.3500
> TAC 5 - 165.9125
> TAC 6 - 173.8875
> 
> The TAC frequencies are all simplex, with the exception of a TAC REPEATER
> channel with 173.0125 as the output and 167.1625 as the input.
> 
> The ATF has moved pretty much to all APCO-25 digital mode and they do use
> encryption quite often, but not always...
> 
> - Chris
>  --
> Chris Parris
> Fed Files Columnist
> Monitoring Times Magazine
> chrisparris at monitoringtimes.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:23:22 -0500
> From: "Mac McCormick III" <kf4lmt at comcast.net>
> 
> 
>     I think this is a strong candidate for what I was hearing.
>     Checking the news earlier this week, I noted that the ATF
>     was involved in some arrests here.  It's quite possible that
>     last week's activity could have been a prelude to those
>     arrests.  Additionally, the regular ATF Repeater here 
>     (165.2875) is P25 encrypted.  
> 
> Mac
> Savannah, GA


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