[FedCom] MT "Fed Files" Column Nov 06 Edition

[gary]

http://www.tsa.gov/press/releases/2006/press_release_11022006.shtm
SFO has always been under contract, though I believe the contract 
company has changed at least once.

I just made a pass through the Nellis ranges, and will update my own 
list soon. I no longer make submissions to radioreference, since 
somebody else keeps submitting wrong information. It is just a waste of 
time. I haven't published the data online, though I suppose I could.

What cracks me up on radio reference is the location of the DOE 
transmitters. Some of the sites can be visited since they are off the range:
http://www.lazygranch.com/images/warmsprings/doe1.jpg
http://www.lazygranch.com/images/warmsprings/doe2.jpg
http://www.lazygranch.com/images/warmsprings/doe3.jpg

That is the warm springs site. Here is the Brock Mountain site:
http://www.lazygranch.com/images/ttr/brock/bigshack3.jpg

The is another DOE site in the Sheep Range. I haven't done that hike, 
but it is on the list. We're talking 4000ft elevation change in that hike.

Radioreference is a starting point, but never expect it to be 100% accurate.


Chris Parris wrote:
> Hello Gary and the list...
> 
>> The first article is about an oddity regarding the TSA at SFO. SFO uses
>> a private company for screening, which probably is the reason for the
>> oddity.
> 
> Are you saying that all the personnel at SFO wearing TSA uniforms are not
> TSA employees? What I saw and heard at SFO was uniformed TSA personnel at
> the passenger screening area using the UHF MERS frequencies and not the TSA
> VHF frequencies used at almost every other airport in the country. That was
> unusual to me...
> 
>> I don't know if it was his column, but Monitoring Times published data
>> on the Nellis range (NTS, Groom Lake) that was lifted from
>> radioreference.com without giving them credit.
> 
> If you are referring to the September 2006 column about the Department of
> Energy Motorola system, I developed those frequencies from my own monitoring
> and some info supplied by others. I have not done anything about the Groom
> Lake EDACS system, mainly because I have no accurate information. If some of
> the info that was submitted to me came from Radio Reference, I was not aware
> of it. I always offer to credit the source of anything given to me for
> publication.
> 
> By all means if there are some errors in my lists, please don't hesitate to
> let me know. I strive for accuracy in my columns!
> 
> - Chris
> 
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