[FedCom] Neveda Group Monitoring Tour/Monitoring Effectiveness !!!??

[Ken]

Great idea Chris - are you looking to become our Federal Files  "tour" 
director?  Perhaps that would be a great prize for a subscriber to 
"Monitoring Times" magazines 25th anniversary celebration staring  in 
2007!!!!!  -- Chris & two or three other "selected" subcribers could drive 
around in a motor home scooping new frequencies!!!!  ;) :)

If you don't own an RV motor home, there's rental available right in the Las 
Vegas NV
area.  Taking a very quick internet look --- Depending upon RV size & season 
prices (weekly rate) range from $900 to 2100 plus some additional costs.

Also I guess it would be possible to "rough it" and just use tents & a 
rented passenger van of
some sort!

Wasn't Bob Grove "Monitoring Times" magazine publisher in a Discovery 
Channel special
involving area 51 in that NV southern area?

As a side note it can be VERY difficult to do monitoring with a group of 
people because
you may get a few hobbyists that just want to talk, talk, and continue to 
talk, when you are
there for a specific purposes to get frequencies/analyze use....  So 
generally I find that it's best
to do it alone or with just 1 or 2 others that have the same interest in 
getting frequencies.

Additionally, sometimes also small groups meet socially at a local eating 
estabishment before or after an event (e.g. military base open houses/air 
shows), which works out great!!!

Ken


---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Parris" <chrisparris at monitoringtimes.com>
To: "Discussion of Federal Government Communications" 
<fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [FedCom] Re: MT "Fed Files" Column Nov 06 Edition


>
> Thanks for reminding me, Blaine. It's even more reason to take a month off
> and drive around southern Nevada with the mobile command post to see what 
> I
> can pick up!