The Final Word!? Re: [FedCom] Re: Civil Air Patrol

[Ken]

Rod, Blaine, others, the group:

ALL the "clues" were provided.  If you went to the blog, it specifically 
told you to start with what you knew (e.g. all the CAP current frequencies 
in use)  & than work your way out.  IF you did this you would have seen the 
results of the "knowns"....  The "advanced" internet search technique, 
should also have been your clue that you all needed to pay special attention 
to what the search results were displaying.  The information was in "plain" 
sight! LOL!!!

I really don't know why anyone needs to be upset (couple hundred 
hobbyists?).  I really didn't have to post any of this information.  Granted 
it was a bit of a puzzle & it was specifically put in the blog so that I 
could control/revise content.  IF anyone had been confused about the 
technique, just a simple "private" email to me would have cleared up any 
questions.   I got very little email traffic on this!

Again though, IF you don't want to spend the time doing this, than simply 
start searching the military VHF bands when your "known" local CAP repeater 
frequencies go dead.  It's also possible that the CAP frequencies listed in 
the search results were actually changed after that referenced document (in 
the dead link) was published so the entire time spent searching & 
downloading may be a fruitless exercise.

Although I have seen some improvement on this list.  Many hobbyists still 
don't seem to know how to (or discipline/desire to) use the "search" 
function in their scanners.  NO matter what frequency information is posted 
here, IF you don't search the federal bands in your geographic area & only 
depend upon what is posted here OR is published in hobby magazines there a 
good chance you are missing out on some federal activity in your area. 
"Searching" is the "FUN" side of this hobby!!!

Remember that 'hobby' is defined as an activity or interest pursued outside 
one's regular occupation and engaged in primarily for pleasure!  Keep all of 
this in perspective!!!

Ken
http://radioscannerland.blogspot.com/
http://westernmass-milcom.blogspot.com/


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rod jones" <rj_721 at yahoo.com>
To: "Discussion of Federal Government Communications" 
<fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [FedCom] Re: Civil Air Patrol


> Blaine and all
>
> It's not a link to go to that lists the channel plan, it's the search 
> results description for each
> freq you enter. The link in the search results is dead, but the 
> description is still there. Ken
> could have said that a couple weeks ago and avoided pissing off the couple 
> hundred folks on this
> list. I have tried he "suggestion" from the first time he posted it, what, 
> 2 weeks ago. Never saw
> it until just now.