[FedCom] DEA

[Greg Brazil]

About two days ago I was in downtown Oakland, Ca and heard in the clear 
conversations mobile to mobile with the distinctive "beep" from a secure 
radio that was in the clear mode.  418.675.  They were giving 
descriptions of the vehicle they were following with street names.  I 
was only about 4 blocks away.
Greg (SF Bay Area)

Blaine Brooks wrote:

> From: Rankin, Robert L
> 
>  >>DEA seems to be the last 3-letter agency around here to get any kind 
> of encryption.  They're known to use old beat-up analog >>Motorola HTs. 
>  So much for "the war on drugs".
> 
> I agree with Bob on this. At least from listening here in DFW, there
> has been no indication (so far) of any transition to lower base
> frequencies 406-410, or to P25. They are still using the nationwide
> 418.XXX assignments. Although I have detected some new
> P25 encrypted transmissions in the 406-410 area, I personally
> am not led to believe they are DEA, but rather USSD Diplo Security,
> USPS Inspectors, or an FCI installation making the "new" repeater
> outputs transition.
> 
> On a separate note (since the original thread was FBI), no indication
> as well of any "digital" transition for FBI either here in DFW.
>