[FedCom] air force base communications and encryption

[Jeff Kenyon]

Idon't know about that either, because I was there in 2003 before it
opened, and it was just talk and this system was there then.





On Thu, 3 May 2007, Mike Lehman wrote:

> I haven't been to Arkansas in decades, but my guess is that this might
> very well be related to the Clinton Presidential Library. Major new
> federal installation with need for new, secure comm system....makes
> sense to me, but beyond that it's only my best WAG.
> Mike Lehman
> Urbana, IL
>
> Mark Meece wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 May 2007, Chris Parris wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi, Jeff...
> >>>
> >>> I can tell you only what I observed in Little Rock late last year
> >>> when I was
> >>> there for a few days...
> >>>
> >>> I also picked up the trunked system you are referring to. It is a
> >>> Motorola
> >>> SmartNet system that shows a system ID of 4628. The frequencies that I
> >>> identified with this system are;
> >>> 406.1625, 406.3625, 406.5625, 406.7625, 406.9625, 407.1625, 407.3625
> >>> and
> >>> 409.7625. All were using P-25 digital mode and all that I monitored
> >>> were
> >>> encrypted.
> >>>
> >>> RadioReference and folks on the Arkansas forum on RR seem to think
> >>> this is
> >>> Little Rock AFB, but I am not convinced. I made a trip up to LRAFB
> >>> myself
> >>> and was unable to pick up any trace of this system while I drove
> >>> around the
> >>> perimeter of the base. I was also hearing base fire and security ops
> >>> on VHF
> >>> P-25 frequencies while I was there. I was only able to start picking
> >>> up the
> >>> control channel of this system when I got back in to Little Rock
> >>> proper. So
> >>> I have no idea where this system is or who it belongs to. But I
> >>> don't think
> >>> it is Little Rock AFB.
> >>>
> >>> - Chris
> >>>
> >
> >
> >
> > Chris and group,
> >
> > Camp Robinson located about 5 miles west of Little Rock AFB seems to
> > cover a
> > fairly large geographic area, but all I see based there is the 87th
> > Troop Command and
> > the Arkansas National Guard. To me it would not seem to warrant a
> > trunk system.
> > There is a U.S. Federal Correctional Institute at Forrest City, AR,
> > but that is roughly 90 miles
> > east of Little Rock. I would doubt any TRS there would have that kind
> > of range.
> > Otherwise I cannot find any other federal/military facilities near
> > enough to Little Rock.
> >
> >
> > Sounds like we have nice mystery going,
> > Mark
>
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