[FedCom] Re: NH Primary freq

[Ed]

instead of renting itinerant dot-freq radios, it's surprising these 
campaign staffs don't opt for buying bunches of the newer 900 MHz ISM 
FHSS (frequency-hopping spread-spectrum) handheld transceivers that 
are becoming surprisingly affordable, and which provide a respectable 
level of COMSEC from casual listeners (like us!)  http://trisquare.us/media.htm

amazingly, a pair of these 1W FHSS radios with all accessories costs 
well under $100:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000WY8JRU/ref=pd_luc_mri/104-8523927-5397513?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

-ed





At 04:19 PM 1/14/2008, you wrote:
>Chris Parris wrote:
>
> >>Thanks for that Steve...
>
> >>I've got to believe there is a lot of this kind of thing going on during
> >>these primaries and campaign stops. I've just not seen any of it posted
> >>previously...
>
>FWIW, I can confirm that candidates campaign
>camps can use all kinds of comm techniques,
>however, in today's age, it's usually a cell phone
>or Blackberry...:)
>
>Back in the 1988 Democratic Covention in Atlanta, the
>Dukakis folks were using a community repeater in the
>460 range (rental radio), that could be heard metro-wide.
>
>During two presidential debates in St. Louis, candidates
>staff were using VHF and UHF itinerant rental radios as well,
>but you had to be relatively close to the campaign or
>event site (luckily I WAS). Media will pop up on some
>goofy frequencies too during these things, as out of
>town and network media usually don't want to interfere
>with the locals in the 450 & 455 bands.
>
>Rental (itinerant) radios or FRS seem to be the norm.
>Certainly if I were trekking all over the country, it would
>be the way to go financial-wise, along with my PDA &
>cell phone.
>
>--
>Blaine Brooks /// Flower Mound TX USA
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