[FedCom] Re: NH Primary freq OT

[Rodney W]

this is off topic but, here are the features
Product Features 
10 Billion Channels       (is this really true??)
2-Way Text Messaging (SMS) 
Call Waiting/Caller ID 
NOAA Weather Receiver 
1-1/2" backlit LCD screen 

we would need more scanners, time to get mine wormed
up
for when they come to my town :)

--- Ed <bernies at netaxs.com> wrote:

> 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
> >The Flower Mound Scanner Web Page
> >http://mysite.verizon.net/resrjsf6/
> >IPN DFW226 / DCCERT 102 / FM CERT 82 /
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