CAP Missions & Radios Re: [FedCom] Re: CAP Radios

[Ken]

Hello Bob & the group:

Check out CAPR 60-1  CAP Flight Management,  attachment #10, 
http://level2.cap.gov/documents/u_082503073227.pdf    which will indicate 
the types of missions that CAP aircraft (and ground support) can perform. 
CAP has over 500 aircraft in its' fleet.

Probably a good idea is to look quickly at the other CAPR 60 series 
regulations
http://level2.cap.gov/visitors/member_services/publications/indexes_regulations_and_manuals.cfm

Additionally CAP "News On Line" 
http://www.cap.gov/visitors/news/cap_news_online/ has many news articles on 
CAP's accomplishments.

Furthermore, you can subscribe to or search Google News
 http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn  and search for additional news 
on Civil Air Patrol

Local unit meeting days, location, & contact information can be found at:
http://cap.findlocation.com/

As with ANY organization, there's always the potential for a very small 
group of members to think they have more authority than they actual have. 
Overall I found that the vast majority of Civil Air Patrol volunteers are 
very good people who truly want to help out in an emergency as well in the 
development of the cadets via the cadet & aerospace education programs.  I 
know a few that have spent over 40 years of voluntary service to CAP...

Since the US Air Force funded HF/SSB/ALE, VHF FM/P25 (mobiles, bases, 
portables, repeaters), & UHF radio equipment purchases, then they would 
determine what technical requirements that this equipment had to meet, 
including encryption capabilities.    I would assume that CAP wouldn't 
object about what equipment is going to be provided to them when significant 
funding became available from the USAF.

I'm surprised we don't see more monitoring hobbyists reporting on CAP 
activities, whether it be scheduled nets, exercicses, or actual missions, we 
really don't see much listed on the various hobby list servers such as 
fedcom.   I think that even local law enforcement radio comms can be boring 
at times.  My atitude is that if it puts out an unencrypted (or for that 
matter encrypted) signal, it's worth at least posting that information to 
the list(s).

So give a listen and post what your hear!!!

Ken
Springfield MA Monitoring Area

- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rankin, Robert L" <rankin at ku.edu>
To: "Discussion of Federal Government Communications" 
<fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 4:41 PM
Subject: RE: [FedCom] Re: CAP Radios


Counter terrorism??!!!   Haw, haw, haw.  While I'm certain some of the jr. 
birdmen like to think of themselves as "agents" of "Homeland Security" or 
somesuch, busily on the forefront of "defending the nation" from its enemies 
(instead of merely enjoying the flying hobby), CAP, like MARS, and RACES, is 
an organization whose mission has pretty much been replaced by more mundane 
technology.  Remember:  The more insignificant the mission, the greater 
likelihood of encryption.  As a case in point, around here FPS and the VA 
police have both gone to encrypted P25, while much "real" law enforcement 
remains in the clear.

I