[FedCom] Pirates?? on 165.4875 Boston Area

[Greg Brazil]

Sure that would not be The State Dept loaning radios?  Years ago I did 
radio work for The State Dept, Foreign Diplomatic Protection.

On 1/15/2013 1:54 AM, Mutual Aid Supplies, Inc. wrote:
> Tom, is it possible it could have been a foreign agency conducting a diplomatic protection detail ?
> Was there a "visit" scheduled by an important "someone" to visit one of the Boston Consulates perhaps?
>
> This would explain the use of a CBP frequency in a foreign language as CBP would lend radios to the foreign agency as well as assist in the escort from the airport. The pirate theory is highly unlikely.
>
> Roberto
>
>
> ________________________________
>   From: Tom Greenwood <thegreenwoods1 at verizon.net>
> To: 'Discussion of Federal Government Communications' <fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 10:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [FedCom] Pirates?? on 165.4875 Boston Area
>   
> Steve
>
> Been parked on this freq since last night.  Last I heard anything was this
> morning.  All appears quiet since.
>
> 73's
> Tom, N1JQB
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedcom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:fedcom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Steven Donnell
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 21:21
> To: Discussion of Federal Government Communications
> Subject: Re: [FedCom] Pirates?? on 165.4875 Boston Area
>
> Any more on this? There was a bit of a band opening over the weekend; Saw
> someone in Arlington, MA mentioned they were hearing Cumberland Co ME. And
> from dxinfocentre.com, there was a pretty good tropo duct right on top of
> us(gone now).
>
> Also worth noting when you hear something strange like this: See if it might
> be a 2nd or even 3rd harmonic. I once heard a very weak signal around 171
> MHz, and it turned out to be some type of bug/wire operating just below the
> FM Broadcast band. One sure sign is if the signal sounds overly rich/wide,
> as FM Deviation multiplies as the carrier freq multiplies.
>
> Steve  WA1YKL
>
>
> On 1/14/2013 9:29 AM, bernieS wrote:
>> Back in the mid 1990's I monitored foreign intraship crew comms from a
>> fishing vessel (shrimp boat?) using a frequency in the 165 MHz range
>> of the VHF Fed band with no PL late at night.  This was in
>> Philadelphia PA where such vessels regularly cruise the Delaware River
>> transporting seafood cargo to ports. The language was hard to
>> determine, but it was obviously not licensed Fed traffic.
>>
>> -bernieS
>>
>>
>>
>> At 08:47 AM 1/14/2013, you wrote:
>>> Don't know, Bill.  Need to dig a little deeper.  Had this also coming
>>> in also on a second radio.  Have not been able to catch these guys
>>> long enough to conduct some real sigint on them.
>>>
>>> Not sure of the language, either.  Does not sound like Spanish.
>>> Portuguese
>>> maybe?
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