[FedCom] absolutely no federal government activity in my area of Western New York

[jkenyon7 at rochester.rr.com]

Well, this seemed to be real time surveillance in one of Detroit's more questionable neighborhoods.  When I heard it the first time, it was in mid afternoon and there have been other times I've heard it at night.  One of the many federal buildings in Downtown Detroit also had their security staff using an analogue frequency.  At that time, I was living in Grosse Pointe, and could usually get the smaller repeater stations from Downtown Detroit.  There also was of course APCO25 both in the clear and encrypted.  Finally, there was a ham repeater broadcasting in APCO25, but the only people who ever used it were federal workers who had access to a rig capable of working P25.  All of the above activities were heard in about 2003 or 2004.  

-----Original Message-----
From: ~Bill <ecps92 at earthlink.net> 
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2026 2:39 PM
To: 'Jeff Kenyon' <jkenyon7 at rochester.rr.com>
Cc: fedcom at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [FedCom] absolutely no federal government activity in my area of Western New York

Not Everything (despite the nay-sayers) is/will be ENC or P25

Only YOU will know what YOU can hear from YOUR location

Bill - N1KUG
Boston, Mass
Cruise Ship Frequencies
http://scanmaritime.com/


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Kenyon [mailto:jkenyon7 at rochester.rr.com] 
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2026 1:14 PM
To: ecps92 at earthlink.net
Cc: fedcom at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [FedCom] absolutely no federal government activity in my area of Western New York

Hi Bill, I have the SDS100 and the BCD436 as well as the Icom ICR30, all of which are just using the stock antenna.  This brings up another point that even when I was in the Detroit area, I heard more from Canada on those bands then I did from the federal agencies.  Interestingly enough, I heard some things that were not only in the clear, but in analogue mode when I would have guessed they would be encrypted.
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> On Feb 22, 2026, at 12:17 PM, ~Bill <ecps92 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> You mission for the next two weeks is to scan/log these four Frequencies
> 
> report back the PL/DPL or NAC and if you have SFT (Single Freq Trunk) or other sources the RID's being used.
> 170.7000
> 171.8625
> 411.1375
> 406.7375
> 
> Rochester being so close to Canada and some of the Canadian Freq's (Business etc) are within the US Federal Band, I think you might be missing out.
> What Scanner
> What type of Antenna, Indoor/Outdoor
> What is your channel spacing in the VHF and UHF Federal search's ?
> 
> 
> Bill - N1KUG
> Boston, Mass
> Cruise Ship Frequencies
> http://scanmaritime.com/
> 
>