[FedCom] FEDCOM in Rural areas
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my1938boat at yahoo.com
Sat Jun 27 17:26:37 EDT 2026
Another one of my former customers, Lo/Jack bights the dust.
On 6/27/2026 13:30, ~Bill via FedCom wrote:
> Lo/Jack VHF (173.0750) has been disbanded (March 2026) , activity from the towers will decrease as the states remove them from service
>
> Most Federal LE (Non Military Base) activity will be Conventional, not trunked, outside of the Bureau of Prison which generally run on-site trunking for the Prison Complex
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> https://www.radioreference.com/db/aid/2289
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> Bill - N1KUG
> Boston, Mass
> Cruise Ship Frequencies
> http://scanmaritime.com/
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedcom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:fedcom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of lists--- via FedCom
> Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2026 3:18 PM
> To: ~Bill via FedCom
> Subject: Re: [FedCom] FEDCOM in Rural areas
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> Radioreference has some users listed in your section "C" though I have
> had no luck searching then for trunking activity. No control channels
> found. I did find some faint Lojack.
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> https://www.radioreference.com/db/sid/10459
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> On Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:36:26 -0400, ~Bill via FedCom
> <fedcom at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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>> D not knowing where you are, hard to make comments/assumptions,
>> however I’ve seen rural areas that folks say there is none/has been
>> none and yet when I travel, I’ve found activity.
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>> a. Have you searched ALL the Federal activity bands ?
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>> a. 138-144
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>> b. 148-150.8
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>> c. 162-174
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>> d. 380-400
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>> e. 400-420
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>> f. And let us not forget the forgotten Low Band, which still
>> lives
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>> Just looking over my notes, you have multiple CBP/ICE/HSI and BP
>> sites around you
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>> a. Fort Drum
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>> b. Lake Placid
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>> c. Myakka (last visit this tower no longer existed, unless
>> rebuilt)
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>> d. And you have the Avon Park Bombing range
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>> Bill - N1KUG
>>
>> Boston, Mass
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>> Cruise Ship Frequencies
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>> <http://scanmaritime.com/> http://scanmaritime.com/
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>> From: David Todd [mailto:todddw at bellsouth.net]
>> Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2026 11:34 AM
>> To: ecps92 at earthlink.net
>> Subject: Re: [FedCom] Is it possible?
>>
>>
>>
>> Greetings to the group, I live in a rural area since I retired, so I
>> don't get much Federal traffic. I have monitored this list for a long
>> time and will continue to monitor and if I hear anything in my area I
>> will post it.
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>> Thank you for letting me be a part of this group.
>>
>>
>>
>> Davis W Todd
>>
>> Sebring, Florida.
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>> ...in God we trust
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>> all others we monitor...
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>> On Saturday, June 27, 2026 at 10:10:09 AM EDT, ~Bill via FedCom
>> <fedcom at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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>> In our Region this has been historically $167 for the FBI primarily
>> (Newark Repeater), but some simplex using $293 only (Boston FO -
>> security)
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>> Nothing else till you get down to DC
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>> One/same RID changing NAC's is an odd occurrence, pointing me back to
>> strong RF overload or a weak signal
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>>
>> Bill - N1KUG
>>
>> Boston, Mass
>>
>> Cruise Ship Frequencies
>>
>> http://scanmaritime.com/
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> From: fedcom-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:fedcom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Marcie via FedCom
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>> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2026 6:39 PM
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>> To: Discussion of Federal Government Communications
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>> Subject: Re: [FedCom] Is it possible?
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>>
>>
>> Thank you..I was listening to 167.3625 and was getting all diff.
>> NAC,s but
>>
>> same RID I just
>>
>> figured (misfire) both my SDS 200 and R8600 copied same thing...tks
>> for
>>
>> input...Marcy
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>> On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 6:36 PM D Jones <djoneses at verizon.net> wrote:
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>>> Yes, you could have the same RID for different NACs in some type of
>>>
>>> interoperability situation. But interesting that you would hear
>>> the same
>>> radio on different systems on the same day.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 5:59 PM, Marcie via FedCom
>>> <fedcom at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>>> To have different NAC,s and same RID (probably no?t) but kinda odd
>>> I got
>>> different NAC,s 143, 164, 334, same RID malfunction? with radio?
>>> Marcy
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