[MilCom] ANG BASE RADIOS GONE

[Ken]

What's the name of the air base? (119th Wing, Fargo 
http://www.119wg.ang.af.mil/?)  (might want to check the federal contracting 
site to see if any equipment bid requests/ awards were posted).

Were they using P25 digital or FM on the 162-174 mhz band prior to 
disappearing? (this would indicate whether they got new equipment or not).

Are there any other military bases with 50-75 miles of your area & what are 
they using for frequencies? (in some instances a different frequency band 
will be utilized so not to interfere)
Are there any federal trunking systems in your area? (The base may have been 
added to the federal system).

It's strange that they would totally disappear totally.   Many years ago, I 
think (via a press release) Dover AFB was experimenting with the use of IDEN 
technology via a dedicated sites on the base provided by Sprint/Nextel; 
however, I don't think that system was being used for critical base support 
functions (e.g. base ops, security, fire/crash, & disaster prepardness).

Ken

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Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 11:49 AM
Subject: [MilCom] ANG BASE RADIOS GONE


> My local ANG base disappeared off of the 11 VHF freqs they were on..Ive
> searched 380-420 with no control channels found - nothing on uhf 
> conventional -
> nothing found in the 138-150.75 band or the 162-174 band that they left. I
> am 3 miles away from the base and they are still in full operation. They 
> had
> a lot of traffic until they disappeared...Any ideas ???