[Scan-DC] Re: Port of Baltimore

[ka3jjz at netscape.com]

  After I typed my original message, it got me to thinking a little bit; there's numerous other targets if you decide to really get into what's going on there;

- Many cruise liners use the Port as a launch port; so check out this link and see what you can find out;

http://home.earthlink.net/~ecps92/cruise_ships.htm

- Check out the itinerant freqs to see what is being used in the area. In this case, a simple duckie antenna is going to be more usable than a real good mobile, since you want to hear only those things within a mile or two.  

- Check out the VHF marine bank; find the Port Master's frequencies, tugboats, ect.  Always keep 156.8 and 157.1 in the radio

- In a recent MT, there was a comprehensive list of the Dept of Homeland Security freqs; check out both inputs and outputs. See which ones are being used by the Customs boys and others. The list shows that many freqs are repeated with a different PL, a different input or sometimes both.  Even if all you hear is encryption, if you're using just a simple antenna, you will have some idea which NET frequencies are being used.

- When the USNS Comfort comes to port, poke around the new 380 mhz land mobile band and see if you hear data. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they had a small trunk system onboard. Again, you might only hear data or encryption, but it would be a simple matter to use a small antenna to narrow down the possibilities. With security the way it is, I would be very careful about being too interested in the ship....and the same could be said for the various USCG cutters.

  There.  That should be more than enough. Some easy stuff, and some stuff that's more difficult.    73s Mike

links editor,Capitol Hill Monitors
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