[Scan-DC] This may be old news to some... part 2

[Larry Van Horn, N5FPW]

> Those HF DEA freqs also appear old - I can't remember the last time I saw 
> the XRay listings reported in
> the WUN (now it's the Utility DXers Forum, on yahoo).

Glenn those alpha designators and frequencies are old --- very very old. I 
took those old DoD alpha designators off the WUN Mil/Gov List years ago when 
I did that column. In fact, when COTHEN stood up, those old alpha 
designators (setup by DoD BTW) went away.

> I do know ICE, DEA, Coast Guard and others use
> the COTHEN network (although activity has been pretty limited of late, and 
> my guess is that secure
> satellite comms are more common...), a small article on which can be found 
> here...

Activity on COTHEN has been increasing Mike. In fact, it has never been 
busier. Not sure why you said that, but MJ Cleary and I can vouch how busy 
that net is. You can get complete details counter narco acitivty on my 
personal blog at 
http://monitor-post.blogspot.com/2007/05/cleay-counter-druglaw.html.

This has the latest frequencies, callsigns, ale addresses, networks, etc. No 
brag, just the facts.

Larry Van Horn, N5FPW
USN (Ret) Brasstown, NC USA
Assistant/Technical Editor Monitoring Times
MT First Look/Help Desk/Milcom Columnist
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