[Scan-DC] Nuclear Security Summit

[Eric C. Carlson]

The fed surveillance aircraft (CBP, DEA, FBI) like to fly in
circles... they'll do it for hours continuously if they have to up to
the limits of fuel.  One thing they do is downlink video.  Usually
they're just watching a location or person.

-Eric

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 2:04 AM, Alan Henney <alan at henney.com> wrote:
>
> My thanks to those who pointed me to the right freq (such as Eric Carlson,
> et al) for the DHS helos.
>
> The Omaha helos do indeed appear to operate on the "Air-1" channel, 168.8375
> [$293], which was always encrypted as far as I could determine.
>
> At least three Omaha helos were airborne simultaneously at times on Thursday
> hovering in circles for hours at a time.  Why?  They also use 136.375
> (thanks to Ron Perron) which they call the "Victor" freq.  At least that is
> not encrypted, yet.
>
> I found a bunch of other, probably related, VHF freqs, but more than 95
> percent were encrypted.
>
> Any interesting finds otherwise?
>
> Alan
>
>
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