[Scan-DC] HT clipped to nuclear football

[Andrew Clegg]

The close-up picture of the president's nuclear "football" in the below article shows an HT clipped to the case.  Based on the length of the antenna I'd guess it's somewhere in the VHF range, maybe somewhere in the ~136 - 170 MHz area. Any ideas what it might be for? Or maybe the officer carrying the case is a ham, and he just uses the football as a convenient holder for his 2 m rig?


https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/what-trump-doesn-t-get-nukes-size-really-doesn-t-ncna801621

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Trump's nuclear weapons confusion is part of a much bigger problem.