[Scan-DC] HT clipped to nuclear football

[John Wilson]

My comments...Any/all WH/SS approved staff radios are issued and 
controlled by the WHCA/SS.  My guess it is one of a number procured 
especially for WH/SS personnel use encrypted uhf radios issued to 
selected WH/SS personnel in the President's entourage.  It probably is a 
minimum 2 channel HT for use either simplex tac or as a multi-user on a 
SS low powered portable repeater that always travels with the President.

John

Andrew Clegg wrote:
> 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?
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> Opinion | What Trump Doesn't Get: With Nukes, Bigger Isn't Better<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.
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