[Scan-DC] HT clipped to nuclear football

[Andrew Clegg]

Good call! Definitely looks like a Vertex 820 series radio (or similar series). If you zoom up on the football picture, and compare to the side view of a Vertex 820 (http://earkit.com/two_way_radio_accessories_for_motorola_mototrbo_kenwood_vertex_standard_hytera_hyt_icom/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=90), it definitely looks the same. Interesting that this is an analog radio.



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From: D. Jones <djoneses at verizon.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 4:36 PM
To: John Wilson; Andrew Clegg; Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] HT clipped to nuclear football

Andy:

Not sure what it is for but it is a Vertex radio maybe a VX-920 series with the surveillance adapter.  Those radios have a dual band receive option and a rolling code encryption option.  Although I would doubt they would use the rolling code encryption.

But I'm with you, maybe it's just for use on the local nuke hardened repeater.


-------- Original message --------
From: John Wilson <w4uvv at comcast.net>
Date: 10/12/2017 2:02 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Andrew Clegg <andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com>, "Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net" <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] HT clipped to nuclear football

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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