[BC] FCC and Secret Service

[Mike McCarthy]

Before 9/11, I got to know some SS guys and they shared with me some ranges 
which they operate on in a needed to know basis.  We also "knew" which 
channels they were using during the 1996 DNC, again on a need to know 
basis.  Suffice to say, we had to tap dance around them as our VHF RPU 
channels are surrounded by all kinds of federal users. The 450 RPU band is 
no where near where the feds operate, especially the folks at the White House.

Given that this discussion could have national security concerns and is 
public, it would be best if this thread was moved off the USSS.

MM


>Sometimes the Secret Service can be absolutely loony.
>A true story told to me by a frequency coordinator:
>
>The Secret Service was involved in an event this fellow
>was coordinating. The Secret Service had a problem with
>interference from an unknown source in some of their channels
>and complained to the coordinator, asking for help getting
>the interference shut down. The coordinator said no problem,
>he'd move them if he knew who was causing the interference
>and asked what frequencies were involved. The reply was,
>"We can't tell you that. Those frequencies are secret."
>
>
>Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
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