hippieman556
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I am hearing a female keep saying 215 copy and then the other side comes back encyrpted. I have this in my radio as a fbi frequency. Anyone have any info ?
i am from the philadelphia area maybe thats why its 215
Could be a station with a 215 suffix on the call, like KCC215, where the base identifies as just "215".
Federal agencies don't have license call signs, they are not licensed by the FCC. They operate under the National Telecommunications & Information Administration.
Actually they do have license callsigns.
Some examples I have are
[FONT="]FBI Washington Field Office KGB770[/FONT]
[FONT="]Federal Protective Service KPH624[/FONT]
[FONT="]Supreme Court of US PD KRY706[/FONT]
[FONT="]US Marshall Service Communications Center KFQ385[/FONT]
Pentagon PD WAR101
CIA is KGB###
US Capitol PD is something like KGB238
US Park PD something like KGB797
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I am hearing a female keep saying 215 copy and then the other side comes back encyrpted. I have this in my radio as a fbi frequency. Anyone have any info ?
In the Federal Government Frequency Assignments book from Artsci publications from the 90's it lists. The Philadelphia Field Division as KEX 640
Actually they do have license callsigns.
Some examples I have are
[FONT="]FBI Washington Field Office KGB770[/FONT]
[FONT="]Federal Protective Service KPH624[/FONT]
[FONT="]Supreme Court of US PD KRY706[/FONT]
[FONT="]US Marshall Service Communications Center KFQ385[/FONT]
Pentagon PD WAR101
CIA is KGB###
US Capitol PD is something like KGB238
US Park PD something like KGB797
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An agency having a 5 or 6-character alphanumeric call sign is not the same as the call signs being used by an individual officer/agent. I have yet to hear any federal, state, or local LE/EMS/fire traffic in which such a call sign was used, with the exception of one state police repeater that periodically broadcasts a call sign in Morse code.Everything else involves a 2-3-digit number, sometimes with a descriptor in front.
Examples:
"Engine 22" "Medic 11" (local fire department)
"Romney" (state police dispatch)
Everything else I hear is 2 or 3-digit numbers.