Secrete Service

[mess_85_1]

Former President Clinton will be in my town this weekend. The town has been crawling with secrete service and other individuals. The former president is to be speaking at Knox College's Graduation ceramonies. I assume much of the communication is encrypted or nextell. Can anybody suggest some frequencies that I may want to monitor. I have the Uniden 396 and BCT15. Thanks!

 

[mancow]

Your best bet is to search the 165 to 168 range but they will most definitely be encrypted.




By the way, it's SECRET service not Secrete.

 

[mess_85_1]

thats what I figured. sorry about the extra "e" thanks

 

[sflmonitor]

This is what I have in my 396. When they are not encrypted, they are in P25 mode.

Baker 165.7875
Charlie 165.3750
Delta 169.9250
Golf 166.4000
Hotel 167.9000
Juliet 170.0000
Lima 168.7875
Mike 165.2125
November 166.7000
Oscar 164.8875
Papa 164.4000
Quebec 166.7000
Sierra 166.5125
Tango 164.6500
Victor 164.1000
Whiskey 167.0250
Yankee 162.6875
WFO 165.6875

 

[nd5y]

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/United_States_Secret_Service

 

[bpckty1]

Monitor your local PD, School PD (if they have one), County Sheriff, and State PD. One or more of them should have frequencies/talkgroups active for the event.

 

[Audiodave1]

The second the wheels hit the ground everything will go encrypted on the USSS side.

Check out 167.0375 and report any activity.

Dave

 

[mess_85_1]

Thanks everyone...I will do my best to try and catch some audio that doesnt sound like Mickey Mouse (encrypted) Thanks again!

 

[Grog]

Thanks everyone...I will do my best to try and catch some audio that doesnt sound like Mickey Mouse (encrypted) Thanks again!

You're thinking of ooooold voice inversion, the newer stuff (last 20 odd years) don't sound like that anymore.

 

[Mick]

If I could only monitor one frq. for a visit like this I would listen to 164.40 MHz.

 

[iMONITOR]

Not all communications on USSS is encrypted 100% of the time.

 

[Wayne]

Listen to "Baker"

Former Presidents USSS protection teams are often on "Baker" P25 in the clear...

Wayne

 

[w8jjr]

The second the wheels hit the ground everything will go encrypted on the USSS side.

Check out 167.0375 and report any activity.

Dave

Not always true. Some channels do, but last time Bush was in town only one of 5 went.
Best to listen to state - county tac freqs. On the state wide trs, every step he took was in the clear.

 

[b52hbuff]

Monitor your local PD, School PD (if they have one), County Sheriff, and State PD. One or more of them should have frequencies/talkgroups active for the event.

Agreed. Traffic analysis is interesting even if you don't know what is being said. If you notice USSS frequencies active, it can be a tip off.

I remember when Clinton used to frequent Moffett Federal Airfield. The NASA/Ames TRS was _far_ more valuable than the encrypted stuff. The N/A PD forces would get very real time updates as to the arrival of the airplane.

One time while I was waiting for AF1 to land, I was on the wrong side of the street. The local PD made me cross the street. About 5 minutes later a cruiser stopped by, rolled down windows and asked _me_ for a presidential update. I asked if I could cross the street, he said no, and so did I. I was joke and told him the answer as he drove away...

 

[Big_Ears]

Most of the time, Charlie comms and radio checks to/from the CP's are "in the clear" during "wheels up" (refering to AF-1) conditions. When "wheels down" occurs, most of the show goes to goes to encryption, with the exceptions that the other respondents noted. I find more information monitoring CHP (Blue) and local LE comms.

 

[RDCat]

denver area

ayone monitor anything in denver?
area at anytimes???

 

[mess_85_1]

So, this is what all I have to share. The vast majority of the traffic was on the PD's secondary ops channel. There was some chat on the college frequency and I got a little static on some of the federal frequencies. I talked to a good buddy of mine who was working the detail and he told me that much of the communication was done via nextell. thanks everyone for you help!

 

[Stavro35]

Just prior to the 2004 G8 Summit in Saint simons/Sea island Georgia. I was able to monitor everyone in the clear. The minute people started to arrive everything went encrypted,including FEMA. I did find it interesting that the operator at the command center for the FBI remained in the clear the entire time, while agents in the field were encrypted.

 

[Mick]

Some current and past SS Code Names of protectees

Barack Obama: Renegade

Hillary Rodham Clinton: Evergreen

Bill Clinton: Eagle

John F. Kerry: Minuteman

Al Gore: Sundance

Bush: Tumbler

Jimmy Carter: Deacon

George H.W. Bush: Timberwolf

Ronald Reagan: Rawhide

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/16/AR2007061601079.html

 

[BigDog-911]

If anyone wants them, I have pictures taken at the Pensacola Naval Air Station of a Marine One frequency sheet hanging in a Marine One helo. It has a lot of frequencies and names of the different control towers in and around Washington and other areas.

I will try to find a way to post them on here as well.



Doug