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From: mpackard@uok.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Subject: re: white house radios
Message-ID: <2800018@uok.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 18-Sep-84 23:06:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 18 23:06:00 1984
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Nf-From: uok!mpackard    Sep 18 22:06:00 1984

[eat a peach]

The most distressing thing to hear is the secretary of state discussing
problems or passing information over a clear radio, but it happens all
the time.  Just listen to HF in the 11.200 to 11.300 band and you will
here just about everyone of importance talking around the subject.
The fact that the military spends billions on communications gear, doesn't
mean they use it.  Usually the operator is lazy and just gets a frequency
the fastest way he can.  "get me a freq as soon as possible I must speak
to the president" and the operator says gee not again, Oh piss I'll just
give him the HF.  The easiest way to determine an aircrafts communications
capability is to look at it's antenna's. (you can't tell which ones are
the bogus ones) Don't forget to examine the skin for bumps which house
some of the antenna's.  The reason for bumps is because the maintenance
types have to fix them sooner or later.
uok!mpackard