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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. Gets New Mobile Communication System
Over the next 21 months, Raytheon will be working with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to install mobile Panasonic Toughbook computers in roughly 2,400 police cruisers. Deputies will be able to access the Internet, fingerprint databases and other criminal … Continue reading
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Tagged communications, computer, county, lasd, laso, los angeles, mdt, sheriff, toughbook
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Video: The DIY Magic of Amateur Radio
ARRL’s new video, “The DIY Magic of Amateur Radio,” is an 8-minute video that follows some of the innovative, imaginative and fun ways “hams” use radio technology in new and creative ways. The presentation is directed toward the DIY (do … Continue reading
Police Departments Look to Tune Out Scanner Hobbyists
Police departments around the country are moving to shield their radio communications from the public as cheap, user-friendly technology has made it easy for anyone to use handheld devices to keep tabs on officers responding to crimes. The practice of … Continue reading
Fire Destroys Compton Police Radio Equipment
A fire broke out at a city fire station in Compton and destroyed $1.1 million in radio and communications equipment that the city bought last year in an ultimately aborted attempt to bring back its municipal police department. The City … Continue reading
Whoops… Mistaken Verizon Emergency Alert Scares N.J.
Not quite the “War Of The Worlds” broadcast of a Martian invasion in New Jersey, a Verizon “emergency” alert Monday that the company texted to its wireless customers still jangled some nerves and triggered hundreds of calls from concerned residents … Continue reading
Police Employ Predator Drone Spy Planes on Home Front
Unmanned aircraft from an Air Force base in North Dakota help local police with surveillance, raising questions that trouble privacy advocates. Armed with a search warrant, Nelson County Sheriff Kelly Janke went looking for six missing cows on the Brossart … Continue reading
Ham Radio in Hollywood: Comedian Tim Allen Stars as Radio Amateur on New TV Show
Tim Allen — star of Home Improvement, Toy Story, The Santa Clause and Galaxy Quest, just to name a few — stars in Last Man Standing, an ABC comedy airing at 8 PM (EST) on Tuesday nights. Allen plays Mike … Continue reading
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Tagged amateur radio, ham, ham radio, last man standing, show, tim allen, tv
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LAPD Chopper Makes Emergency Landing at Pierce College
Officials are investigating why a Los Angeles police helicopter had to make an emergency landing in Woodland Hills on Monday afternoon. The helicopter landed shortly before 2 p.m., touching down at Pierce College. Although police officials didn’t name the exact … Continue reading
Coast Guard: New System Aided in Quick Rescue of 4 Boaters Near Catalina
Coast Guard crews are crediting the quick reaction of rescuers and a new communications system with the survival of four boaters whose pleasure craft sunk suddenly off the coast of Catalina Island early Tuesday. The incident began when a faint … Continue reading
Mexico Busts Drug Cartels’ Private Communications Networks
The Mexican military has recently broken up several secret telecommunications networks that were built and controlled by drug cartels so they could coordinate drug shipments, monitor their rivals and orchestrate attacks on the security forces. A network that was dismantled … Continue reading
