2008 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:44:01 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Fort Huachuca (AZ) electronic interference
 
Signals from everyday devices crowding Ft. Huachuca's electronics testing

By Aaron Mackey
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
March 29, 2008

Civic and Army leaders are hoping to stop an unforeseen force from 
limiting future operations at Fort Huachuca, the military's sole outpost 
for sensitive electronic testing.

Sitting in a bowl surrounded by mountains roughly 75 miles southeast of 
Tucson, the Sierra Vista post is home to the Army's Electronic Proving 
Ground, where military equipment undergoes extensive radio-frequency 
testing.

The terrain, shielded from radio waves by the metal-rich mountains, is 
the only place in the United States where such testing can occur, 
officials say.

Yet as more people move into the surrounding area — bringing with them 
cell phones, ham radios and other electronic devices — the radio 
frequencies used by fort officials are seeing an increasing amount of 
interference.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.azstarnet.com/business/231900

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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