I learned a couple of lessons in intelligence gathering while protesting.

1. As I feared, certain groups do not use civilian radio bands to communicate with each other. I figured I try, but it obviously didn’t work. That’s because…

2. I met someone after the protest who actually had a radio that was capable of listening in. He filled me in on the history of their radio transmissions (might vary by state and municipality).

3. Also, the bigger the action the less encrypted comms are.