Thursday, February 25, 2010

700 13th St. NW FCC App

700 13th St. NW, an office building managed by Jones Lang LaSalle, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a repeater on 464.6750.

Spotsylvania County EDACS System

Spotsylvania has added a frequency to their EDACS system. The frequency is 856.1375, and it is in logical channel number 5.

Mount Vernon FCC App

Mount Vernon has another application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a repeater on 461.4625. Mount Vernon also recently licensed a repeater on 452.3875, but I haven't monitored activity on it.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Update on Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania NMP P25

Radio techs continue to bring the P25 system for the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park online. They mentioned the locations of four of the six sites today: Spotsylvania Fire Company 7, the National Park Service maintenance facility, the Chief Ranger's office, and Chatham. They were also testing encryption last night.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park Switching to P25

Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park is transitioning to Project 25. They are still using analog, but they are also testing digital on 166.9500 [NAC 4F9]. The radio techs stated that one digital site is operational now, but they will eventually have six online.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Six Flags America FCC App

Six Flags America has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for three repeaters and five simplex frequencies. These will probably replace the many unlicensed repeaters and simplex frequencies that Six Flags currently uses. (Note that three of the current repeaters are licensed--451.8500, 452.1250, and 461.4125.)

452.2125R
461.8625R
463.6375R
451.2375S
451.4375S
451.6625S
456.2375S
456.4375S

Friday, February 19, 2010

Residence Inn Alexandria at Carlyle

The Residence Inn Alexandria at Carlyle has been licensed for two UHF simplex MOTOTRBO frequencies.

457.1625
457.4125

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Accenture FCC App

Accenture, a management consulting company in Reston, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a repeater on 464.5750.

Armed Forces Retirement Home FCC App

The Armed Forces Retirement Home (Soldiers' Home) has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a repeater on 464.6625.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Lincoln Place FCC App

Lincoln Place, an office building at 600 Army Navy Drive in Pentagon City, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for twenty mobile units on 461.5875, using MOTOTRBO digital.