Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Marine Corps Marathon

The Marine Corps Marathon is Sunday morning. Here are some suggested trunked systems and frequencies to monitor:
  • Marine Corps trunked system (site 403) - Look for the 63xxx talkgroups to be active.
  • Arlington trunked system - Numerous police and fire talkgroups will be active.
  • DC trunked system - Look for the Fire Special Events talkgroups to be active.
  • STARS trunked system - Talkgroup 6149 (Interop LE 7) has been active in recent years for traffic control.
  • Metro trunked system - Look for one or more of the Police Tac channels to be active for crowd control at various stations.
  • 123.0250 [ CSQ] Helicopters
  • 162.2500 [173.8] Capitol Police
  • 166.7250 [127.3] Park Police
  • 169.7750 [NAC 4C5] George Washington Parkway
  • 451.7750 [ d205] Crystal City Security
  • 453.4750 [146.2] Red Cross
  • 462.4000 [ d226] Red Cross
Amateur radio operators have used 145.1700, 145.1900, 146.6100, 444.5500, and 449.9750 in recent years.

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