Sunday, March 30, 2014

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation Modifies License

The National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation, located in Dulles, recently modified its license. The organization uses a repeater on 463.4250.

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Insurance Auto Auction FCC App

Insurance Auto Auction, located in Brandywine, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for simplex on 456.1875, 457.2875, 462.1875, 467.2125, and 451.3625.

Friday, March 28, 2014

Weekend Events

  • The Wizards play Friday at 7:00 PM at Verizon Center.
  • The Capitals play Saturday at 12:30 PM at Verizon Center.
  • The Nationals play Saturday at 2:05 at Nationals Park.
  • DC United plays Saturday at 4:00 PM at RFK Stadium.
  • The Wizards play Saturday at 8:00 PM at Verizon Center.

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Dulles Expo Center FCC App

The Dulles Expo Center has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for simplex on 457.0875, 457.1125, 462.2125, and 462.3125.

The Expo Center has never had licensed frequencies; they were last monitored a few years ago using 467.9250 [ 67.0].

Lenox Park Apartments FCC App

Lenox Park Apartments, located at 1400 East-West Highway in Silver Spring, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a repeater on 462.0375.

2550 M Street FCC App

2550 M Street NW, an office building in DC, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a DMR repeater on 464.3500.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

American Enterprise Institute FCC App

The American Enterprise Institute, located at 1150 17th St. NW in DC, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for simplex on 457.0375, 457.0875, 457.1125, and 466.6625.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center Update

I found some more frequencies at Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center yesterday. Here's the latest list:

461.1125 [  71.9] P.F. Chang's?
461.1375 [103.5] Charming Charlie
464.5000 [ d023] DSW
464.5000 [ d465] Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill?
467.8500 [ d047] Old Navy
467.8500 [  67.0] Ulta
467.9000 [  85.4] Apple
469.5000 [ d172] Wegmans

Potomac Conference FCC License

The Potomac Conference, a religious camp located at 7700 Carroll Ave. in Takoma Park, was recently issued a license for a repeater on 451.7875. The frequency is coded for analog and NXDN.

The National Academies Modifies License for DMR

The National Academies, located at 500 5th St. NW in DC, has modified its license to add DMR emission designators to their five simplex frequencies.

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Renaissance Mayflower Hotel License Modification

The Renaissance Mayflower Hotel has an application pending to its license. The app adds five DMR simplex frequencies: 457.4375, 466.6375, 469.0000, 469.1750, and 469.3625.

Fairmont Washington Hotel License Modification

The Fairmont Washington Hotel has an application pending to its license. The app adds DMR emission designators to the currently-licensed frequencies.

Inova Healthplex FCC App

Inova Healthplex, located at 6355 Walker Ln. in Alexandria, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a repeater on 461.6500, and simplex on 462.5125 and 467.5125. The frequencies are coded for analog and DMR.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Somerset House Condominium FCC App

Somerset House Condominium, located at 5600 Wisconsin Ave. in Chevy Chase, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a repeater on 451.7875.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Corner 4209 FCC App

Corner 4209, apartments located at 4209 Ridge Top Rd. in Fairfax, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for analog and DMR simplex on 452.6250, 452.9750, 463.2000, 464.8875, and 466.7500.

Friday, March 14, 2014

Weekend Events

  • The Capitals play Friday at 7:00 PM at Verizon Center.
  • The Rock 'n Roll USA Marathon starts Saturday at 7:30 AM on Constitution Ave. near 14th St. The race concludes on the grounds of RFK Stadium.
  • The Wizards play Saturday at 7:00 PM at Verizon Center.
  • The St. Patrick's Day Parade is Sunday at noon on Constitution Ave. from 7th to 17th Sts.
  • The Capitals play Sunday at 3:00 PM at Verizon Center.

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Rockledge Center FCC App

Rockledge Center, an office building located at 6705 Rockledge Dr. in Bethesda, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a repeater on 463.4500, and simplex on 456.5375, 457.0625, and 457.1875. The frequencies are coded for analog and DMR.

Friday, March 7, 2014

Weekend Events

  • The Capitals play Saturday at 7 PM at Verizon Center.
  • DC United plays Saturday at 7 PM at RFK Stadium.

20 M St. SE FCC App

20 M St. SE, an office building located near Nationals Park, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for simplex on 456.7250, 456.9125, 457.0000, 466.1250, and 466.5000.

Monday, March 3, 2014

Potomac Mills-Area Business Finds

Here are some recent business frequency finds in the Potomac Mills area:

461.7250 [ d411] Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center (R)
467.9000 [  85.4] Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center - Apple
469.5000 [ d172] Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center - Wegmans
467.8500 [203.5] Potomac Mills - Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th
464.8250 [  67.0] CarMax (S)

Fairfax County FCC App

Fairfax County has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for temporary repeaters on 159.4725 and 158.7375. According to a PDF attached to the app, the frequencies are for an interoperability exercise on March 8 to test the feasibility of using VHF radio coverage for the entire county in the event of a total failure of primary communications systems.

Exercise at NSWC Dahlgren Last Week

There was an active shooter exercise at NSWC Dahlgren last week. Several new talkgroups were active on the Joint National Capital Region trunked system. Interestingly, the talkgroups that are normally used for primary law enforcement/fire dispatch were used for the exercise. Here's what was used:

22250 Fire
22264 Police
22268 Police
22316 Unknown