Saturday, October 31, 2015

Digital Realty Trust FCC App

Digital Realty Trust, a data center company located in Ashburn, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a DMR repeater on 454.0000.

Friday, October 30, 2015

Weekend Events

  • The Capitals play Friday at 7 PM at Verizon Center.
  • The Wizards play Saturday at 7 PM at Verizon Center.
  • DC United plays Sunday at 3 PM at RFK Stadium.

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Marine Corps Marathon Findings

Here's what I found at the Marine Corps Marathon this past Sunday:

Marine Corps Trunked System Talkgroups (Site 403):
32912 "Marines pick up finish line"
63016 "shift" "spread out more" (partially encrypted)
63031 "water point" "condensing tables down"
63033 Course
63034 "pick up Marines" "behind cone trucks"
63037 (encrypted)
63038 (encrypted)
63039 "charity" "awards platform"
63040 (encrypted)
63042 (encrypted)
63045 (partially encrypted)
63047 (partially encrypted)

Arlington Trunked System Talkgroups:
3 Police - "area for meet and greet" "buses need to stay in place?"
4 Police
7 Police - Area 2 (lead/tail escort?)
8 Police - Area 3
9 Police - Area 4
11 Police - Motors
41 Fire - Logistics
43 Fire - Crystal City Division
44 Fire - Iwo Jima Division
45 Fire - Rosslyn Division
47 Fire - Command
48 Fire - Transportation
57 Police - SWAT units
58 Police - SAM units
60 (encrypted)
61 (encrypted)
135 Buses blocking roads

DC Trunked System Talkgroups:
716 Fire units? "Unified to Operations" "JHAT"
717 "Medical to Logistics" "Medical branch" "transports"

STARS Trunked System Talkgroups:
70 Units escorting trucks
6149 Road closures

Metro Trunked System Talkgroup:
49200

146.6250 [107.2] Amateur Radio (R)
166.7250 [127.3] Park Police (Ch. 1)
453.4250 [ d266] Go Teams - VA (R)
462.7000 [  97.4] Aid Station - DC (R)

Monday, October 26, 2015

Verde Pointe Apartments FCC App

Verde Pointe Apartments, located at 1947 N. Uhle St. in Arlington, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a DMR repeater on 452.2125, and DMR simplex on 452.5375, 452.5875, and 452.5625.

Chaney Enterprises FCC App

Chaney Enterprises, a ready-mix concrete company, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a DMR repeater on 938.2250 at 2844 Wisconsin Ave. in DC.

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Hertz (DCA) FCC App

Hertz has an application pending before the FCC for operations at Reagan National Airport. The app calls for a DMR/analog repeater on 451.7250, and DMR/analog simplex on 451.4375, 451.6625, 452.6625, 456.6625, and 457.6625.

Friday, October 23, 2015

Morgan Stanley FCC App

Morgan Stanley, located in Ashburn, has an application pending before the FCC for a possible data center. The app calls for a DMR repeater on 461.6000.

Weekend Events

  • The Washington International Horse Show continues through Sunday at Verizon Center.
  • The Marine Corps Marathon is Sunday in Arlington and DC.
  • The Redskins play Sunday at 1 PM at FedEx Field.

Thursday, October 22, 2015

1005 N. Glebe Rd. FCC App

1005 N. Glebe Rd., an office building in the Ballston area of Arlington, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for DMR simplex on 457.7625, 457.8375, 457.8625, and 462.1875.

1600 Wilson Blvd. FCC App

1600 Wilson Blvd., an office building in the Rosslyn area of Arlington, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for DMR simplex on 456.3375, 456.4125, 457.0625, and 462.3625.

Baycomm FCC App

Baycomm, which manages a multi-state NXDN trunked system, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for repeaters on 451.00625 and 451.0125 in Bethesda.

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Theodore Davis Middle School FCC License

Theodore Davis Middle School, located in Waldorf, was recently licensed for a DMR/analog repeater on 153.2150, and DMR/analog simplex on 153.0050, 159.6150, 159.7500, 160.1475, and 160.2000.

Friday, October 16, 2015

Weekend Events

  • The Capitals play Saturday at 7 PM at Verizon Center.
  • DC United plays Sunday at 2 PM at RFK Stadium.

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Stafford Adds Repeaters for High Schools

Stafford Schools has been updating its licenses to add repeaters at several of the county's high schools. Here are the licenses and frequencies:

Colonial Forge - 461.9125
Mountain View - 464.9125
North Stafford - 464.7500
Stafford Senior - 463.6625

(Brooke Point had a license for a repeater on 461.9875, but it expired last year.)

The repeaters are coded for analog and DMR.

Friday, October 9, 2015

Weekend Events

  • The Taste of DC is Saturday and Sunday from noon to 7 PM on Pennsylvania Ave. between 3rd and 7th Sts.
  • The Army Ten-Miler is Sunday morning in Arlington and DC.

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Mary Washington Hospital Switches to DMR

Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg has switched to DMR on 461.0750. The license has had the emissions designators for DMR for some time.

Monday, October 5, 2015

Springvale Terrace FCC App

Springvale Terrace, an assisted-living facility in Silver Spring, has an application pending before the FCC for a repeater on 452.7250.

Stafford Schools Adds DMR Emissions Designators

Stafford County Schools has added the emissions designators for DMR to its license. An analog/DMR repeater on 464.9125 has also been added for Mountain View High School.

Friday, October 2, 2015

FedEx Ground FCC App

FedEx Ground, which will open a shipping facility this fall in Prince William, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for an analog/DMR repeater on 464.4125.

Weekend Events

  • DC United plays Friday at 7 PM at RFK Stadium.
  • Maryland plays Saturday at noon at Byrd Stadium.
  • The Redskins play Sunday at 1 PM at FedEx Field.

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Cox Communications FCC App

Cox Communications, which provides cable service in Fredericksburg, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a DMR repeater on 463.4250. Cox has several DMR repeaters in Virginia, linked via IP Site Connect. This repeater may be configured to link with the others.