Friday, August 31, 2018

Weekend Events

  • The Nats play Friday at 7:05, Saturday at 7:05, and Sunday at 1:35 at Nationals Park.
  • The National Book Festival is Saturday at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
  • Maryland plays Texas at noon Saturday at FedExField.
  • DC United plays Sunday at 7:30 at Audi Field.

Sunday, August 26, 2018

Ritz-Carlton Washington Modifies License

The Ritz-Carlton Washington (not the Georgetown location) recently modified its license to add DMR emissions designators to its repeaters on 451.7875 and 452.0125. The hotel also added analog/DMR simplex frequencies 451.7750, 456.7750, 451.7125, and 456.7125.

National Law Enforcement Museum License

The National Law Enforcement Museum, which opens October 13, was recently licensed for a trunked system on 856.3375, 857.3375, 858.3375, and 859.3375. The system type is unknown; the license is coded for DMR and P25.

Thursday, August 23, 2018

U Street Parking FCC App

U Street Parking has an application pending before the FCC for DMR simplex on 452.6375, 452.8625, 456.5375, 457.6375, and 457.8625. The frequencies are for use at Audi Field. The application says the frequencies are for cleaning at the stadium, not for parking.

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse FCC App

The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse has an application pending before the FCC for a DMR repeater on 461.4375, and DMR simplex on 452.1125, 452.4875, and 457.1125.

Monday, August 20, 2018

Cambria College Park FCC App

Cambria College Park, a hotel, has an application pending before the FCC for DMR simplex on 451.5375, 452.1875, 456.5375, and 457.1875.

Friday, August 17, 2018

Weekend Events

  • The Nats play Friday at 7:05, Saturday at 7:05, and Sunday at 1:35 at Nationals Park.
  • DC United plays Sunday at 7:30 at Audi Field.

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

July 4 Miscellaneous Talkgroups

A contributor sends a list of Montgomery, Howard, and DC talkgroups used on July 4:

MoCo J1
MoCo J5 patched with 8tac 91 for sugarloaf mountain incident
Howard common TG 4
Common 3
Dc UCC 3&4
DoH
Medical

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

820 First St. NE FCC App

820 First St. NE, an office building in DC, has an application pending before the FCC for analog/DMR simplex on 451.2875, 451.3375, 451.3625, 451.4125, and 451.5375.

Sunday, August 12, 2018

DC Trunked System Talkgroup 2113 Update

An update to an initial post on DC trunked system talkgroup 2113: this talkgroup was monitored on the evening of the MLB All-Star game. "DGS Command" and "mobile command" were heard. The talkgroup may have had nothing to do with the game; "DGS" may be "Department of General Services."

BridgePoint Hospital Capitol Hill FCC App

BridgePoint Hospital Capitol Hill has an application pending before the FCC for analog/DMR simplex on 451.2375, 451.3625, 451.4125, 451.4875, and 451.6375.

Friday, August 10, 2018

Weekend Events

  • Otakon runs from Friday to Sunday at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
  • DC United plays Sunday at 8:00 at Audi Field.

Monday, August 6, 2018

Officina by Nicholas Stefanelli FCC App

Officina by Nicholas Stefanelli, a three-level food hall opening soon at District Wharf, has an application pending before the FCC for analog/DMR simplex on 456.6875, 467.4625, 462.5125, 462.4875, and 462.4625.

Friday, August 3, 2018

Weekend Events

  • The Nats play Friday at 7:05, Saturday at 7:05, and Sunday at 1:35 at Nationals Park.

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Audi Field Using Capacity Plus

Audi Field is using a Capacity Plus system. Unfortunately, all but one of the groups monitored is using Basic Privacy. Nothing was heard on the licensed DMR simplex frequencies. CSC Event Staff was monitored using simplex on 464.5000 [ d152].