Monday, October 29, 2018

Army Navy Country Club FCC App

The Army Navy Country Club, located in Arlington, has an application for a DMR repeater on 464.1500 pending before the FCC. The country club has been licensed for simplex on 451.1875 and 462.4375 for several years.

Fairfax Water Authority FCC License

The Fairfax Water Authority was recently licensed for an analog/DMR repeater on 464.0625 in Herndon, an analog/DMR repeater on 464.3125 in Falls Church, and an analog/DMR repeater on 464.4250 in Lorton.

Culpeper Fire Moves to VHF High Simulcast Frequency

Culpeper Fire is now simulcasting their dispatch traffic from the trunked system on 159.2400 [ CSQ]. The county had previously been using a VHF Low frequency for the simulcast.

Marine Corps Marathon Finds

I wasn't on-site this year at the Marine Corps Marathon, but here are talkgroups monitored on the Ft. Belvoir site of the JNCR system:

22711 Route
22715 Medical
22722 "staff placard; allowed to park in VIP parking?" "VIP shuttles to National Harbor"

Friday, October 26, 2018

Weekend Events

  • The Washington International Horse Show continues through Sunday at Capital One Arena.
  • The University of Maryland plays Saturday at 3:30 PM at Maryland Stadium.
  • The Marine Corps Marathon is Sunday beginning at 7:45 AM in Arlington.

Monday, October 22, 2018

American Son FCC App

American Son, a restaurant located at 1201 K St. NW in DC, has an application for DMR simplex on 451.3375, 451.4625, 456.3375, 456.4625, and 456.6625.

The St. James New License

The St. James, a sports and wellness venue in Springfield, was recently licensed for an analog/DMR repeater on 463.3625, and analog/DMR simplex on 456.6375 and 456.5625.

Friday, October 19, 2018

Weekend Events

  • The Caps play Friday at 7:00 at Capital One Arena.
  • The Wizards play Saturday at 7:00 at Capital One Arena.
  • DC United plays Sunday at 3:00 at Audi Field.
  • The Redskins play Sunday at 4:25 at FedExField.

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Willow Oaks Corporate Center FCC App

Willow Oaks Corporate Center, located in Fairfax, has an application pending before the FCC for a DMR repeater on 463.6625, and DMR simplex on 451.4125, 452.1625, 456.4125, 456.7125, and 457.1625.

Charles Regional Medical Center Frequencies Found

Recently, a couple of frequencies for University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center were identified. These were monitored from northern Stafford County.

463.8625 [         ] (DMR - Color Code 5, Slot 1, Group 1)
464.4250 [ d311] Security (R)

Park Police Confirmed Using P25

The Park Police are confirmed using P25 on 171.7750. The NAC is CF9. Almost all transmissions are encrypted. The switch to digital was noted earlier this month.

Friday, October 12, 2018

Weekend Events

  • The University of Maryland plays Saturday at noon at Maryland Stadium.
  • DC United plays Saturday at 5:00 at Audi Field.
  • The Caps play Saturday at 7:00 at Capital One Arena.
  • The Redskins play Sunday at 1:00 at FedExField.

Thursday, October 11, 2018

799 Ninth St. FCC App

799 Ninth St., an office building in DC, has an application pending before the FCC for a DMR repeater on 461.9250.

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

BWI Update

On Sunday, I spent several hours at the Thomas A. Dixon Jr. Aircraft Observation Area just south of BWI Airport. I was able to update several pages with new information:

The Moxy Hotel FCC App

The Moxy Hotel, located at 1011 K St. NW in DC, has an application pending for analog/DMR simplex on 451.4625 and 452.6375.

Friday, October 5, 2018

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Park Police Switch to Digital Encrypted

Recently, the Park Police switched to digital encrypted channels, according to posts on the Scan-DC mailing list. The dispatch frequency is 171.7750.

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Fredericksburg Emergency Drill

This morning, Fredericksburg conducted an emergency drill. Spotsylvania units participated (there may have been other jurisdictions participating as well). The following talkgroups from the Stafford/Fredericksburg trunked system were active:

5397 Law Enforcement units (Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania)
5760
5761 (called Event 1B; previously monitored as Event 1A)
5763 Medic units; Transport

Monday, October 1, 2018

Stafford Place FCC App

Stafford Place, office buildings located in Ballston, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a DMR repeater on 464.6375 at Stafford Place I, and a DMR repeater on 464.7375 at Stafford Place II.

DC Courts FCC App

DC Courts has an application pending before the FCC for DMR repeaters on 460.3000 and 460.4250, and DMR simplex on 453.0375, 458.0375, 453.0875, 458.0875, and 465.5375. DC Courts were also licensed late last year for an analog/DMR repeater on 460.3500.