Newseum Finds

Here's what I found at the Newseum's opening on Friday:

461.7750 [ ] Staff (MOTOTRBO digital)
461.8250 [ ] Staff (MOTOTRBO digital)
463.5750 [ d251] Unknown
463.6250 [ ] Staff (MOTOTRBO digital)

451.8125 [ d205] Food/Catering (Channel 1)
456.8000 [ d223] Food/Catering (Channel 2)
462.5875 [ 77.0] Store (may also use [ 67.0])

460.6500 [ 97.4] PW Feats (event management - 4/11/08)

Most of the staff used the three MOTOTRBO repeaters, but there were a few analog frequencies in use. The 463.5750 frequency is licensed as simplex MOTOTRBO, but they were using it in analog mode. I only heard a brief conversation on it, however, and couldn't figure out the use of the frequency. The food/catering frequencies were very active (especially Channel 1), as they had catered events for all the VIPs in attendance for the grand opening. The PW Feats frequency was used for the coordination of the street party on Pennsylvania Avenue before the Newseum opened. I've never seen this freq before, but keep an eye on it for other PW Feats events.

Interestingly, the Close Call feature on the BCD396T scanner worked in finding the three MOTOTRBO repeaters. I didn't expect this, since MOTOTRBO uses TDMA. However, Close Call did not capture the inputs to the repeaters (466.7750, 466.8250, 468.6250).