Procom FCC App

Procom, a radio-rental company in Prince George's County, has an FCC application pending.  The app calls for a single VHF repeater on 152.2775.

This frequency may be used for inaugural activities, as the repeater will operate within a 10 kilometer (approximately 6.2 mile) radius from Hyattsville.

Windsor at Arbors FCC App

Windsor at Arbors, an apartment complex in Alexandria, has an application pending before the FCC.  The app calls for five UHF simplex frequencies.

451.3625

451.5625

451.5875

451.6875

456.4625

Biz Freqs for Inauguration

Blanchard Communications, a major radio rental provider in the DC area, has an application pending before the FCC for forty-eight (!) UHF simplex frequencies.  The application calls for 500 four-watt portables.

Looking over the two PDF attachments attached to the application, it appears Blanchard is requesting this many frequencies to use for multiple clients who will be coordinating different inaugural events.  Blanchard wants the frequencies available from January 5 to January 31.

Because these frequencies are simplex, one would have to be fairly close to the event to monitor them (as opposed to public safety comms, which are usually repeaterized).

EagleBank Bowl

Here are frequencies/talkgroups found during last Saturday's EagleBank Bowl at RFK Stadium:

151.6250 [179.9] Unknown
166.4625 [NAC 167] Unknown
461.3875 [         ] RFK Stadium Audio/Visual (MOTOTRBO digital)
461.3875 [ d152] CSC Event Staff (on-field ops)
461.5125 [ d152] CSC Event Staff (primary)
461.8125 [ d311] RFK Stadium Guest Services
464.3750 [110.9] RFK Stadium Operations
464.5000 [136.5] Audio/Visual
464.7500 [ d156] EagleBank Bowl Staff (radio rentals from Bearcom)
469.5500 [ d612] Audio/Visual?

DC Trunked System Talkgroups:
2096 DCFD Special Events 1
16656 MPD Special Operations Division
35536 33872 DC EMA (talkgroups patched)

It would be interesting to know who was using 166.4625.  This freq is usually a common channel for several federal agencies.  Traffic was definitely related to the game.  461.3875 used as a MOTOTRBO channel was borrowed from the Washington Nationals--this simplex frequency sees heavy use at Nationals Park.  Only one freq (464.7500) was used by EagleBank Bowl staff.  I was somewhat surprised by this--figured they'd be using several channels.

Merry Christmas!

DC USA

Here's the latest list of frequencies for DC USA, a collection of big-box stores in Columbia Heights:

452.9250 [141.3] Security

461.1125 [  67.0] Bed, Bath & Beyond
467.9000 [ d743] Best Buy (primary)
467.9250 [ d506] Best Buy
467.7500 [ d115] Target (Channel 1)
467.7750 [ d072] Target (Channel 2)
467.9250 [ d155] Target (Channel 3)
467.9000 [ d205] Target (Channel 4)
467.8500 [ d306] Target

Bed, Bath & Beyond changed their frequency, and Best Buy is now using 467.9000 as their primary frequency.  Target's channel 3 was confirmed.  The frequency for security was found--unknown if it's a repeater or simplex.

Jones Lang LaSalle FCC App

Jones Lang LaSalle, which manages 1801 Pennsylvania Ave., has an application pending before the FCC.  The application calls for one UHF repeater and two simplex frequencies.

464.2375R

452.3375S

457.3375S

Annapolis Mall Frequencies Found

There's a lot to listen to at Westfield Annapolis (formerly Annapolis Mall).  A visit there last Saturday turned up many new frequencies.  Both the security and housekeeping channels have changed tones (although the frequencies remain the same).  Here's the latest list:

461.3500 [141.3] Housekeeping
463.3125 [  74.4] (brief conversation)
464.0125 [ d664] Security/Engineering/Concierge

151.7000 [  74.4] Pottery Barn Kids
151.8350 [  74.4] Banana Republic
154.5700 [ CSQ] Finish Line
154.5700 [  74.4] Gap
461.0375 [ d734] Bath & Body Works
461.0625 [  67.0] Apple
461.1125 [ d412] Sephora
461.5875 [  85.4] JC Penney (Loss Prevention)
461.9375 [ d732] JC Penney (Loss Prevention)
463.8375 [146.2] Nordstrom (Loss Prevention)
464.4875 [ d632] Williams-Sonoma
464.4875 [  67.0] Tilly's
464.5000 [ d612] Macy's Loss Prevention (obsolete?)
464.5000 [  67.0] Sony Style
464.5000 [  77.0] frequency counter hit near Fossil (grey checkered scarf--400155078259)
464.5000 [136.5] Express
464.5500 [  67.0] frequency counter hit outside American Eagle
464.5500 [  91.5] Garage
464.7500 [ d073] Loss Prevention--Macy's?
467.2250 [ d365] JC Penney Operations
467.7625 [  67.0] Pottery Barn
467.8125 [  67.0] New York & Company
467.8125 [  77.0] Bow Tie Cinemas
467.8500 [  67.0] Borders
467.8500 [  67.0] Unknown restaurant
467.8500 [118.8] Sears Loss Prevention
467.8500 [173.8] Charlotte Russe
467.8750 [ d712] Children's Place
467.8750 [ d723] Guess
467.8750 [  74.4] Champs
467.9000 [118.8] Sears Loss Prevention
467.9250 [ d743] Victoria's Secret
467.9250 [141.3] Macy's Operations?
468.8375 [ d155] H&M
469.4875 [ d546] Abercrombie & Fitch
469.5125 [ d565] Ruehl

EagleBank Bowl Tomorrow

The first-ever EagleBank Bowl is tomorrow at 11 AM at RFK Stadium.  Since this is the first bowl game of 2008, and features a local team (Navy), I'd expect it to be a fairly significant event.  (It will also be nationally televised by ESPN.)  Here are some frequencies/talkgroups that may be active (search 461-470 MHz for many others):

451.2750 [ d464] (Active 5/10/08 for women's national soccer team game)
451.3750 [ d464] (Active 5/10/08 for women's national soccer team game)
461.1375 [ d152] Contemporary Services Corporation (CSC) (private security)

461.3875 [ d152] Contemporary Services Corporation (CSC) (private security) On-field operations (Ch. 2)
461.4375 [ d152] Contemporary Services Corporation (CSC) (private security) (Ch. 4?)
461.5125 [ d152] Contemporary Services Corporation (CSC) (private security) (Primary Channel)

461.8125 [ d311] Guest Services

463.5250 [ d754] Aramark

463.5375 [ d311] Parking (still active 5/08)

464.3750 [110.9] Cleaning?/HVAC/Engineering

ESPN has previously used the typical "rental" frequencies (464.5000/464.5500/464.6000/464.6250/464.6500/464.7000/464.7250/464.7500/469.5000/469.5500).  The network is usually only heard before the start of events.

Look for MPD to use talkgroups 21232 or 16656, and DCFD to use 2096/2112/2128 or possibly one of their simplex frequencies (867.4875 [156.7] and 867.7625 [156.7]).

JBG Commerical Management FCC App

JBG Commerical Management has an application pending before the FCC.  It's apparently for managing a building at 4445 Willard Ave. in Chevy Chase.  They have requested one UHF repeater and five simplex frequencies.

461.8625R

451.2375S

451.3375S

451.3875S

451.6125S

452.4875S

Updates to the Sports Licenses Pages

I've been making lots of updates to the sports licenses pages on my website.  These pages list the FCC licenses for all the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL teams.

NFL

MLB

NBA

NHL

The NFL and NBA pages are essentially complete.  The MLB page needs many links added to it, but I'll do this after finishing the NHL page, since hockey is in season now.

Holiday Parades in Fred/Spotsy

This past Saturday, both Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania had their holiday parades.  Here's what I monitored for each one:

Jaycees Christmas Parade
155.9250 [131.8] Fredericksburg Police Tac (traffic control/operations)

Spotsylvania Holiday Parade

Spotsylvania Trunked System Talkgroups:

02-023 Sheriff Tac 2 (motorcycles in parade?)

02-041 Sheriff Patrol 2 (traffic control)

04-121 Parks & Recreation (event organizers)

Black Friday at Tysons Corner

I spent most of Black Friday at Tysons, doing lots of scanning.  Found a bunch of new frequencies in use, mostly from individual stores.  Here are the new/changed ones:

461.0625 [  79.7] Circuit City (store closing)

461.0625 [100.0] Unknown restaurant

462.6500 [ CSQ] Unknown department store?

464.5000 [ d503] La Sandia

464.5000 [100.0] Williams-Sonoma

464.5500 [  67.0] TGI Friday's
464.5500 [  91.5] Garage

466.1125 [ d606] Armani Exchange

466.2875 [ d155] H&M Staff
466.3125 [ d412] abercrombie?
467.1375 [173.8] Lord & Taylor Security

467.8125 [  67.0] New York & Company?

467.8500 [  74.4] Foot Locker?

467.9250 [ d743] Victoria's Secret (probably also used by Pink)

For the full list, see the Fairfax County page.  (Scroll down to the "Business" section, and then to "Tysons Corner Center.")

Black Friday/Fairfax County Police

A quick note about two talkgroups that the Fairfax County Police were using on Black Friday:

16976 (Franconia Ops 1): Used at Springfield Mall

17264 (McLean Ops 1): Used at Tysons Corner Center 

I'll have more (within a day or two) on what I found from my nine-and-a-half-hour trip to Tysons on Friday...