Weekend Event

A relatively quiet weekend for events:

• DC United plays tomorrow at 4:30. (The Washington Freedom is also playing a game at RFK.) See the Washington, DC page for recent frequencies.

Weekend Events

Several notable events this weekend:

• The Capitals have a playoff game tonight at Verizon Center. See the DC page.
• The Nationals play tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday at Nationals Park. See the DC page.
• Maryland Day is tomorrow at the University of Maryland-College Park. See the Prince George's County page.
• There is a "Climate Rally" for Earth Day on the National Mall on Sunday. Park Police may use 166.7250 [127.3] and/or 166.8500 [127.3].

DC United Major Update

DC United is using their recently-licensed UHF simplex frequencies. They are using them in analog mode (not MOTOTRBO). Out of the fourteen they licensed, I heard seven in use yesterday evening:

461.2750 [ d152] DC United - General Operations (Channel 1?)
461.3250 [ d412] DC United - Gates/Guest Services (Channel 2)
461.7500 [ d172] DC United - Audio/Visual
462.3500 [ d223] DC United - Unknown
462.4250 [ d245] DC United - Unknown
464.6250 [ d371] DC United - Merchandise
464.7250 [ d023] DC United - Housekeeping

CSC Continues to Work Nationals Park

In an earlier post, I speculated that CSC might have lost their contract at Nationals Park. Looking at CSC's list of events, I see that they have Nationals games listed, so they must still be working there. Here's what they usually use:

463.8000 [ d152] Command Post (R)

461.3875 [ d152] On-field personnel (S)

Busy Sports Weekend

Saturday will be a busy day for sports in Washington. The Nationals play at 1:05, the Capitals have a playoff game at 7:00, and DC United plays at 7:30. All the relevant frequencies can be found on my Washington, DC webpage. The frequencies are listed by venue (Nationals Park, Verizon Center, and RFK Stadium).

Guardian Angels Using VHF Radios?

Yesterday I saw several "Guardian Angels" on the Metro system and at the Cherry Blossom Parade. One of them appeared to be carrying a VHF portable radio. I wasn't able to get a good look at it, but it looked like an older model. Anyone ever seen this/know the frequency?

Cherry Blossom Parade/Japanese Festival

Here's what I found yesterday at the Cherry Blossom Festival Parade:

464.5000 [ d627] "lead banner"
464.6250 [ d606] Seating?
464.6500 [ d565] Logistics?
464.7500 [ d712] Audio/Video Cues
469.6250 [ d503] Golf Cart Transports
469.7500 [ d371] Parade Route?

DC Trunked System talkgroups:
2096 DCFD Special Events 1
16656 MPD Special Operations Division

The Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival was using the same frequency/tone as last year (468.2250 [ d051]).

Weekend Events

The National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade is tomorrow morning at 10 AM on Constitution Ave. Here's what I monitored last year:

464.5000 [ d346] Parade marshals (during parade)
464.6500 [ d364] Seating?
469.5000 [ d351] Volunteers
469.5500 [ d306] Parade lineup (before parade)
469.6000 [ d343] Golf Cart Escorts
469.7000 [ d315] Script/Announcer Coordination

164.4750 [127.3] Park Police simplex channel?
461.5125 [ d152] CSC Event Staff
464.5500 [ d274] "Bev's mic" (media)

DC Trunked System Talkgroups:
2096 DCFD Special Events 1
21232 MPD Citywide 2
33872 DC Emergency Management Agency

Fort Myer Trunked System Talkgroup:
411 Ceremonial Units Logistics/Staging

The Cherry Blossom Ten-Mile Run is on Sunday morning at 7:45. Last year, organizers used a repeater on 461.4000 [173.8].

Hotel Monaco Alexandria FCC App

The Hotel Monaco in Old Town Alexandria has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a base/mobile configuration on 151.6850, as well as five other VHF simplex frequencies. Note that the hotel is already using 151.6850, with a tone of 186.2.

151.6850B/M

152.8925S

152.9675S

159.6825S

160.1025S

160.1925S

State of the Union Finds

I know it's late, but here are some frequencies/talkgroups monitored during the State of the Union address in January:

162.2500 [173.8] Capitol Police - Special Event Channel?; K9 sweeps
165.5375 [146.2] Capitol Police - Inside Units
166.4625 [NAC 001] CBP Helicopter (some encryption)
166.7250 [127.3] Park Police Ch. 1 (Motorcades)
169.2250 [110.9] Capitol Police - Outside Units
170.1750 [156.7] Capitol Police - "Motorcade Channel"
406.9375 [ 77.0] Capitol - Audio/Visual
407.8625 [NAC 0F0] State Department Building Security; "Sidedoor"
408.1250 [136.5] Library of Congress Police
408.5125 [ d632] Capitol Tours (Escorts)
408.6000 [NAC 0F0] State Department; "Flagship" (Motorcades)
409.0000 [NAC 293] Disaster Medical Assistance Team (encrypted)

DC Trunked System talkgroups:
2160 Fire Ops roll call (D12?)
2176 Fire Ops
9808 DCFD (encrypted)
16656 MPD SOD (traffic posts)
18320 MPD Harbor Patrol
33584 DC Department of Health Tac
33872 DC Emergency Management Agency
37328 DC DPW? "Echo to Charlie"; radio check

Fort Myer Trunked System talkgroups:
273 "Guardian 21"
283 "Guardian"
415 "Noble Defender"; "Warrior"
418 "Rescue 16"
2146 Posts

Arlington Trunked System talkgroups:
47 "NMRT Command to Warehouse Command"

ExxonMobil Headquarters

Here's a quick review of what frequencies I have for ExxonMobil's headquarters in Fairfax County:

464.5750 [ d243] Security (R)

464.6750 [ d243] Housekeeping (R)

464.8750 [ d243] Unknown (R)

Mount Vernon Licenses Additional Frequency

Mount Vernon has added another frequency onto their recent license. They are now licensed on 452.3875, 461.4625, and 462.1375. In my limited monitoring, I haven't heard anything on these new frequencies. I did hear security yesterday on their usual frequency of 464.5250 [ d073]. I expect that they will begin to migrate to these three new frequencies from their current frequencies of 464.4750, 464.5250, and 464.6750.

Weekend Events

The Washington Nationals play an exhibition game today at 4:05. CSC may have lost the contract for game-day security at Nationals Park, as games at the ballpark are no longer listed in CSC's list of events. Here are other frequencies previously monitored:

461.1125 [199.5] Parking lot attendants - The Yards
461.1375 [ d152] CSC Event Staff (S)
461.2375 [ d115] MASN TV
461.3875 [ d152] CSC Event Staff (On-field personnel) (Channel 2) (S)
461.6625 [ ] Nationals Staff (MOTOTRBO digital)
461.8125 [ ] Nationals Staff (MOTOTRBO digital)
461.9875 [ ] Nationals Staff (MOTOTRBO digital)
462.5500 [ CSQ] "order"; "didn't get beer"
463.7875 [ ] Nationals Staff (MOTOTRBO digital)
463.8000 [ d152] CSC Event Staff (Command Post) (R)
463.9375 [ ] Nationals Staff (MOTOTRBO digital)
464.5000 [114.8] ESPN? (active 3/30/08)
464.5500 [ 67.0] Advertising Sign Maintenance
464.5500 [167.9] Fireworks Coordination
464.5625 [ 91.5] Pittsburgh Pirates (active 5/3/08)
464.6500 [107.2] ESPN? (active 3/30/08)
467.9250 [ 67.0] Vendors
469.9375 [186.2] Transportation Service? (probably not Nationals personnel)
867.4875 [156.7] DCFD First Aid/Medical (inside stadium) (S)
867.7625 [156.7] DCFD First Aid/Medical (inside stadium) (S)

DC Trunked System Talkgroups:
2080 DCFD Inspectors (fireworks safety)
2096 DCFD Special Events 1 (outside stadium)
16400 MPD 1st District (officers around stadium)
16656 MPD Special Operations Division (brief use 3/29/08, 3/30/08; extensive use 5/23/09)
18320 MPD Harbor Patrol (water display/patrol--3/30/08)
18480 MPD unknown use (mostly encrypted--3/30/08)
20176 MPD unknown use (discussion about unloading buses--3/29/08)
21232 MPD Citywide 2 (street closures, traffic coordination)
34512 Traffic Management Center/Department of Transportation? (Traffic Control Officers)
34576 Department of Transportation (brief use 3/30/08)
35536 Emergency Management Agency
35600 Traffic Management Center/Department of Transportation

Metro Trunked System Talkgroups:
32944 Metrorail Green Line (personnel at Navy Yard Station--6/23/09)
33136 Metrorail Green Line Supervisors
50192 Police Tac 6 (crowd control at Navy Yard Station--3/30/08)
50224 Police Tac 7 (crowd control at Navy Yard Station--3/29/08)
50256 Police Tac 8 (crowd control at Navy Yard Station--6/23/09)
58032 (discussion about escalators at Navy Yard Station)
160.6050 [ CSQ] also active for crowd control at Navy Yard Station.

DC United has their home opener tonight at 7:30. Check DC United's new frequencies, which may be analog or MOTOTRBO. Here are some other frequencies previously monitored at RFK:

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)
464.3750 [110.9] Cleaning?/HVAC/Engineering (R)
464.6750 [110.9] Guest Services? (S)
463.5875 [ d172]
464.5000 [ d412] DC United Ticketing/Box Office (Channel 6)
464.5500 [ d412] DC United "Corona party"
464.5875 [ d412] "beverages on way"
464.6125 [ d364] DC United "crowding Gate A"
464.6250 [ d152] DC United Engineering?; "check scripts"; "band a little slow"; "ticket sellers to A"
464.6500 [ d412] DC United "play video"; "send ceremonial kickers"; "countdown clock for warm-ups"
464.7250 [ ] DC United
464.7500 [ d152] DC United (Channel 5?)
466.8250 [ d412] DC United Media (Channel 3)
469.5000 [ d152] DC United Audio/Visual

452.2875 [ d754] Aramark
457.2875 [ d754] Aramark (beer operations)
458.6625 [ d516] Press Coordination?; "programs for students"
461.1375 [ d152] CSC Event Staff
461.3875 [ d152] CSC Event Staff - On-field operations (Channel 2)
461.4375 [ d152] CSC Event Staff (Channel 4?)
461.5125 [ d152] CSC Event Staff (Primary Channel)
461.8125 [ d311] Guest Services
462.1125 [ d516] Merchandise
462.3625 [ d315] "character generator"; "skycam"; "wireless cameras"
463.2375 [ d754] Aramark; "event center"
463.2875 [ d516] Merchandise (Channel 3?)
463.5250 [ d754] Aramark (R)
463.5375 [ d311] Parking (still active 5/08)
464.2625 [ d516] Merchandise
464.5000 [ d754] Aramark Human Resources
464.5500 [ 67.0] Advertising Sign Maintenance
464.5500 [167.9] Fireworks Coordination
464.7625 [ d516] Mechandise
464.8125 [ d364] Ticketing
465.2625 [110.9] Concession operations?; Ob Serv operations
466.1125 [ d311] Housekeeping (still active 5/08)
469.2625 [ d411] First Aid; "towing a school bus"
Metropolitan Police used talkgroup 21232. DC Fire used talkgroup 2096.