Colgan Air FCC App

Colgan Air, a regional airline operating as United Express at Dulles Airport, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for repeaters on 451.1000 and 451.7000. The frequencies are coded for both analog and MOTOTRBO operation.

Village at Leesburg FCC App

The Village at Leesburg, a mixed-use development, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a repeater on 462.0750.

Irene Monitoring

Here are some notable talkgroups monitored Saturday afternoon/evening:

• Spotsylvania County, VA - Disaster Tac (00-087).
• Stafford County, VA - Emergency Management (4707) and Utilities/Water (4726).
• Prince William County, VA - Emergency Operations Center (48016).
• Charles County, MD - Fire Tac 4 (17104) and Emergency 1 (1584).
• STARS - Emergency Management Ops 1 (2407).

New Talkgroups Found on Charles, Prince William, and Stafford Systems

Hurricane Irene provided a chance to catch a bunch of new talkgroups on the various public safety trunked systems:

• Talkgroup 18880 on the Charles County trunked system appears to be used by the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration. "MVA" units were heard here, discussing the status of the Nice Bridge.
• Talkgroup 48016 on the Prince William County trunked system was used for the Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
• Talkgroups 4611 and 4620 on the Stafford County trunked system are encrypted fire talkgroups, probably for Command staff. 4707 is for the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). 4726 appears to be Utilities/Water. Several other 47xx-series talkgroups were observed; some of these were encrypted.

Weekend Event

One event still scheduled to go on, despite the approach of Hurricane Irene:

• Women of Faith is today and tomorrow at the Verizon Center. The organization holds a license for fifteen UHF simplex frequencies; expect these to be in use.

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences FCC App

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, located in Bethesda, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a repeater on 152.3525.

Monday Properties (1000 Wilson Blvd.) FCC App

Monday Properties, which manages the office building at 1000 Wilson Blvd. (as well as several other buildings in Rosslyn), has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a repeater on 464.2625.

Turnberry Tower FCC App

Turnberry Tower, a luxury condo in Rosslyn, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for a repeater on 451.9250.

MOTOTRBO Capacity Plus System In Use for MLK Memorial Dedication Set-Up

The people setting up for this Sunday's Martin Luther King Memorial dedication are using a MOTOTRBO Capacity Plus system. The system appears to have only one frequency (461.7875).

Chevy Chase Pavilion Switching to MOTOTRBO?

The Chevy Chase Pavilion has an application pending before the FCC to modify its existing license. The emission code for MOTOTRBO is on the modification.

Weekend Event

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

Sheraton National Using New Frequency

The Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington is using 463.9375 (MOTOTRBO), even though their application for this frequency has not been approved by the FCC.

Montgomery College Using MOTOTRBO on 464.7500?

Montgomery College (Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus) may be using MOTOTRBO on 464.7500. The college previously used this frequency in analog mode, with a tone of [ d047]. But that appears to be gone, and MOTOTRBO is now heard on this frequency. Even though this frequency is not coded for MOTOTRBO on the license, the other frequency on the license (461.9750) is coded for MOTOTRBO and has been confirmed using MOTOTRBO.

Pentagon City Finds

A couple of new Pentagon City frequencies:

464.0000 [ d612] Pentagon Center - Parking Attendants

463.8375 [173.8] Pentagon Center - Nordstrom Rack - Security (S)

Dulles-Area Finds

Here are some frequencies found in the Dulles/Chantilly/Herndon area:

460.7875 [ d132] Aeronautical Radio (IAD)

452.3500 [ d054] Booz Allen Hamilton (Herndon)

464.3000 [ d734] Dulles Discovery

154.5700 [ 67.0] Costco (Chantilly)

467.7500 [ d115] Target (Channel 1) (Chantilly)
467.7750 [ d072] Target (Channel 2) (Chantilly)
467.9250 [ d155] Target (Channel 3) (Chantilly)

Montgomery County Agricultural Fair

A subscriber to Scan-DC reports that two talkgroups are in use for the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair, which runs through August 20. Police are using talkgroup 1744 (Special Events 1), and Fire is using talkgroup 1776 (Special Events 2) on the county trunked system.

Another Weekend Event

One other weekend event:

• DC United plays Saturday night at 7:30 at RFK Stadium.

US Airways Licenses New Frequencies at DCA

US Airways recently licensed two MOTOTRBO repeaters (451.6000 and 452.3250) at Reagan National Airport. These frequencies may replace 461.1375 and 464.5500, which were never licensed.

Frontier Airlines Licenses Repeater at DCA

Frontier Airlines has recently licensed a repeater (464.9625) at Reagan National Airport. The airline had previously been licensed for ten simplex frequencies. This repeater has been confirmed active using a tone of 131.8.

United States Institute of Peace New Frequencies

The United States Institute of Peace, located at 2301 Constitution Ave. NW, licensed a repeater and four simplex frequencies in May.

463.9750R

456.4875S

456.5625S

456.6125S

456.7625S

Kaiser Capitol Hill Medical Center New Frequencies

The Kaiser Capitol Hill Medical Center, located at 700 2nd St. NE, licensed two MOTOTRBO frequencies (452.3375 and 462.1625) in March.

Providence Hospital Frequency Additions

Providence Hospital has a modification to their license pending before the FCC. The application calls for analog/MOTOTRBO repeaters on 462.0750, 462.3500, and 463.8625. Note that 462.0750 and 462.3500 have already been in use by Providence.

Weekend Event

Just one notable event this weekend:

• The Redskins play a preseason game at FedEx Field on Friday at 7:30. Look for the usual FedEx Field frequencies to be active, as well as the FedEx Field talkgroups on the Prince George's County trunked system.

Catholic University Using Capacity Plus System?

As a follow-up to a previous post, I'm getting more confident that Catholic University is using 462.1000 and 463.5500 as a MOTOTRBO Capacity Plus system. The signal strengths of the two frequencies are the same, and also seem to be about equal to the signal strength of 464.5750, which Catholic is using as a conventional TRBO repeater. Also, 462.1000 and 463.5500 were both licensed recently, and the chances that two recently-licensed frequencies are for different systems seem nil. Finally, the Capacity Plus data burst is present on both of these frequencies, but at different times. (It will be on 462.1000 for a few minutes, then switch to 463.5500.) That seems to be a strong indication that the frequencies are part of the same system. I'm guessing that the Capacity Plus system is used for engineering/housekeeping. If my theory about Catholic using a TRBO conventional system and a TRBO Capacity Plus system is correct, it's interesting that the University didn't simply build a three-channel Capacity Plus system.

Additional Frequency for Marriott Inn & Conference Center, UMUC

The Marriott Inn & Conference Center, University of Maryland University College appears to be using an additional frequency (461.2250 [ d311]) in addition to the two (461.7500 [ d311], 464.2250 [ d311]) previously found. The Marriott is licensed for a total of four frequencies.

Sidwell Friends School Frequency Confirmed

Sidwell Friends School has been confirmed on 461.3875 [100.0]. The frequency is licensed as mobiles-only, but is used as a repeater. It sounded like security was using the frequency.

Fannie Mae LTR Passport System

Fannie Mae's multisite LTR Passport system has been confirmed in use at another site: 3900 Wisconsin Ave. in DC. This brings to four the number of confirmed sites. According to its licenses, Fannie Mae has another site in DC, and one in Urbana, Maryland.

Legg Mason Tennis Classic Frequencies Found

Here's what I found at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic yesterday:

Tournament Radios:
464.5000 [ d346]
464.5500 [ d365] Tournament Staff (Channel 1)
464.6000 [ d331] Ball Kids
464.6500 [ d364] Audio in Stadium
464.7000 [ d311] Park Police/Security
464.7250 [ d423] "blower"; "rollers"
464.7500 [ d371] Media?
469.5000 [ d351] Suites?
469.5500 [ d306] Operations (Channel 2)
469.6000 [ d343] Scorekeeping
469.6500 [ d365]
469.7000 [ d315] "vouchers"
469.7250 [ d431] "took back to hotel"
469.7500 [ d411] Parking

Other frequencies:
166.8500 [127.3] Park Police (S)
461.0375 [ d125] Housekeeping/Trash (S)
461.4000 [ d125] "bar" (S)
461.5500 [ 88.5] CES Security (S)
464.2750 [ d445] Parking (S)
464.3250 [ d532] Design Cuisine (S)
464.5500 [123.0] TV? (S)
464.5750 [ d532] Design Cuisine (S)

Prince William County Schools FCC Apps

Prince William County Schools has several applications pending before the FCC for frequencies to be used at numerous schools:

0004828620

0004828621

0004828622

0004829018

0004820936

0004829493

Weekend Events

Sporting events this weekend:

• The Legg Mason Tennis Classic continues through Sunday at the Fitzgerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park.
• The Redskins hold Fan Appreciation Day on Saturday at Redskins Park in Ashburn.
• DC United plays Saturday at 7:30 at RFK Stadium.

SAIC - Vienna FCC App

SAIC has an application pending before the FCC for their Vienna office. The app calls for two MOTOTRBO simplex frequencies: 456.4125 and 457.0375.