Sunday, August 12, 2012

Neighborhood Profile: Carlyle Area of Alexandria

Here's a neighborhood profile of the Carlyle area of Alexandria:

Federal:
  • Hoffman Buildings: Security for these buildings is on the Joint National Capital Region trunked system (talkgroup 201). Note that this talkgroup is almost always encrypted. The Hoffman Center also appears to have private security; a guard was carrying a UHF portable.
  • U.S. Courthouse: Nothing monitored, but federal courthouses often use 170.7500 (P25). This frequency is sometimes encrypted.
  • U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: Nothing monitored.
Apartments/Condos:
  • Carlyle Place: 451.2875 (S) (MOTOTRBO - Color Code 1, All Call) in use. Also licensed for 451.7125, 452.1875, and 452.2875.
  • Carlyle Towers: Engineering and Housekeeping use 451.7875 [ d351] (R). 451.9250 [ d351] (R) also in use. 461.4250 [ d351] (R) is another possible frequency.
  • Meridian at Carlyle: Monitored several years ago on 452.7250 (no tone found). Also licensed for simplex on 452.6250, 457.6250, and 457.7250. 
  • Meridian at Eisenhower: Licensed for MOTOTRBO simplex on 452.6875, 452.8875, 457.6875, and 457.8875.
  • Post Carlyle: No license found.
Hotels:
  • Holiday Inn: Shuttle uses 452.2125 [ d025] (B/M). Housekeeping uses 457.3375 [ d251]. Hotel also licensed for 452.3375, 457.2125, 463.7875, and 468.7875.
  • Residence Inn: 457.1625 (MOTOTRBO - Color Code 1, Group 1) in use. License indicates an additional frequency of 457.4125.
  • Westin: No license found, and no radios observed in a recent visit. May use special internal communications system.
Retail:
  • AMC Theater: 467.9250 [241.8] in use. The theater previously used several UHF business frequencies with DCS 365, but these appear to be abandoned.

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