Northern Virginia Schools Frequencies

Now that the school year is underway, I thought I'd run through the frequencies/talkgroups being used by Northern Virginia schools. (I'll update this post with significant changes.)

Arlington - Buses use talkgroups 199, 200, 201, 202, and 203 on the Arlington trunked system. Specific uses of the talkgroups have not been determined. Washington-Lee High uses 152.4050 [ d411]. Yorktown High probably uses 152.3750, according to this license. The license also lists several other VHF simplex frequencies (159.7050, 159.9600, 160.0200, 160.1400), which are probably used for various schools in the county.

Alexandria - Buses use talkgroup 70, security uses talkgroup 72, and T.C. Williams High uses talkgroup 73 on the Alexandria trunked system. Talkgroups 82, 83, 84, and 85 are used by unknown schools. Douglas MacArthur Elementary is licensed for 456.1875, 456.2875, and 456.5375.

Fairfax - Security is on the Project 25 trunked system (talkgroups 1335, 1336, 1337, and 1338). Buses and maintenance are on the Services trunked system. Individual schools generally use VHF simplex or repeater frequencies. Some of the identified ones:

151.5950 [  77.0] Edison High
151.5950 [103.5] Hayfield Secondary
151.8950 [ d162] Willow Springs Elementary
152.2850 [103.5] Thomas Jefferson High
152.9750 [  88.5] Mark Twain Middle
153.3350 [  94.8] Key Middle
153.3350 [107.2] Marshall High
153.3650 [ d115] Hayfield Secondary
153.3650 [ d116] Robinson Secondary
153.3650 [  94.8] Annandale High
153.3650 [100.0] Lee High
153.3650 [107.2] West Springfield High

(Fairfax has dozens of frequencies licensed for schools all over the county - too numerous to list all of them here.)

Falls Church - The school system holds a license for a repeater on 152.2700.

Prince William - Bus and security talkgroups are on the county's trunked system. The county recently licensed a slew of UHF frequencies for individual schools. These are listed in the FCC database under "Prince William County Public Schools."

Manassas - Buses use a repeater on 856.6125 [136.5]. Mayfield Intermediate is licensed for 462.3125 and 462.3625.

Manassas Park - Buses use a repeater on 463.9250 [ d023]. Manassas Park Middle is licensed for 461.1250 and 464.2250.

Loudoun - Buses operate on an LTR-Net trunked system, which is monitorable, but not trackable, with scanners. (It is believed that the system can be tracked reasonably well by entering the system in a scanner as a standard LTR.) Individual schools use conventional UHF frequencies; the licenses may be found under "Loudoun County Public Schools" and "Loudoun County Schools."

Stafford - Buses use 489.1125 [156.7], which is known as "Dispatch 2," and 488.5625 [156.7], which is the "Garage" channel. The license for these frequencies indicates that they may change to MOTOTRBO in the future. Identified individual school frequencies are listed on this page. The county has licensed frequencies for almost every school.

Fredericksburg - Buses use ID 0-05-146 on the Communication Specialists LTR system. James Monroe High uses Nextel. Other identified frequencies:

464.5000 [ d411] Walker-Grant Middle (S)
464.5500 [127.3] Original Walker-Grant (S)
467.9250 [ d723] Hugh Mercer Elementary

The city is licensed for six UHF simplex frequencies; these are not in use.

Spotsylvania - Buses, maintenance, and administration use several talkgroups on the county's EDACS trunked system. Identified individual school frequencies are listed on this page. The county has several applications pending before the FCC for individual school frequencies. These are listed under the individual school names.

King George - Buses use a MOTOTRBO repeater on 151.7750. Identified individual school frequencies are listed on this page.

Fauquier - Buses and maintenance are on the county's trunked system.

Culpeper - Buses and maintenance are on the county's trunked system. Culpeper High and Eastern View High are also on this system.

Rappahannock - Buses use a repeater on 464.0500 [179.9].

Warren - Buses use a repeater on 464.1000 [  88.5].