Eagle 1 Monitored on Charles Trunked System

Today, Eagle 1 (Park Police helicopter) was monitored on the Charles County trunked system. The helo was going through several of the fire channels, conducting radio checks with dispatch. Eagle 1 was using a radio ID of 22549 on the Charles system.

New Town Metro 1 FCC App

New Town Metro 1, a development across from the Mall at Prince Georges, has an application for a DMR repeater on 464.5875 pending before the FCC.

Weekend Events

• The Wizards play Friday at 7 PM at Verizon Center.
• DC United plays Saturday at 5:30 PM at RFK Stadium.
• The Caps play Saturday at 7 PM at Verizon Center.

Cassidy Turley FCC App

Cassidy Turley, a commercial real estate firm now owned by DTZ, has an application to modify its license pending before the FCC. The app calls for the addition of DMR emission designators for the repeater and simplex frequencies located at 1120 20th St. NW. The app also calls for analog/DMR repeaters on 461.7750 and 464.8250 at 750 1st St. NE.

Hilton Garden Inn Woodbridge

Here are a couple of frequencies found for the Hilton Garden Inn Woodbridge:

457.4125 [ d023]
457.6375 [ d032]

Mosaic District Update

Here's an update for the Mosaic District in Merrifield:

463.8875 [         ] Security (DMR - Color Code 1, Slot 1, Group 1)
463.8875 [         ] Housekeeping (DMR - Color Code 1, Slot 2, Group 1)

Fairfax Hospital Using Hytera XPT System

Fairfax Hospital is using a Hytera XPT system. The frequencies are covered under a license that was modified last year. Security was previously analog on 464.8250; nothing was monitored on this frequency.

Marymount University Security Abandons Frequency

Marymount University security, previously heard on 464.5750 [ d703], appears to no longer be using the frequency. It's unknown where security has migrated. Marymount no longer holds any active licenses.

Weekend Events

• The Caps play Friday at 7 PM at Verizon Center.
• The Wizards play Saturday at 7 PM at Verizon Center.
• DC United plays Sunday at 5 PM at RFK Stadium.

Hanover Shady Grove FCC App

Hanover Shady Grove, an apartment complex in Rockville, has an application pending before the FCC for DMR simplex on 452.2625, 457.2625, 463.6250, 464.8375, and 469.8375.

CSC at RFK Stadium Using New Repeater

CSC Event Staff was confirmed on their recently-licensed repeater (463.8625 [ d152]) at RFK Stadium.

ShamrockFest Finds

Here's what was found at Saturday's ShamrockFest:

461.4375 [ d152] CSC Event Staff (S)
461.5125 [ d152] CSC Event Staff (S)
464.3250 [ d532] (S)
464.5750 [ d532] (S)
464.9250 [ d546] (S)
467.8125 [ d073]
467.9125 [ d051]
469.4875 [ d174]
469.5125 [ d263]
469.5500 [ d023]

Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Finds

Here's what was found at Saturday's Rock 'n' Roll Marathon:

466.1125 [         ] Staff? (DMR - Color Code 3, Group 1)
466.1625 [         ] Materials/Logistics? (DMR - Color Code 3, Group 1)

These frequencies are covered under a nationwide license.

ACC Basketball Tournament Finds

Only one frequency specific to the ACC basketball tournament was found on Saturday night:

464.5500 [179.9] Cameras? (S)

CSC Event Staff was found using a couple of new frequencies, however:

461.3875 [         ] (DMR - Color Code 3, Group 202) (S)
461.5125 [ d244] (S)

The first frequency is the first time they've been seen using DMR. (The frequency was used by CSC in analog mode.) The second frequency is a common CSC frequency, but with a different DCS tone.

Verizon Center itself uses a three-frequency Capacity Plus system (with Basic Privacy). The arena also uses several DMR conventional frequencies (with Enhanced Privacy). In other words, there is no way to monitor the arena.

W Hotel Using DMR

The W Hotel in DC is using its recently-licensed frequencies in DMR mode. The license only indicates analog.

452.2500 [         ] Bellmen (DMR - Color Code 1, Group 1) (S)
463.8500 [         ] Housekeeping (DMR - Color Code 1, Group 1) (S)

Previously, the hotel was using several unlicensed UHF simplex frequencies.

AARP Adds DMR Emission Designators

AARP has added DMR emission designators to its license. The organization continues to use 464.8250 in analog mode, however.

Weekend Events

• The ACC basketball tournament concludes this weekend, with two games Friday night and the championship game Saturday night at Verizon Center.
• The Rock 'n' Roll Marathon is Saturday at 7:30 AM, beginning at 14th and Constitution, and concluding at RFK Stadium.
• The Shamrock Festival is from 3 PM to 11 PM Saturday on the RFK Stadium Festival Grounds.

Park Potomac FCC App

Park Potomac, a mixed-use development in Potomac, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for an analog/DMR repeater on 463.4250, and analog/DMR simplex on 468.2000, 469.6125, 469.8000, and 469.9250.

DCA Finds

A few new items found at Reagan National Airport recently:

451.2875 [         ] JetBlue - Maintenance? (DMR - Color Code 1, Slot 1, Group 4)
451.7250 [         ] Hertz (DMR - Color Code 3, Slot 1, Group 11)
451.7250 [         ] Hertz (DMR - Color Code 3, Slot 2, Group 21)

Glover Park Hotel FCC App

The Glover Park Hotel, located at 2505 Wisconsin Ave. in DC, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for simplex on 456.2375, 456.3375, 457.7625, 462.3125, and 451.2875.

Weekend Events

• The Caps play Friday at 7 at Verizon Center.
• The Wizards play Saturday at 7 at Verizon Center.
• The BET Honors are Saturday at 7 at the Warner Theatre.