Weekend Events

• The Wizards play Saturday at 7 PM at Verizon Center.
• Georgetown plays Sunday at 1:30 PM at Verizon Center.

Weekend Events

• The Caps play Friday at 7 at Verizon Center.
• The Wizards play Saturday at 7 at Verizon Center.
• The Caps play Sunday at 12:30 at Verizon Center.
• The Redskins play Sunday at 8:30 at FedEx Field.

Dulles South Multipurpose Center FCC App

The Dulles South Multipurpose Center has an application pending before the FCC for NXDN simplex on 462.2375, 462.4875, and 451.5375.

Spotsylvania Switches to P25

At eight o'clock yesterday morning, Spotsylvania County switched to a Harris P25 system. Most Sheriff's Office communications are encrypted; almost all other communications are not. Talkgroups are a mix of Phase I and Phase II P25. The EDACS system has been shut down. Discussion of the change is occurring on a RadioReference thread.

Hotel at the University of Maryland License Modification

The Hotel at the University of Maryland, opening next year, recently modified its license to add DMR repeaters on 464.0125 and 464.1625. The hotel was already licensed for five DMR simplex frequencies.

Weekend Events

• The Wizards play Friday at 7 PM at Verizon Center.
• The University of Maryland plays Saturday at 3:30 PM at Maryland Stadium.
• The Redskins play Sunday at 1 PM at FedEx Field.

Trump International Hotel FCC App

The Trump International Hotel in DC has an application pending before the FCC for DMR base/mobile on 464.1875, and DMR simplex on 456.3125, 456.3375, 456.4125, 457.0375, and 457.5125.

The hotel has already been identified using unlicensed frequencies:

464.3875 [         ] Security (DMR - Color Code 1, Group 1048677) (S)
464.6250 [         ] Engineering? (DMR - Color Code 1, Group 1) (S)

Weekend Events

• The Wizards play Friday at 7 PM at Verizon Center.
• The Caps play Saturday at 7 PM at Verizon Center.

Firmware Update for BCD436HP/BCD536HP

Uniden released "open beta" firmware on Tuesday for the BCD436HP and BCD536HP scanners. The firmware is supposed to improve performance across all "flavors" of digital (P25, DMR, ProVoice).

Dominion Christian School FCC App

Dominion Christian School, located in Oakton, has an application pending before the FCC for simplex on 452.1375 and 457.1375.

Dominion Hospital FCC App

Dominion Hospital, located in Falls Church, has an application pending before the FCC for DMR simplex on 451.3625, 452.1125, 456.3625, and 462.2625.