Weekend Events

• The Nats play Friday at 7:05, Saturday at 1:05, and Sunday at 1:35 at Nationals Park.
• The Caps play Saturday at 8:00 at Verizon Center.

Winexburg Manor FCC App

Winexburg Manor Apartments, located in Silver Spring, has an application pending before the FCC for DMR simplex on 467.4625 and 467.1875.

Vulcan Adds Repeater

Vulcan Construction Materials, located in Manassas, has added an analog/DMR repeater on 461.4625 to its license.

Monumental Concrete Adds Repeater

Monumental Concrete, which operates a DMR repeater on 463.3375 from Arlington, recently modified its license to add a DMR repeater on 452.7250 in Washington.

Kirby-Hunter Investigations FCC App

Kirby-Hunter Investigations, located in Fairfax, has an application pending before the FCC for DMR simplex on 936.9375.

Penrose Square Apartments FCC App

Penrose Square Apartments, located in Arlington, has an application pending before the FCC for simplex on 458.0000, 464.1625, 466.3875, 467.1250, and 469.1125.

Weekend Events

• The Caps play Friday at 7 at Verizon Center.

The Darcy Hotel FCC App

The Darcy Hotel, formerly the Doubletree in DC, has an application pending before the FCC for DMR in a base/mobile configuration on 464.2125, and DMR simplex on 464.0125, 464.0750, 464.1125, 464.1625, 464.3625, 469.0125, 469.0750, 469.1125, 469.1625, and 469.3625.

1550 Wilson Blvd. FCC App

Brookfield Properties, which manages buildings at 1550 (and 1560) Wilson Blvd. in Rosslyn, has an application pending before the FCC for DMR simplex on 452.1875 and 456.4625.

Loudoun County Schools FCC App

Loudoun County Schools has an application pending before the FCC for several UHF repeaters at various schools. The application lists several emissions types for the frequencies.

Weekend Events

• The Nationals play Friday at 4:05 PM, Saturday at 1:05 PM, and Sunday at 1:35 PM at Nationals Park.
• The Capitals play Saturday at 7 PM at Verizon Center.
• The Wizards play Sunday at 1PM at Verizon Center.

One Washington Circle Hotel Adds Frequencies

The One Washington Circle Hotel, located in DC, has added five UHF simplex frequencies to its license.

Keys Energy Center Modifies License

Keys Energy Center, located in Prince George's County, recently modified its license to add several analog/DMR repeaters.

Sabey FCC License

Sabey, which runs a data center in Loudoun County, was recently licensed for an analog/DMR repeater on 464.2875.

Tysons Corner Update

Here are some Tysons Corner updates:

461.7375 [         ] Tysons Galleria (DMR - Color Code 4, Slot 1, Group 101, Basic Privacy)
461.7375 [         ] Tysons Galleria (DMR - Color Code 4, Slot 2, Group 102, Basic Privacy)
461.0250 [         ] Ritz Carlton Tysons Corner (DMR - Color Code 6, Slot 1, Group 100)
461.1750 [         ] Ritz Carlton Tysons Corner - Bellmen (DMR - Color Code 12, Slot 1, Group 300)
464.4750 [         ] "event support" "housekeeping" "atrium" "valet" "front desk" (DMR - Color Code 12, Slot 1, Group 100) (monitored from Tysons)
464.4750 [         ] "info desk cart" (DMR - Color Code 12, Slot 2, Group 200) (monitored from Tysons)

Tysons Galleria and the Ritz Carlton switched from analog to DMR. The 464.4750 frequency appears to be a hotel. The hotel may be in the Tysons area, somewhere else in Northern Virginia, or even in suburban Maryland.

Gallery Capitol Riverfront FCC App

Gallery Capitol Riverfront, apartments near Nationals Park, has an application pending before the FCC for DMR simplex on 451.7625, 456.5375, 452.8375, 452.1375, and 457.7625.

Weekend Events

• The National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade is Saturday from 10 AM until noon on Constitution Ave. between 7th and 17th Sts.
• DC United plays Saturday at 4 PM at RFK Stadium.
• The Wizards play Saturday at 7 PM at Verizon Center.
• The Capitals play Sunday at 7 PM at Verizon Center.

Nationals Home Opener

Some notes on monitoring at the Nationals Home Opener on Monday:

• MPD or DDOT was using UCC-2 (talkgroup 167) on the DC trunked system for operations around the stadium.
• Another frequency was noted as part of the Nats' Capacity Plus system, but talkgroups were generally unchanged from last year.
• CSC Event Staff may have been using a new simplex frequency at the park: 461.1375 (DMR - Color Code 2, Group 201).

Pod DC Hotel FCC App

The Pod DC Hotel, located at 627 H St. NW, has an application pending before the FCC for five UHF analog/DMR simplex frequencies.

GWU Hospital FCC App

George Washington University Hospital has an application pending before the FCC for five UHF analog/DMR repeaters. The hospital had previously licensed these frequencies, but they've never been confirmed in use.

AVA NoMa FCC App

AVA NoMa, an apartment building in DC, has an application pending before the FCC for a DMR repeater on 464.1375.

7375 Executive Place FCC App

7375 Executive Place, an office building in Lanham, has an application for four UHF DMR simplex frequencies pending before the FCC.

Fashion Centre at Pentagon City Using DMR

The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City in Arlington is now using DMR on their two frequencies:

464.4375 [         ] Security (DMR - Color Code 12, Slot 1, Group 44770)
464.4375 [         ] (DMR - Color Code 12, Slot 2, Group 44771)
464.4625 [         ] Housekeeping (DMR - Color Code 13, Slot 1, Group 44772)
464.4625 [         ] (DMR - Color Code 13, Slot 2, Group 44773)

Correctional Treatment Facility New System

The DC Correctional Treatment Facility is running a Capacity Plus system using recently-licensed frequencies, replacing the system that used 461.8000 and 464.8750.

Big 10 Tournament Frequency

Organizers at the Big 10 Tournament were found using this frequency:

464.5500 [         ] (DMR - Color Code 11, Slot 1, Group 2) (WPBM685)
464.5500 [         ] (DMR - Color Code 11, Slot 2, Group 3) (WPBM685)

The callsign monitored is for BearCom, although that frequency does not appear on the license.

St. Patrick's Day Parade Frequency

Organizers at the St. Patrick's Day Parade in DC were found using 156.0000 [192.8]. It's unclear if this frequency is licensed or if it ever was licensed.

Recent DC Finds

Here are some recent finds in the downtown DC area:

468.7625 [ d743] Madame Tussauds
463.2500 [         ] Balfour Beatty Construction (Capitol Crossing) (DMR - Color Code 4, Slot 1, Group 101)
467.8750 [192.8] Anthropologie
464.3000 [         ] 601 Massachusetts Avenue (DMR - Color Code 1, Slot 1, Group 3)
464.8250 [         ] United Medical Center (DMR - Color Code 4, Slot 2, Group 2) (R)
464.2500 [         ] Gallery Place - Security (DMR - Color Code 8, Slot 2, Group 1)