Weekend Events

Sports predominate this weekend:

• The Wizards play Friday night at seven at the Verizon Center.
• The Capitals play Sunday evening at five at the Verizon Center.
• The Redskins play Monday night at 8:30 at FedEx Field in a nationally-televised game against the Eagles.

Homer Building FCC App

The Homer Building, located at 601 13th St. NW, has an application pending before the FCC. The app calls for two repeaters: 451.8625 and 452.9750.

Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

Here's what I found at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on October 30:

162.2500 [173.8] Capitol Police (Channel 4)
166.7250 [127.3] Park Police (Channel 1)

461.0625 [151.4]
461.3625 [ 82.5] Volunteers/Trash
462.0125 [ d546] Security?
462.8125 [ d371] Audio/Visual?
463.5750 [ d664]

464.6250 [ d412] "production tent"
466.0625 [ 74.4]
(Some of the UHF frequencies may have been used for other nearby events.)

DC Trunked System Talkgroups:
2096 DCFD Special Events 1
2128 DCFD Special Events 3 (transports?)
16656 MPD Special Operations Division
33872 DC Emergency Management Agency

Metro Trunked System Talkgroup:
50256 MTPD Tac 8

Weekend Events

Compared to last weekend, it's relatively quiet in DC this weekend:

• The Capitals play Friday night at 7, and Sunday afternoon at 5.
• The Wizards play Saturday night at 7.

Washington International Horse Show Wrap-Up

Here's what I found Saturday night at the Washington International Horse Show:

463.5125 [ d174] Scores?
463.6375 [110.9] Scores
464.0875 [210.7]
464.6250 [ ]
464.7250 [192.8] (R)
464.7500 [210.7]

Note that 464.0875 and 464.7500 may have been repeaters, but I was unable to confirm.

Rosslyn Update

A couple of new frequencies for Rosslyn:

• Artisphere, a multi-use art space that opened October 10, is using 462.5625 [67.0].
• The Rosslyn Business Improvement District (BID) is using 461.8875 [CSQ] simplex. Note that the nearby Hotel Palomar also uses this frequency as a repeater with a tone of [136.5]. Gallaudet University Security is also on this frequency with a tone of [d243].

Marine Corps Marathon Wrap-Up

Here's what I found at the Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday:

Marine Corps Trunked System Talkgroups (Site 403):
63034 Marshals
63037 Garbage
63038 Route
63039 Water
63044 Medical
63048 Shuttle Buses
63050 Information Technology
63056 Medical (Channel 2)

Arlington Trunked System Talkgroups:
4 Police - Traffic Control
6 Police - Parking
7 Police - "escort vehicle"
8 Police - "runners mixing"
9 Police - Rosslyn
11 Police - SOS
17 Police - "SWAT buses cleared Wilson Blvd."
20 Police - "visual on individual"
21 Police - K9
33 Fire/EMS - Division 1
34 Fire/EMS - Division 2
35 Fire/EMS - Division 6
36 Fire/EMS - Transports
43 Fire/EMS
44 Fire/EMS
50 Fire/EMS - EOD
117 Emergency Management 1
135 Coordination 1
137 Coordination 3

DC Trunked System Talkgroups:
1952 (encrypted/clear)
2096 DCFD Special Events 1
2112 DCFD Special Events 2
2128 DCFD Special Events 3 (transports)
16656 MPD SOD

STARS Trunked System Talkgroups:
32 VSP Division 2 Tac Team
6149 VSP Division 7 (traffic control)

Metro Trunked System Talkgroups:
50256 MTPD Tac 8 (Rosslyn crowd control)
58032 Escalator Personnel/Techs

123.0250 [ CSQ] Helicopters Air-to-Air
162.2500 [173.8] Capitol Police (Channel 4)
166.7250 [127.3] Park Police (Channel 1)
169.7750 [NAC 4C5] George Washington Parkway
451.7750 [ d205] Crystal City Security