The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists FCC App

The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, located at 409 12th St. SW in DC, has an application pending before the FCC for an analog/NXDN repeater on 462.1875, and analog/NXDN simplex on 466.9375, 466.9625, 467.0375, 467.1625, and 468.2625.

Weekend Events

• The Wizards play Friday at 7:00 at Capital One Arena.
• The Caps play Saturday at 7:00 at Capital One Arena.
• The Wizards play Sunday at 3:30 at Capital One Arena.

New DSD+ "Fast Lane" Released

DSD+ "Fast Lane" 2.71 was released on Christmas, the first Fast Lane release since February. (Fast Lane releases are like betas; the current "public release" of DSD+ is 1.101 and was released two years ago.)

This release adds numerous features and fixes, but support for Project 25 Phase II decoding is still missing. The "Notes" text file that accompanies the software explains all the enhancements and changes.

UPS (Laurel) License Modification

UPS in Laurel has modified its license to add DMR emissions designators to its frequencies.

Skyline Plaza Condo FCC App

Skyline Plaza Condo, located at 3703 S. George Mason Dr. in Falls Church, has an application pending before the FCC for a DMR repeater on 451.7000.

Skyline - New Frequency

A new frequency that was recently licensed is being used for at least part of the Skyline development in Fairfax County:

462.1500 [         ] (DMR - Color Code 5, Slot 1, Group 1)

It may replace a couple of other frequencies that were used in the past for Skyline:

451.3500 [         ] (DMR - Color Code 1, Slot 1, Group 7)
451.3500 [         ] (DMR - Color Code 1, Slot 2, Group 8)
451.5000 [ d606]

The Alexandrian Using DMR Simplex

The Alexandrian Hotel, located in Old Town, is now using UHF DMR simplex. The hotel had previously been using VHF analog simplex.

452.0375 [         ] (DMR - Color Code 5, Group 101) (S)

The hotel is licensed for several other UHF frequencies, and the VHF frequencies remain on the license.