[Scan-DC] Calvert County - DC question

[Dave Marshall]

I have spent a considerable amount of time at the Spring Cove Marina on my sister's 
boat at Solomans Island, near the museum where the Drum Point Lighthouse is 
preserved. Using a BNC whip antenna hung from a halyard about 30-35 feet up the mast, 
I was able to get marginal reception of DCFD before they went to the new system. You 
should have much better luck if you can get a good antenna on a tower. Most of my 
listening time was spent monitoring the Calvert County and NAS Pax River trunk 
systems. Unfortunately, there is little traffic on either system evenings and 
weekends. If you are interested, email me off list and I will send what little 
information that I do have to you.

Dave

Dave Marshall N8OAY
n8oay@sprintmail.com

All Ohio Scanner Club
http://www.aosc.org/

TrunkCom Administrator
http://mailman.qth.net/


Andrew Leyden wrote:
> After a decade or so of city living, I about to move to Calvert County 
> (Chesapeake Beach) in a week or so and was wondering about scanning out 
> there.
> 
> While I know the crime of the country is not quite as exciting as say a 
> riot in DC, what I'm really curious about is the range of DCFD's 
> dispatch simulcast and whether I can still hear it out there.  At 
> present, PenguinRadio is currently streaming DCFD on the Internet from 
> of my house in Georgetown but I won't be able to continue if I can't 
> hear the signal out at the beach.  We have about 100-200 people listen 
> in daily from around the world so I'd hate to drop the signal.
> 
> Anyone from out Calvert County way have any luck with DCFD or any of the 
> DC Police freqs?
> 
> Thanks
> 

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