[Scan-DC] 154.055 in the Gaithersburg area?

[LtBrown122@aol.com]

Hi,

I agree w/ Andy - it is indeed a fantastic catch. I live in the Gaithersburg 
area and I had very much missed the old 155.655 frequency. Very often it 
provides additional information to what is going and where it is happening. 

But as to why they would do it. Hmmm. I don't know if the old Gaithersburg 
frequencies had to be "given up" in order to have the new 800 system, much like 
the old T band system will be given to someone else when they release it 
finally. In that the frequencies will go to someone else. But I can tell you that 
the Gaithersburg City Police Department will often perform functions to the 
community of the City of Gaithersburg that you would never see a State or County 
police department provide. If anyone ever has any contact w/ the Chevy Chase 
Village Police Department in Chevy Chase, Maryland, they are the true examples 
of this. This is a police department for no one else but the very wealthy 
neighborhood they provide to. Picking up newspapers when people are out of town, 
Ridding their houses of squirrels that have gotten in somehow. Escorting them 
to doctors appointments, because they are friends of the police chief. It's 
amazing the kind of service they provide. As far as actual police work, other 
than patrolling their section of Connecticut Ave which extends from about 
Connecticut and East West Hwy. to Chevy Chase Circle and the DC Line and maintaining 
that slow speed limit they have, not much really goes on. They have the lowest 
call volume of any State issued police department. 

Gaithersburg City Police have this same sort of function. When directed by 
the city manager they often perform duties to the city of Gaithersburg. They 
often need their own channel to accomplish this. The other upside is by having 
their own unrecorded channel - they can say whatever they want. Often they make 
negative comments about their surrounding Montgomery County Counterparts. It 
can be very interesting listening, but can also be another reason to keep their 
channel separate. In the old system - they carried 2 radios in their cars - 
the UHF T band system and the other VHF system. So usually you would only hear 
then on the VHF system if they were in their cars or at the base station at 
the police station which now sits on Cedar Ave. 

Thanks again for catching the frequency and Happy Listening. 

Joe


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