[Scan-DC] Unknown Motorola TRS on 163.4500 (SYSID=8806)

[b_thom at juno.com]

I salvaged this message from the archives at qth.net The original
question was:

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Robert H. Eisner rheisner at yahoo.com 
Mon Jul 5 23:19:38 EDT 2004 

Does anyone in the DC Area have information on the Motorola TRS which
currently has it's Control Channel on 163.4500?  I'm getting SYSID of
8806 and they system does appear to be active.

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Among the answers was this:

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Charley Armstrong chas.armstrong at comcast.net 
Tue Jul 6 17:57:51 EDT 2004 
said:

It's the Secret Service Training Center....

CA

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Robert H. Eisner" <rheisner at yahoo.com>
> Date: July 6, 2004 9:12:19 AM EDT
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Unknown Motorola TRS on 163.4500 (SYSID=8806)
>
> Thanks!  I did not realize that they had 3 Offsets.  That explains why
> my Pro96 was having problems last night.
>
> I did a SYSID search on radioreference.com last night and it only turn
> up the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center System in Brunswick, GA
>
> http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php? 
> name=TRSDB&action=sysid&sysid=8806
>
> It's interesting that both systems have the same SYSID.  I've only seen
> this on multi sited systems in the past.
>
> BTW, they ID as Beltsville.
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Perhaps this article will help explain bursts of radio activity there:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29805-2004Jul5.html

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NAMES & FACES 
Tuesday, July 6, 2004; Page C03 

....
Bush vs. Bike, Part 2 

A day before his 58th birthday, President Bush spent yesterday riding his
mountain bike on the grounds of a Secret Service training facility in
Beltsville, faring better than he did on his last bicycle outing. 

You'll remember: In May, Bush suffered cuts and bruises after taking a
spill when biking at his ranch in Crawford, Tex. Yesterday, he rode his
bike for nearly 1 1/2 hours as security personnel trailed him in
all-terrain vehicles. 

As for the latest ride, the press corps couldn't view it because they
were kept in vans on a steamy parking lot as Bush cycled.
....
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