[Scan-DC] Whose on 496.8375 ?

[dc2wheel]

I've heard them called traffic.com & Traffic Pulse,
but yes, they're on this LTR system run by Champion
Communication in Silver Spring:

http://radioreference.com/modules.php?name=TRSDB&sid=3488

Other users include some kind of dispatch operation
that speaks only in Spanish.

-dc2wheel

--- ka3jjz at netscape.com wrote:
>   These are indeed traffic reporters; this freq is
> one of a system of a LTR Passport system. The users
> are 'Traffic Pulse'. Unfortunately being a Passport
> system, it cannot be tracked by any scanner, but you
> can listen in conventional mode very easily.
>   73s  Mike
> 
> links editor,Capitol Hill Monitors
> Utility Monitoring Central
> editor, Strong Signals software page
> 
> 
> --- "Wally Frank" <zerobeat at excite.com> wrote:
> 
> From: "Wally Frank" <zerobeat at excite.com>
> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:46:10 -0500 (EST)
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Whose on 496.8375 ?
> 
> 
> During the last snowfall I was listening to activity
> which is unknown to me on 496.8375 MHz.
> The FCC database shows a Private/Industrial service
> (service code YG) in Silver Spring with the callsign
> of
> WIL736. After several hours of listening over
> several days, there were no vocal or morse code
> callsign ID's. 
> However, the activity did not appear to be
> governmental in nature. Instead they seemed to be
> covering the 
> major roads of Maryland and Virginia, on the lookout
> for traffic backups and accidents through visual 
> observation from mobiles and aircraft who use
> designators such as Unit 86 and Air One.
> 
> Does anyone know who this might be? Is it a traffic
> reporting service for local radio and tv stations?
> Is it VDOT / MDOT?
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> 
> 
> Wally
> 
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