[Scan-DC] Smithsonian Institution/National Zoo/National Archives

[Larry Van Horn]

>Let's hope someone comes up with an LTR PassPort scanner soon, as
>these would be some interesting systems to monitor!

Not going to happen Dave. LTR passport is a proprietary system that would 
require an expensive license/decoder sytem. There just isn't enough of these 
systems nationwide to justify a manufacturer going for it. That is what I 
hear from the inside. The only way I see this happening is in the scanner 
underground, someone developing a software based program and distributing it 
via the net. But since this is a proprietary system, it would have to be 
done quietly!

I guess what I am saying is don't hold your breath. BTW you can add OpenSky 
and ProVoice to that list. M/A-COM will not release a license for those 
systems to either major scanner manufacturer. They have tried repeatedly.

73 all and good hunting,

Larry Van Horn, N5FPW
President, Teak Publishing, Brasstown NC
Monitoring Times Assistant/Technical Editor
MT Milcom/Help Desk/What's New Columnist
Milcom Monitoring Post: http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/
Btown Monitoring Post: http://monitor-post.blogspot.com/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Schoenberger" <davidschoenberger at gmail.com>
To: "John M. Nash" <j.m.nash at verizon.net>
Cc: "ScanDC" <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Smithsonian Institution/National Zoo/National 
Archives


> John,
>
> As far as I can tell, all the Smithsonian Museums on The Mall are on
> the system that includes the 407.3750 frequency.  Also, the American
> Art Museum and Portrait Gallery (located across from Verizon Center)
> are on this system.
>
> Let's hope someone comes up with an LTR PassPort scanner soon, as
> these would be some interesting systems to monitor!
>
> Dave
>
> On Jan 20, 2008 1:00 PM, John M. Nash <j.m.nash at verizon.net> wrote:
>> Good afternoon.  What is the current status of radio communications for 
>> the
>> Smithsonian Institution and National Archives and Records Administration 
>> on
>> the National Mall?
>>
>> The radioreference.com website lists a LTR Passport system that is
>> supposedly shared by the SI, NARA and the Holocaust Museum downtown, and 
>> a
>> used by the Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles.
>>
>> Are the SI museums on the above system or a separate LTR Passport system
>> listed on radioreference.com for the National Zoo?
>>
>> Can both of these LTR Passport systems be monitored, and if so, does 
>> anyone
>> have updated talkgroup information for the Smithsonian Institution 
>> museums
>> downtown, the National Zoo, and for the Archives Building?
>>
>> Any updated information is appreciated.  Please respond via Scan-DC or
>> directly at j.m.nash at verizon.net.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> John Nash
>> Falls Church VA
>>
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