[Scan-DC] Verizon Center frequencies

[oldsdoug at hotmail.com]

Hi Andy,

I'll do some more digging on this later, but could the 161.025 have been Metrorail?  It may also be a RR frequency, they are in that range.  I forget exactly where the VC is, but seems to me not too far from Union Station, so either is plausible from that standpoint.  (I know Metro has plans to go to a digital trunking system, wonder if this has happened yet - I have a couple of Metrorail and CSX conventional frequencies programmed into my equipment, but rarely have them activated - they're there mainly in case of a calamity!  :)

How about this weather?  Makes me want to plan another "gathering"... but my cynical side figures that the moment we do that, we'd need to activate all the snow frequencies!

Regards,

Doug



> From: w4jecom at w4je.com
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 10:42:00 -0500
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Verizon Center frequencies
>
> Last night I was at the Verizon Center for a Caps game and took my 396T
> along. The following three frequencies kept coming up on Close Call:
>
> 461.5125: Traffic regarding lost items, etc. Maybe security, although this
> frequency was not as active as the other frequencies.
>
> 461.8125: Voice traffic among the folks who organize the give-aways, T-shirt
> throwing, mascot activities, etc. Pretty active all night. Good one to load
> in when you are there for an event.
>
> 161.025: Varied between voice and data traffic. When voice, it almost
> sounded like railroad related (is this a local rail frequency?). The audio
> was fairly poor (too processed), and the background noise was high, so I was
> never able to figure out what they were saying. Not sure why railroad
> traffic would come up on Close Call inside the Verizon Center, but who
> knows.
>
> A few weeks ago there was some traffic on this list about Verizon Center
> frequencies, I believe. Unfortunately I can't find it now. If anyone can
> point me to more scanner frequencies for Verizon Center, that would be
> useful for future visits.
>
> GL,
> Andy
>
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