[Scan-DC] Newseum Finds

[David Schoenberger]

Blog post about the Newseum:

Here's what I found at the Newseum's opening on Friday:

461.7750 [ ] Staff (MOTOTRBO digital)
461.8250 [ ] Staff (MOTOTRBO digital)
463.5750 [ d251] Unknown
463.6250 [ ] Staff (MOTOTRBO digital)

451.8125 [ d205] Food/Catering (Channel 1)
456.8000 [ d223] Food/Catering (Channel 2)
462.5875 [ 77.0] Store (may also use [ 67.0])

460.6500 [ 97.4] PW Feats (event management - 4/11/08)

Most of the staff used the three MOTOTRBO repeaters, but there were a
few analog frequencies in use. The 463.5750 frequency is licensed as
simplex MOTOTRBO, but they were using it in analog mode. I only heard
a brief conversation on it, however, and couldn't figure out the use
of the frequency. The food/catering frequencies were very active
(especially Channel 1), as they had catered events for all the VIPs in
attendance for the grand opening. The PW Feats frequency was used for
the coordination of the street party on Pennsylvania Avenue before the
Newseum opened. I've never seen this freq before, but keep an eye on
it for other PW Feats events.

Interestingly, the Close Call feature on the BCD396T scanner worked in
finding the three MOTOTRBO repeaters. I didn't expect this, since
MOTOTRBO uses TDMA. However, Close Call did not capture the inputs to
the repeaters (466.7750, 466.8250, 468.6250).

Dave
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