[Scan-DC] Papal Visit - April 17 Monitoring

Sat Apr 19 13:00:29 EDT 2008

Mike,

The two MPD VHF freqs were using P25, so yes, that's why a NAC was detected.

Dave

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 7:07 AM,  <ka3jjz at netscape.com> wrote:
> Dave I noticed that you reported the use of a NAC - usually associated with P25 - on the MPD VHF freqs. Is
>  that the case, or did the radios get a false hit?
>
>  interesting list   73 Mike
>
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>  --- davidschoenberger at gmail.com wrote:
>
>  From: "David Schoenberger" <davidschoenberger at gmail.com>
>  To: ScanDC <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
>  Cc:
>  Subject: [Scan-DC] Papal Visit - April 17 Monitoring
>  Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:18:39 -0400
>
>
>
>  Here's a recent blog post.
>
>  Dave
>  http://dcscanning.blogspot.com/
>
>  Yesterday was a long day, but I got a ton of good monitoring in. I
>  left Fredericksburg at 5 AM, and arrived at Gravelly Point an hour
>  later. For the next thirteen-and-a-half hours (!), I monitored just
>  about every frequency range or trunked system I thought might be in
>  use for the events.
>
>  I brought four handheld scanners: the GRE PSR-500, Uniden BCD396T,
>  BC246T, and BC250D. The 500 was searching 162-174 and 406-420 MHz. The
>  396 was monitoring a bunch of things, including the 800 and 460 DC
>  trunked systems, the analog and P25 Arlington trunked systems, a bunch
>  of "special" frequencies (itinerants, low-power, common public
>  safety), the 461-465 band, and several miscellaneous frequencies such
>  as Catholic U, the Red Cross, Park Police, etc. The 246 was searching
>  the marine band. And the 250 was scanning the Metro trunked system and
>  the Airport Authority trunked system. The 250 conked out after several
>  hours, so I set the 396 to scan those two trunked systems.
>
>  What follows is a list of what I found. I was able to hear operations
>  inside Nationals Park for the Mass, because apparently the organizers
>  rented radios. The four repeaters they used made it to my location
>  just north of Reagan National just fine. Judging by the frequencies
>  they used, they may have rented the radios from Bearcom.
>
>  Since I was scanning for the entire day, I also logged 30-40 more
>  frequencies unrelated to the day's events (mostly federal and
>  business). I'm looking forward to sifting through these over the
>  coming days.
>
>  157.0500 [ CSQ] Coast Guard (Marine Channel 21A)
>  157.1500 [ CSQ] Coast Guard - Primary Operations (Marine Channel 23A)
>  (some DES encryption)
>  158.8500 [NAC 001] MPD Motorcade Detail (patched to DC Trunked System
>  talkgroup 18480) (encrypted)
>  159.1500 [NAC 653] MPD Motorcade Detail (unencrypted)
>  166.7250 [127.3] Park Police (Channel 1) (street closures)
>  170.1750 [156.7] Capitol Police (Channel 3)
>  409.0000 [NAC 293] Disaster Medical Assistance Team (encrypted/unencrypted)
>  461.5000 [ d243] Pope John Paul II Cultural Center Security
>  462.3750 [ 88.5] Red Cross (unknown if used for event)
>  463.4375 [ d465] Catholic University Engineering
>  464.5750 [100.0] Catholic University Security
>  464.6000 [206.5] Mass at Nationals Park - Organizers (R)
>  464.6250 [210.7] Mass at Nationals Park - Organizers (R)
>  464.6500 [218.1] Mass at Nationals Park - Organizers (R)
>  464.7000 [225.7] Mass at Nationals Park - Organizers (R)
>  464.8125 [ d155] Mass at Nationals Park - Audio/Visual
>
>  DC Trunked System Talkgroups:
>  1952 DCFD ("radios to give out")
>  2160 DCFD (Medical)
>  2176 DCFD (Medical) (patched to 868.0125)
>  9840 DCFD (Hazmat, etc.)
>  10032 DCFD Unknown
>  18288 MPD Special Operations Division Alternate
>  18320 MPD Harbor Patrol
>  18416 MPD Protection Detail? (unknown if used for event) (encrypted)
>  18480 MPD Motorcade Detail (patched to 158.8500) (encrypted)
>  33840 Emergency Management Agency ("HHS" and "JTF-Med")
>  33904 Emergency Management Agency
>  34448 Department of Health
>  35536 Emergency Management Agency 1
>  35600 Traffic Management Center
>  36880 Hospital Roll Call
>  59952 MPD Special Operations Division (Simulcast)
>
>  Metro Trunked System Talkgroups:
>  50192 Transit Police Tac 6 (crowd control at Navy Yard station)
>  58032 "EM" units (coordination at Navy Yard station)
>
>  Arlington Trunked System (Analog) Talkgroups:
>  33840 Motor Units/Escorts
>  34096 Metropolitan Medical Strike Team
>
>  Arlington Trunked System (P25) Talkgroups:
>  34 "MMRT test"
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