[Scan-DC] Suggestions for one (or a few) interesting freqs for long-term monitoring?

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Andy,

Here's some to try:

297.0 Pikeside--167th AS WVA ANG Martinsburg
227.125 ZDC Martinsburg
226.675 ZDC Elkins
285.6 ZDC Blue Ridge
270.35 ZDC Shenandoah
257.85 ZOB Bluefield
317.45 ZOB Moon Township
369.25 ZOB Moon Township369.9 ZOPB Wayland
316.05 ZOB Wayland
239.3 ZOB Morgantown
351.8 ZOB Warren
363.035 ZOB Altoona
288.1 ZID Zanesville
307.3 ZID Cahrleston
385.6 ZID Charleston
292.2 1st Helo Sqdn ADW
297.5 1st Helo Sqdn ADW
141.7 AM 1st Helo Sqdn
126.2/241.0 Mt Weather
228.9 DC CAP
320.6 DC CAP

Ron
Baltimore MD
VHF/UHF: BC-895XLT/RS Pro-2045
Diamond D-130J discone
HF: Icom R75 & Sangean ATS 909
45-ft EF-SWL & 70-ft random wire


On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at  8:31 PM, Steve Thompson wrote:

> I have a house about 20 miles west of Winchester in Hardy County, WV, 
> and
keep a scanner up there, but without recording capability.  I just turn 
it
on when I am there, which is every weekend or two.

I have never found anything interesting in the vicinity, sad to say.  I
made a custom aviation scan list that includes the local sectors of
Washington and Cleveland centers, both UHF and VHF.  Haven't heard a 
peep
on the UHF, although the scanner plays well there.  I put in the ANG 
freqs
for Martinsburg but hear nothing (maybe they're deployed).

I have another bank available which is WV state police and the county 
fire
and sheriff, but it's a dull place to hang out.  Not much but traffic 
stops.

I have a bank on a different scanner that I use when enroute from Tysons
Corner to West Virginia (two hour trip), but once I get past Prince 
William
County and Dulles, there's not much to hear, even though I have each 
county
entered.

It's more entertaining to watch the leaves turn.

Steve, N4TX

At 08:09 PM 2/25/2009, Andrew Clegg wrote:
> I have a weekend place out in Shenandoah County (about 20 miles 
> southwest of
> Front Royal), where I am only able to visit every other weekend or so. 
> In
> between visits, I can leave my scanner and voice-activated recording
> software (ScanRec on a PC) running full time. Given this scenario, 
> what are
> some suggestions for frequencies to monitor? I don't want to record 
> anything
> like the local PD or fire, because over two or three weeks, there will 
> be
> hours and hours of activity that I won't have time to listen to, and 
> most of
> that traffic would be fairly routine anyway.
>
> Over time, I have tried various frequencies including the aviation 
> guard
> channel 121.5 MHz (a fair amount of activity, almost all of it 
> routine); the
> general aviation UHF air-to-ground telephone channels (some activity, 
> very
> occassionally interesting, but usually just rental car and catering
> arrangements); med channels (sometimes interesting); and the ISS 
> downlink
> frequency (never captured a peep).
>
> Can anyone suggest some other interesting frequencies that I could 
> hear out
> in the country, that might not be very active, but likely to be 
> interesting
> when it is? How about medical helicopter freqs? Aviation "company" 
> freqs?
> Military air freqs? I can either monitor one channel full time, or 
> scan
> through several channels, but the goal is to capture over two or three 
> weeks
> enough activity to be interesting, but not so much as to be 
> overwhelming to
> catch up on. I am able to tune any VHF/UHF freq (up to 3 GHz), but my
> discone antenna performance degrades above 1 GHz or so.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> Andy
>
>
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