[Scan-DC] DC Fire trunked radio failure

[edtobias at comcast.net]

Forgot to mention earlier....you can find the location of all of DC's sites on radioreference.com. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Kitchener" <oldsdoug at hotmail.com> 
To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 8:33:45 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] DC Fire trunked radio failure 


Thanks Vince, posting to the list also. 

Regards, 

Doug 

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> To: oldsdoug at hotmail.com 
> Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] DC Fire trunked radio failure 
> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:21:10 -0400 
> 
> The "4D/Hughes" tower at Georgia and Missouri Ave is just one of ten 
> trunking sites for the DC system. It is not the "main" transmitter site. 
> 
> What went down is the Main Site controller for the DC Trunked System which 
> is housed at 311 McMillian Drive, NW. 
> 
> The actual dispatching is done at the UCC on MLK Avenue, SE. The various 
> sites are interconnected to the Main Site Controller via fiber and microwave 
> paths. 
> 
> The Main Site Controller went down to due a power failure and subsequent 
> fault of the power backup system. 
> 
> --Vince 

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