[Scan-DC] ICC Frequencies

Fri Dec 24 11:35:36 EST 2010

My bad, yeah, that post read "there gonna run the same radios as there tunnel command frequencies. but
 i still have a few buddies there and can ask one of the guys from the 
radio shop there radios are serviced and installed in house" and it was from mdtow1 who lives in SC but apparently used to live here.  Here's a link to that thread:  

http://forums.radioreference.com/maryland-radio-discussion-forum/196751-mdta-police-icc-detachment.html

I posted something somewhere about there being two units with similar names... there is the MD Transportation Authority, http://www.mdta.maryland.gov/index.html, they are the ones involved with the ICC and they police toll facilities (among other duties).  They have their own police force, http://www.mdta.maryland.gov/Police/policeMain.html

There is also a Maryland _Transit Administration_,  http://mta.maryland.gov/  From radioreference's page, "MTA is the transit agency for the Baltimore area, 
including Anne Arundel County, Howard County, Baltimore County, and 
Baltimore City."  They are connected with the Baltimore light rail and subway, ie Baltimore transit operations.  They have a separate police force http://mta.maryland.gov/about/mtapoliceforce/; that is, separate and distinct from the Transportation Authority Police.

The Transit Admin seems to use the acronym MTA, the Transporation Authority seems to use MdTA.

Mud?  :)

Both of those operations are under the Department of Transportation (as is the State Highway Admin.)

Typical Maryland... seems pretty confusing to me - if I were The Governator, I'd put all of this policing crap under MSP, maybe as separate detachments, but maybe not...

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> From: dewey3 at gmail.com
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 06:59:12 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] ICC Frequencies
>
> I forgot who, but I'm pretty sure Eric is thinking/mentioning a different
> post... I remember it also. My speculation was that they would stay on the
> same frequencies, and that I would use the Nice Bridge channel considering
> the distance. The other poster said that they would stay on the same
> frequencies, but would be using one of the tunnel frequencies. This poster
> almost sounded like an inside person, but just after the post is when we
> started getting posts that there were two transportation agencies with
> similar names... don't know if they were referring to the transportation
> agency covering the tunnels though...
>
> Dewey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Doug Kitchener
> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 23:28
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] ICC Frequencies
>
>
> Come to think of it, you have a point about the range... and it also just
> dawned on me that the State Roads Commission (or whatever they are called
> now) is (are?) on low band, and the antenna on the pole looks more like a
> whip - could be for them rather than the police... bet you're right about
> the repeaters also...
>
> By the way, that was Dewey's post on RR, I think, and he was also
> speculating... I think he posted something similar here (about them staying
> on the 450 MHz band) - probably a good guess.  I'm in the process of adding
> those frequencies to my radios now and will start scanning them within the
> next few days - will advise of anything I hear that might be ICC stuff.
>
> ----------------------------------------
> > From: ecarlson at gmail.com
> > Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:02:06 -0600
> > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] ICC Frequencies
> > To: oldsdoug at hotmail.com
> > CC: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> >
> > Perhaps. I'm not great at IDing these and it's hard to measure from a
> > photo. A post on RR states that MdTA will be using the same
> > frequencies (450 MHz) as the Tunnel Command in Baltimore so I would
> > definitely keep those programmed. Still no license applications.
> > Operationally it would seem to make sense to stay in that band for
> > consistency, however it doesn't give them any direct interop with the
> > rest of the county. I'm assuming that pole-mounted antenna isn't going
> > to be sufficient to provide coverage of an 18-mile highway. I would
> > further assume in this case that they're putting repeater
> > site(s) somewhere for coverage, maybe they will license them
> > eventually.
> >
> > -Eric
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Doug Kitchener wrote:
> >
> > > Could that be a full-wave UHF antenna?
> > >
> > > DK
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------
> > >> From: ecarlson at gmail.com
> > >> Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:17:28 -0600
> > >> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] ICC Frequencies
> > >> To: oldsdoug at hotmail.com
> > >> CC: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> > >>
> > >> Photos:
> > >> http://picasaweb.google.com/ecarlson/20101223ICC?authkey=Gv1sRgCOaj
> > >> iduzpq7qIA# There is an antenna-like thing on top of a pole. There
> > >> is also a Police vehicle parked behind the station but not
> > >> completely visible.
> > >>
> > >> -Eric
> > >>
> > >> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Doug Kitchener wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > I hadn't been using that new loop of 370 for awhile but decided to
> take it yesterday; had no idea that that police facility was even there!
> But I think I did see a couple of cruisers there... wasn't close enough to
> see antennas at that point but believe me, will be on the lookout! I had
> been wondering who would police it and didn't recognize the colors and
> graphics on the cruisers I saw, but Google was my friend this morning, which
> was when I found that it would be the Transportation Authority Police...
> will scope things out as much as I can over the holidays and report back!
>
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