[Scan-DC] Dominion Virginia Power

[Andrew Clegg]

I just listened to my recording, which stretched from about 6 pm last night 
until about 6 pm tonight. The vast majority of it was a weak signal that was 
some type of school maintenance operation, clearly not related to VEPCO and 
apparently quite far away. Over the 24 hour period, there were only 2 or 3 
local transmissions (consistent with coming from VEPCO's transmitter right 
over here in Alexandria) of the sort "Scott, give me a call at the office" 
and that type of thing. This is consistent with what you say -- VEPCO must 
have moved most of its operations to MDT, Nextel, or some other form of 
communications, rather than using this frequency.  I guess my catch of the 
"642R30" report after the storm the other night must have been relatively 
unusual.

That 153.485 frequency (which is also licensed to VEPCO under KLC836 at the 
Seminary Rd site) has a very strong pager signal on it that IDs (at about a 
hundred words per minute Morse code) as KKW648. That comes back to VEPCO, 
but not at that site. The closest site licensed to that callsign is in 
Richmond. It's amazing how inaccurate the FCC database is. It seems like 
it's incomplete or just plain wrong more often than not. No doubt the 
licensees are to blame for providing bad information.

Andy

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From: "Doug Kitchener" <oldsdoug at hotmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 7:00 PM
To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Dominion Virginia Power

>
> I'm a little slow on the uptake here, but my buddy who is a Pepco watcher 
> reminds me that in their case, they seem to be using the radio less and 
> less, and may be dispatched by MDC (mobile data computer), and that some 
> communications are via nextel (or whatever that is now) and cell call...
>
> DVP may be doing something similar, which would account for the reduction 
> in UHF radio traffic...
>
> I'll have to look, are they a PHI Holdings company?
>
> (FWIW, DelMarVa power is a PHI company, they seem to have an extensive 
> 800-trunked system, I think that was in place before PHI assimilated 
> them.)
>
> ----------------------------------------
>> Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 17:47:34 -0400
>> From: aclegg at nsf.gov
>> To: b_thom at juno.com; Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Dominion Virginia Power
>>
>> The exact address for the transmitter site is 5597 Seminary Rd, Skyline
>> Tower S, Alexandria VA, 38-50-42.4N, 077-07-20.9W. They're licensed for
>> 100 W transmitter power output max, and 820 W max ERP. The same call
>> sign is also licensed to VEPCO for 153.485 MHz at the same location. The
>> control point for both transmitters is 12316 Lee Jackson Memorial
>> Highway, Fairfax. Perhaps that's a local VEPCO office?
>>
>> I have been recording 451.525 since yesterday. As of this morning, there
>> were several minutes of recorded transmissions. I haven't had a chance
>> to listen to the file yet. I'll do that this evening and let you know
>> what I heard. Tonight and tomorrow I'll park on 153.485 and see what's
>> there.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Blair Thompson
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 4:18 PM
>> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Dominion Virginia Power
>>
>> Seminary Road? That's odd. I think I'm familiar with Seminary Road, and
>> I can't think of where this transmitter would be.
>>
>> Some of those frequencies are so old that they are probably in Police
>> Call.
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>> From: "Andrew Clegg" <aclegg at nsf.gov>
>> To: "Stephen Platt" <sdplatt at cox.net>, "Scan DC mail list"
>> <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Dominion Virginia Power
>> Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 08:59:08 -0400
>>
>> I recorded the Alexandria-Arlington frequency (451.525) last night (I'm
>> in Arlington). What I captured was only one legitimate transmission,
>> with a unit reporting that "642R30 was clear of tree limbs and was OK to
>> go hot." There was a periodic Morse code ID of KLC836, which is
>> registered in the ULS database to VEPCO with a Seminary Road
>> (Alexandria) transmitter site.
>
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