[Scan-DC] Question to the group -- favorite open frequency?

[Doug Kitchener]

Not sure what we're looking for here but FWIW the main thing I listen to is Montgomery County MD fire dispatch; they are currently simulcasting on 154.16 and their 800-MHz trunked system.

I'm fortunate enough to be able to go to Ocean City MD 2-4 times a year; when down t(here), I take a whole bunch of radios and listen to the OC and Worcester trunked systems and also the (Sussex County) Delaware system on the way down... Ocean City and Worcester County fire are also simulcast on VHF - Ocean City is 158.895.

I used to listen to the Arlington County fire VHF, but that's now gone, and I'm out of range at home of their trunked system.  baah.

Hopefully most of the local jurisdictions that have volunteer firefighters will remain "en clair" in order to accommodate the volunteers...

My employer, Montgomery College, in Rockville has just gone MotoTurbo so I can't hear our security on UHF any more.  :(  

The ARINC freq sounds like a good one, will program that in, thanks, Andy.  Will be interested to see other responses.

DK

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> From: andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com
> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:40:00 -0400
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Question to the group -- favorite open frequency?
>
> Reference D.C. starting to encrypt its police communications:
>
> It seems the writing is on the wall, and it's just a matter of time (maybe
> just a few years) until virtually no public safety communications will be
> scannable. This is especially true as the next-generation public safety
> systems will probably go to LTE, which, like regular cell phone (4G) LTE
> systems, are not scannable.
>
> So, given that, what is your favorite frequency or system to listen to that
> is unlikely to be encrypted in the near future? I'll start by chiming in
> with my own favorite -- 129.45 MHz. In the DC region, that frequency's used
> by ARINC to provide flight services to commercial airlines. The frequency
> isn't active much (maybe a few times a day), but when it is, it is almost
> always interesting (sick passengers, maintenance problems, re-routes due to
> bad weather, etc.). I often leave Scanrec going on that frequency during the
> day, and listen to all the activity, compressed into a single recording,
> when I get home in the evening. I have heard flights as far south as the
> Raleigh/Durham area on that frequency, and have heard situations as serious
> as dumping fuel and returning to Dulles due to a perceived serious
> maintenance issue, and as amusing as a passenger unable to get out of the
> lavatory due to a malfunctioning lock.
>
> Please chime in with your own favorite(s). In a few years, these may be all
> we can hear! In the meantime, we'll probably each learn a new frequency or
> two that we haven't been listening to.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
>
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