[Scan-DC] MWAA Trunked System?

[Steve Thompson]

Thanks for the tip.  I listen occasionally.

The word on this system is that you can hear it if you are near DCA 
or IAD.  Seems to be low power.

However, they have installed a transmitter at Tysons Corner, on a 
small tower that is near the off ramp from the Dulles Access Road to 
eastbound Rt. 7.  No doubt this is because they must move cruisers 
between the two airports and wanted some midway coverage.  I happen 
to be near that, so I hear these guys fine.

It's ordinarily dull stuff like card readers at the gates that don't 
work or found luggage that needs to be sniffed by the pooches, but 
occasionally you get some interesting stuff.  I had one simulated 
hijacking and several real emergency landings with engine out and 
that kind of thing.  That's because the two airport fire departments 
are on the same system.

Because the snow-clearing operations are on this system, too, it's 
good monitoring as they try to keep up with major storms.

Steve, N4TX

At 08:51 PM 12/9/2011, freqhopping wrote:
>It has been rebanded.  Yesterday it was still on 868.2125 after being
>rebanded.  Today the control channel is 853.2125.  Depending on what scanner
>you're using you may need to change the table.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Staples" <dstaples at gwmail.gwu.edu>
>To: "Scan DC" <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 8:41 PM
>Subject: [Scan-DC] MWAA Trunked System?
>
>
> > Hello to the list,
> >
> > I imagine I'm in the minority here as a regular listener to the MWAA
> > trunked system, but I believe some kind of rebanding or major system
> > modification has taken place.  I noticed radio techs discussing frequency
> > programming last night around 2300 hrs, and then shortly after noticed
> > that
> > the system went silent.  Would anyone happen to have any information about
> > any new control channel freqs or system changes?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dave
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