[Scan-DC] Good, strong, analog signals in Arlington area?

[Tom Dawson]

Very probably saturation of the receiver front end.  When I lived in North 
Arlington WAMU came out of the cable from my crappy home brew discone at -15 
dBm.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clegg, Andrew W." <aclegg at nsf.gov>
To: "Blair Thompson" <b_thom at juno.com>; <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Good, strong, analog signals in Arlington area?


> Surprisingly, the DCA tower does not come in too well even on the far
> side (away from the tower) of the parking lot at Gravelly Point Park!
> That amazes me.
>
> I have a discone on my apartment building in Ballston, up 220 ft in the
> air, and even there, the DCA tower signal is pretty weak. That's also
> strange.
>
>>From the frequencies that people have responded with so far, I'm able to
> receive:
>
> Capitol Police
> Park Police
> Ballston Common Mall (100 ft away; "all elevators are back in service
> today")
>
> I also used the search utility, and (after locking out tons of pagers
> and other digital junk) stumbled upon a frequency for Washington-Lee
> High School: 152.410 MHz. Seems to be an all-purpose administrative
> frequency. Very active during bus departure time today.
>
> My own agency (National Science Foundation) has gone digital, in the 410
> MHz Fed band.
>
> Why do I get the feeling that before long, the only thing you'll be able
> to hear with an analog scanner is NOAA weather broadcasts?
>
> 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: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 3:29 PM
> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Good, strong, analog signals in Arlington area?
>
> No DCA, huh? I would have thought that it would come in. You're probably
> too far to pick up trains, too. Unless you're a railfan, they get old
> fast.
>
> I was at a meeting up on the 21st floor of the building at 1100 Wilson
> Blvd. last week. I didn't have my scanner, but it has to offer topnotch
> reception. It's in Rosslyn, and you can see landmarks that are miles
> away. If it's not line of sight to BWI, it comes close.
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: "Clegg, Andrew W." <aclegg at nsf.gov>
> To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Good, strong, analog signals in Arlington area?
> Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 08:57:49 -0500
>
> Now that I've lost Arlington's analog trunk system, I'm looking for a
> new purpose for my analog scanner in my office. ... DCA tower is out
> (too weak).
>
>
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