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

[Steve Thompson]

I agree that the DCA Helo freq of 134.35 MHz  is worth 
checking.  That will get you the military and med evac flights.  I 
listen to it in Tysons and it is quite active because published helo 
routes converge there and because the helos switch from DCA to Dulles 
control there.

It might sound odd, but you should try the DCA Tower UHF of 257.6 
MHz.  I find I can hear it around the vicinity of DCA when I can't 
hear the VHF.  Some of the DCA stuff is transmitted from an 
installation in a residential area in Arlington, a hilltop site which 
would be overlooking DCA had not someone built Crystal City in the 
way of it.  But I haven't been up there in a couple of decades, so I 
don't know which freqs are there.  If you listen to the DCA UHF, 
you'll hear the tower but few aircraft.  Even the military flights 
tend to stay on VHF.

And you might try Pentagon Tower on 143.1 and 241.3 MHz.  Not too 
active, but often a good signal.

The towers (everywhere) tend to be low powered and I often can't hear 
them when I am close to airports in other cities.

Steve, N4TX


At 08:57 AM 3/7/2012, Clegg, Andrew W. wrote:
>Now that I've lost Arlington's analog trunk system, I'm looking for a
>new purpose for my analog scanner in my office. My building is a pretty
>good attenuator of RF signals, so whatever I listen to needs to be
>strong in the Ballston area. DCA tower is out (too weak). The Capitol PD
>(I think) on 162.25 and some other PD activity (?) on 166.925 come in
>pretty well. Anybody have other suggestions for interesting analog
>frequencies?
>
>Andy
>
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