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

[Steve Thompson]

I've never heard anything from Anacostia, nor have I ever seen anyone 
offer a freq for it.

Best guess is...either they rely on DCA Tower, across the river 
(which would not be unusual, but I've never heard any indication of 
it) or, more than likely, they have an encrypted freq somewhere since 
the helos that operate out of Anacostia come from a very small 
collection of military units.  Or they're using light signals, which 
is effective but low-tech.

Nor have I ever heard anything out of the White House for landings there.

An easy way to handle that would be to use the USSS encrypted system.

Steve, N4TX


At 02:45 PM 3/9/2012, Blair Thompson wrote:
>What about helicopter ops out of Anacostia? From my rooftop 
>monitoring bunker near Judiciary Square, I often Marine helicopters 
>making practice flights.
>
>Thanks for reminding me about the transmitter in Arlington. It's up 
>above the Arlington County sewage treatment plant and Metrobus 
>garage at South Glebe Road and Route 1. You can easily see it from 
>Yellow and Blue Line trains between National Airport and Four Mile Run.
>
>---------- Original Message ----------
>From: Steve Thompson <steve at n4tx.com>
>To: "Clegg, Andrew W." <aclegg at nsf.gov>,<scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Good, strong, analog signals in Arlington area?
>Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:49:35 -0500
>
>I agree that the DCA Helo freq of 134.35 MHz  is worth
>checking.  That will get you the military and med evac flights.
>....
>
>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.
>
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