[Scan-DC] Embassy open house freqs
Alan Henney
alanhenney at aim.com
Fri May 3 00:53:11 EDT 2013
It's that time of year for embassy open houses in Washington, D.C.
This Saturday and the following Saturday near 70 embassies will host open houses.
Some use two-way radios.
If you go, please let us know which ones you see that have radios, what kind of radios and if possible the frequency/CTCSS.
Here are a few notes I have captured in past years and would appreciate further confirmation:
Australia 171.950? Also had a brief close-call hit on 160.08. They used Motorola EX500/600 series.
Canada 463.5250r/s [d306] and 464.6750r/s [d306] (used in past, repeater and simplex)
European Union Delagation 418.9125
French had an FRS-style radio in the guard shack, but was not in use.
Germany 160.270 [156.7] odd one, huh? Also 171.7625 and 172.5625 both freq counter hits (not confirmed) and 468.4125 catering (not confirmed)
Greece 216.12 (wireless mic system)
Iraqi had a Motorola FRS/GMRS radio (not in use).
Italy 461.1125s [67.0], was: 464.5500s [67.0]
Netherlands 462.5625, 464.55 (valet parking) and maybe 457.275
Saudi Arabia 468.6500s [141.3] and maybe 466.0625s
Slovak 462.675s(?) [hired security]
Sweden, House of 464.325s(?)
I expected to see some high-end gear last year, at least from the super powers, but mostly saw old analog Motorola business-style radios. One guard at the British Embassy had an old Motorola GP300 or GP350. Would love to pin down their frequency!
I posted links to the open houses here:
http://shar.es/l7QJT
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