[Scan-DC] Mystery Antenna Key Bridge

[Andrew Clegg]

KGN74 was cancelled back in 2011. The frequency now belongs to KDD54, DC city government, at a site on Howard Street in Tenleytown.


> From: alan at henney.com
> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 02:00:48 -0500
> CC: vince at destajo.com
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Mystery Antenna Key Bridge
> 
> 
> Thanks Vince!  Good detective work.  I didn't know there was a shop down 
> there?
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Vince Destajo
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 1:48 PM
> To: 'Alan Henney'
> Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] Mystery Antenna Key Bridge
> 
> Ah! After some digging through old records I keep I found the FCC database 
> info for that site:
> 
> KGN74 458.7500 FX1 3501 K St. NW DPW Public Space Maintenance Washington DC
> 
> --Vince
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scan-DC [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Alan 
> Henney
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 2:45 AM
> To: Scan DC
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Mystery Antenna Key Bridge
> 
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/mzg9vmx
> 
> It�s been bugging me for years.  This antenna looks to me like a VHF, maybe 
> marine antenna, which is mounted to the side of the Key Bridge at the 
> Whitehurst Freeway.  The cable runs down the side of the bridge and then 
> to???
> 
> Any ideas?  Is that for one of the boathouses?  But how did they get to 
> attach it to the bridge?
> 
> Thanks,
> Alan
> 
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