[Scan-DC] 2015 Embassy Open Houses

[Alan Henney]

It's that time of the year for my annual plea for help locating freqs used by foreign governments (embassies) in Washington, D.C.

This Saturday and the following Saturday about 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.  Note that not all of these are hosting an open house.

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 Delegation 463.35 [146.2] and maybe 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 close-call hits (not confirmed) and 468.4125 catering (not confirmed)

Greece 216.12 (wireless mic system)

Iraq had a Motorola FRS/GMRS radio (not in use).

Italy 461.1125s [67.0], was: 464.5500s [67.0], 461.0875 [67.0], 464.55, 469.5, 469.55 [FILM CREW]

Netherlands 462.5625, 462.725, 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(?)

United Kingdom, recently switched to Hytera DMR, maybe 467.85.


More info on the open houses here:

http://tinyurl.com/lres8pj