DC Inauguration updates

[mike_s104]

DC Fire live broadcast...some very interesting information. They are covering the "concert" on the Mall.

When you listen to the live audio feed....you can match it with the video traffic cameras

audio: http://mdfirefeeds.com/custom.html?id=3781


video: http://www.trafficland.com/city/WAS/

Earlier I was listening to the scanner and looking in the areas. You can actually see the EMS on the camera. Pretty cool.

 

[Stavro35]

I have a friend who's also a member of this site scifimike1 his is user name. .He's got a Pro95. Will he be able to hear anything related to the Inauguration in Parkville Maryland? If so,would someone please send him a message with information on what he can expect to hear and where?

 

[mike_s104]

I'm glad I'm no where near DC

 

[drivinflyin]

AFAIK those are correct, Jeff. Fortunately it's easy to fix the tables if it's wrong As he has it there, it would be set up the following way;

ch lo/ch hi/offset/base freq/step

73 Mike

Thank you Jeff and Mike.

I fixed the tables for MPD and reuploaded it.

 

[tuttleje]

I'm glad I'm no where near DC

Looks like the screen shot was just after the concert.

If this is an indication of how Tuesday is going be, I am really glad I'm not going to be anywhere near DC.

I was listening to the some of the EMS units on "Gators" that were trapped in the crowds. They could not get to the injured person.....nor could they go back out of the crowd.

If there is any kind of incident....not just a major incident....it will be very bad.

 

[ka3jjz]

I have a friend who's also a member of this site scifimike1 his is user name. .He's got a Pro95. Will he be able to hear anything related to the Inauguration in Parkville Maryland? If so,would someone please send him a message with information on what he can expect to hear and where?

Get him/her in here, Stavro. There's no reason to be shy about it. We don't byte ... er bite, really

In any case, if all that person is using is a duckie, I highly doubt it. If that person has an antenna like a discone or Scantenna, maybe - IF s/he isn't clobbered by intermod issues, and IF s/he has a clear shot toward DC (no big buildings, ect.) then MAYBE. Many sections of Baltimore county are rife with pagers, Taxi services (not known for their spectral purity) and several sections have AM or FM station antennas - not a great recipe for a clean RF environment.

Unfortunately the 95 isn't milcom capable - I suspect there will be quite a lot of mil aircraft up and about on Tuesday.

Sorry to disappoint, but reality bytes...er, bites...sometimes 73 Mike

 

[Stavro35]

I've given him a heads up to log in and come over to this thread. I should have given him my Pro97.. I gave that to someone local

 

[mike_s104]

Customs Net1/Net6 active. Tracking a tanker truck. Asking if someone else has nightvision goggles.

 

[mike_s104]

Get him/her in here, Stavro. There's no reason to be shy about it. We don't byte ... er bite, really

In any case, if all that person is using is a duckie, I highly doubt it. If that person has an antenna like a discone or Scantenna, maybe - IF s/he isn't clobbered by intermod issues, and IF s/he has a clear shot toward DC (no big buildings, ect.) then MAYBE. Many sections of Baltimore county are rife with pagers, Taxi services (not known for their spectral purity) and several sections have AM or FM station antennas - not a great recipe for a clean RF environment.

Unfortunately the 95 isn't milcom capable - I suspect there will be quite a lot of mil aircraft up and about on Tuesday.

Sorry to disappoint, but reality bytes...er, bites...sometimes 73 Mike

Nor will it be able to receive P25.

 

[mike_s104]

Looks like the screen shot was just after the concert.

If this is an indication of how Tuesday is going be, I am really glad I'm not going to be anywhere near DC.

I was listening to the some of the EMS units on "Gators" that were trapped in the crowds. They could not get to the injured person.....nor could they go back out of the crowd.

If there is any kind of incident....not just a major incident....it will be very bad.

it was at 4:58PM

 

[Starion1]

DHS Doc Prepared for Pesidential Inauguration

Thought it would be interesting reading for those that will be following the activities of the Presidential Inauguration in Wash DC. Prepared by DHS, this makes a perfect adjunct for those that will monitor the radio communications leading up to Tuesday Jan 20th.

http://www.scannerdigest.com/inaug-sec-2008.pdf

 

[ka3jjz]

From our own Dave S on Scan-DC

I collected a lot of data from monitoring Sunday at Gravelly Point. I haven't had a chance to "process" it yet, so it's fairly raw. There are many abbreviations, etc. Some of the frequencies may not be related to the Inauguration, but most are.

http://davidschoenberger.net/scanning/dc/washington.htm#Special Events

 

[jeffkraussws]

I'm occasionally hearing DC FD dispatch engine companies with numbers in the 50s and 60s.
Are these spare units that are temporarily manned, or units from Federal facilities, or something else?

 

[DASFlies]

Those are extra companies placed in service for the weekend, there are extra EMS units as well.

Also, my scanner is now feeding through Incident Broadcast (www.incidentbroadcast.com). It's in a good spot in Foggy Bottom, and ive got it programmed up with MPD, Park Police and Federal channels. You can use Teamspeak to listen, or simply listen through Icecast using Windows Media Player. I am amazed myself at how good the audio sounds through the Icecast server.

Dave

 

[DASFlies]

Inaugural Feed

(Sorry if this is a duplicate)

DC has extra companies in service for the weekend, both EMS and fire.

Also, I have put an inaugural feed up broadcasting from Foggy Bottom in DC that can be heard through www.incidentbroadcast.com. You can either use Teamspeak to listen, or the more simple Icecast which uses windows media player. I have MPD, Park Police as well as some Federal Interop channels in the mix currently.

Dave

 

[baybum]

drivinflyin...or anybody....does anyone have a .p500 and/ or a .p96 file for the inauguration updated?

Thanks.

 

[SkyPager]

This is my ARCSOFT (gr5) file It has most of the frequencies that have been posted in this thread the CHM newsletter as well as many from the DB. There are only a few Mil Air freqs. in it. I am using a BC-895 for that.
From my location on the Broadneck peninsula I am able to copy the VHF 16x-17x channels. So far nothing on 4xx UHF. I do have a discone at about 20 feet.

Also includes
AACO, Balt City, Balt Co, Montgomery, Howard, Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria, USNA 380, DC Fire 800 and DC Police 450.

Change the extension to gr5 from txt.

this post edited at 1732 EST

 

[baybum]

What is a gr5 file?

 

[zerg901]

DCFD will be distributing 60 radios to 'navigators' for FEMA units (or for "navigators" for mutual aid units).

There seemed to be some confusion as to whether the radios were supposed to go to "FEMA" units or "mutual aid" units - possibly the FEMA units were the same as the "mutual aid" units.

Peter Sz

 

[SkyPager]

A gr5 file is the type created with Arcsoft, the BuTel software.

Here is the Starr Soft file. Again change the extension from txt to p500