Capitol Hill
Monitors Online Newsletter Archives
Selected past CHM newsletters are archived below. Files ending in PDF require the free Adobe Reader.
https://henney.com/chm/0124/chm0124.pdf
·
Anne Arundel Co. PD encrypting
· WMATA still not using P25 trunk
· Oddball DC government FCC licenses
· Justice Integrated Wireless Network
·
New DC area REACT chapter
· Ledo’s guest speaker: Steven Herman (VOA)
https://henney.com/chm/0123/chm0123.pdf
·
The DC area GMRS repeater boom
· Amateur Radio VoIP
· Mont. Co. PD considers a 7th District
· Radio magazines and newsletters coming online
https://henney.com/chm/0222/chm0222.pdf
·
Helicopter spotting
· Tracking snowplows
· Changes for PGFD dispatching
· Montgomery County ARC
· The Unication G4/G5
· Future CHM get-togethers
http://henney.com/chm/0121/chm0121.pdf
· Scanning the 59th Presidential Inauguration
http://henney.com/chm/0220/chm0220.pdf
· CHM Get-Together THIS SATURDAY (Feb. 8, 2020)!
· Montgomery County to ENCRYPT police dispatch in new P25 radio network.
· Anne Arundel County also switching to P25.
· WMATA to encrypt and switch to wide-area P25 trunked network.
· Update on the D.C. news media choppers.
· Scanning factory-preset radio channels.
· Join The Scanner Junkies on the TGIF DMR hotspot network.
· Interested in local breaking news reports? Join the NCR Zello group.
http://henney.com/chm/0219/chm0219.pdf
· CHM Get-Together THIS SUNDAY (Feb. 10, 2019)!
· Push-to-Talk is back and more affordable than ever!
· Scanning O.C. this summer? P25 has overtaken EDACS.
· Montgomery Co. moving forward with P25 trunked network.
· Same for WMATA and Orange County (VA)!
· Fairfax County expands public safety through bonds.
· Scanning Germanna Community College.
· U.S. Park police finally abandon analog for digital encryption.
· Spotsylvania and Stafford abandon VHF fire/EMS simulcasts
· Talkgroups in the new NCR maritime zone
http://henney.com/chm/0518/chm0518.pdf
· CHM "South" Meet-UP May 9, 2018 in Fredericksburg!
· DMR and Amateur Radio
· Scanning with Software-Defined Radio
· U.S. Park PD new conventional P25 network may be online for July 4th fireworks!
· New radio zone ("Mike") for water incidents in the National Capital Region.
· Montgomery County fire-rescue on track for 2019 cut-over to P25 network.
· Ocean City and Worcester County migrating to P25 trunking networks.
http://henney.com/chm/0118/chm0118.pdf
· U.S. Park Police Dept. encrypted radio system on target for 2018
completion
· D.C. now has two news helicopters!
· City of Bowie PD gets its own dispatch center and talkgroups
· Montgomery Co. plans Project 25 cutover next summer!
· WMATA (Metro)'s P25 system on track for 2022 completion!
· Join the D.C. Zello incident notification group and get the scoop on breaking news!
http://henney.com/chm/0117/chm0117.pdf
· Scanning the 58th Presidential Inauguration
http://henney.com/chm/0116/chm0116.pdf
· Join the D.C. Area Zello Incident Notification Network!
· Ron Perron's Latest Military Aviation Freqs and Call Signs for the Mid-Atlantic.
· Implementation of Maryland's Statewide P25 FiRST Network Halfway Completed!
· Maryland's Mutual Aid Channels and Interoperability Groups.
· Latest News on WMATA (Metro)'s P25 Proposal.
http://henney.com/chm/0115/chm0115.pdf
· D.C. Area's Last Media Aircraft (N98CL)
· Scanning Metrobus
· D.C. Fire/EMS Joins MPD with Encryption
· Monitoring Military Aircraft Radio Communication in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore region
http://henney.com/chm/0113/chm0113.pdf
· Scanning the 57th Presidential Inauguration
http://henney.com/chm/0110/chm0110.pdf
· Prince George’s Co. launches 700 MHz TDMA trunked radio network.
· Loudoun Co. goes TDMA as well.
· What TDMA means for scanner listeners.
· U.S. Capitol PD plans new radio system.
· Virginia STARS online in D.C. area.
http://henney.com/chm/0309/chm0309.pdf
· Maryland’s EMS categories explained
· Scanning Coast Guard Sector Baltimore
· Scanning CSX Railroad in the D.C. area
· Marine One (HMX-1) freq presets
http://henney.com/chm/0109/chm0109.pdf
SCANNING THE 56th PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION AND D.C. VISITOR'S GUIDE
FEDERAL AGENCIES
U.S. Capitol Police
Other U.S. Capitol Hill Radio Users
National Park Service
Federal Protective Service
NTIA Passport Trunked System
Health & Human Services Department
Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT)
National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)
National Medical Response Team (NMRT)
Federal Emergency Management Agency
National Capital Region (NCR)
Mobile Emergency Resource Support (MERS)
Urban Search And Rescue (USAR)
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Bureau of Investigation
State Department
Secret Service
Uniformed Division, Secret Service
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement
Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
Common-Use, Joint Law Enfo and Incident Response
MILITARY AGENCIES
Armed Forces Inaugural Committee (AFIC)
Joint Force Headquarters — National Capital Region
White House Communications Agency (WHCA)
Andrews Air Force Base
Fort Belvoir/Davison Army Airfield (DAA)
Pentagon Heliport (JPN)
USMC Executive Flight Squadron
Combat Air Patrols
Military Intra-Squad Radios
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
D.C. Fire & EMS
Metropolitan Police Department
Other District-Related Agencies
Common Mutual Aid Channels
Suburban Police Agencies
TRANSPORTATION
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Auth (WMATA)
Amtrak and Union Station
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA)
Washington National Airport (Mount Vernon Sector)
D.C. Harbor, Coast Guard, Fireworks Details
NEWS MEDIA
Local Stations
Television Networks
Cable News Networks
Voice of America
MONITORING INAUGURATIONS for 32 Years! By John Coker
http://www.henney.com/chm/1208/chm1208.pdf
Prince George’s Co. builds new radio net
Scanning U.S. Marshals Service
New Ride-On Bus Channel Plan
Scanning Summit Point Motorsports Park
http://www.henney.com/chm/0507/CHM0507.pdf
Arlington
County goes true P25.
Naval District Washington’s VHF EDACS network.
Naval Academy's VHF channels.
New line-ups for Kent Co., Md.
Links for air show season.
http://henney.com/chm/0306/CHM0306.pdf
Virginia medevac programs
Fairfax County Police
VSP Med-Flight
Omniflight Pegasus
Omniflight Nightingale
Carilion Life-Guard
MedSTAR
LifeEvac
PHI AirCare
PHI SkySTAT
WMATA's Comprehensive Radio Communications System (CRCS)
Monitoring School Bus in Montgomery and Prince George's counties
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad's new repeater
New trunked freqs for D.C. police
P.G. fire/EMS reassigns firegrounds
Culpeper abandons low band
Free-State Trunking
The Future of Radio; Solutions Radio (Web Radio)
http://henney.com/chm/0105/CHM0105.pdf
55th
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION & WASHINGTON, D.C. VISITOR'S GUIDE
Federal Agencies:
U.S. Capitol Police
Capitol Hill Voice Pagers
Other U.S. Capitol Radio Users
U.S. Supreme Court
National Park Service
U.S. Park Police
National Park Ops – Nat’l Capital
Area
Kennedy Center
Federal Protective Service
NTIA Motorola and Passport Trunked
Systems
National Gallery of Art
Disaster Medical Assistance Teams
Urban Search & Rescue
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S. Marshals Service
State Department
Secret Service
Uniformed Division, Secret Service
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement
Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
Inter-Agency and Common-Agency
Federal Channels
Military Agencies:
Armed Forces Inaugural Committee
Fort Belvoir Motorola Trunk (2C36)
Future Belvoir System? (A73B)
Military District of Washington
White House Communications Agency
Andrews Air Force Base
1st Helo Squad (89th Air Wing)
("Mussel")
USMC Executive Flight Squadron
Pentagon Force Protection Agency
(Defense Prot Svc)
Civil Air Patrol
380 MHz DoD Trunked Systems
Military Intra-Squad Radios
Local Government:
D.C. Fire & EMS
D.C. Emergency Mngt Agency/Other
City Agencies
Metropolitan Police Department
Other District-Related Agencies
Business Improvement Districts
Common Mutual Aid Channels
Suburban Police Agencies (possibly
involved)
Transportation:
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority
Amtrak and Union Station
Aircraft Freqs (recommended by
Ron Perron)
D.C. Harbor, Coast Guard, Fireworks
Details
News Media:
Television Networks
Cable News Networks
Radio Networks
Print Media
Local TV Stations
Local Radio/Traffic
WEBE has decided to add six MHz to the UHF-TV ch.15 allocations used during
2001 (477-482 MHz)
See:
http://www.webe.org/pages/freq.html
Inaugural Sites:
D.C. Armory (RFK Stadium & Armory)
Hilton Washington
National Building Museum (Pension
Bldg)
Washington National Cathedral
MCI Center
Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium
Union Station
Washington Convention Center
Common-User, Family and Itinerant Freqs
http://henney.com/chm/1204/CHM1204.pdf
Secret Service Uniformed Division
Maryland Emergency Management Agency
Washington, D.C. area traffic reporting freqs
ARINC
Combat Air Patrol freqs
Defense Department 380 MHz trunked systems
Fauquier County, Virginia trunked system
Web Corner
http://henney.com/chm/1104/CHM1104.pdf
Virginia Statewide Agencies Radio System (STARS) project
Maryland Trunk System updates (by county)
http://henney.com/chm/1203/1203.pdf
More changes for Prince George's County Fire/EMS Radios
News choppers for D.C. TV stations
MPD goes trunked
Anne Arundel County going digital
Complete trunk talkgroup fleetmaps for Montgomery County police, fire/EMS
http://henney.com/chm/0303/ [HTML]
http://henney.com/chm/0303/CHM0303.pdf [PDF]
Montgomery County's PS-2000 nears completion
Channel changes for Prince George's County Fire/EMS
Howard County Fire/EMS 800 MHz system
Worcester County EDACS trunked system
Harford County's future trunked system
Charles County's future trunked system
Cecil County considers VHF trunking
Kent County Fire/EMS VHF channel plan
U.S. Customs air patrols over D.C.
D.C. Emergency Radio Network
http://henney.com/chm/1201/ [HTML]
http://henney.com/chm/1201/CHM1201.pdf [PDF]
Scanning combat air patrols over D.C.
Virginia's Statewide Agencies Radio System (STARS)
http://henney.com/chm/0901/ [HTML]
http://henney.com/chm/0901/CHM0901.pdf [PDF]
International Monetary Fund/World Bank -- the "lost episode"
This issue, intended as a comprehensive IMF/WB listener's guide, was never mailed.
It includes information for the following radio users:
IMF/World Bank/Marriott Wardman Park;
D.C. Government (MPD, DCF/EMS, EMA, DPW, D.C. misc.);
Transit (Amtrak, WMATA, MWAA);
Common regional mutual aid radio channels (F/P/COG-MARS);
Visiting out-of-area PDs (NYPD, Baltimore, Charlotte, Charlestown, Philadelphia)
Visiting state PDs (Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania)
Nearby FD/PDs (Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Montgomery, Prince George's)
Federal (US Capitol PD, NTIA trunk, FEMA USAR, GSA-FPS, HHS-DMAT/MMST,
US Park PD, various law enfo agencies from Justice, State and Treasury Depts)
Military (WHCA, Ft Belvoir)
Scanning area news media desks and FRS
Charles County, Maryland Orders Trunked Radio System
Combined 9-1-1 Center for Washington, D.C., At Last!
Unified Maryland Eastern Shore Consortium Trunked Radio System
University of Maryland, College Park, Goes Trunked
Andrews Air Force Base Contemplates Digital Trunking
MedSTAR Medevac Helicopter Updates
"W" Sector Coming to Prince George's County
Delaware Leaves 33.78 for Fire Dispatch
Scanner Listener visitor's guide for Washington, D.C.
The 2001 Presidential Inauguration Special Edition
Federal Agencies:
U.S. Capitol, Congress and Supreme Court
National Park Service/Kennedy Center
General Services Administration
NTIA-Coordinated Trunked System
Smithsonian Institution/National Gallery of Art
Disaster Medical Assistance Teams
U.S. Marshal's Service
State Department
U.S. Secret Service
Executive Branch Security Details
Military Agencies:
Armed Forces Inaugural Committee
DoD Multi-user Trunked System
Military District of Washington
White House Communications Agency
Andrews Air Force Base
USMC Executive Marine Helicopter Squadron
Local/District Government:
D.C. Fire/EMS/Emergency Management
Metropolitan Police Department
D.C. Public Works
Washington Convention Center
Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority/Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Amtrak/Union Station
D.C. Harbor
Common Mutual Aid Channels
News Media
Places of Interest/Lodging
D.C. Fire/EMS finally going digital?
Fairfax County, Virginia close to completing digital switchover.
Scanning FedEx Field
Howard County, Maryland proposed trunked radio system
Harford County, Maryland considers trunked radio system
Prince George's County PD gets mobile data computers
Delaware State Police simulcasts now online
Fauquier County, Virginia ponders radio options (NewsScan)
Scanning Ocean City, Maryland
Sussex County, Delaware VFD "company channels"
Trunked system updates (Charles, Montgomery, Queen Anne's, Talbot, Fauquier and Prince William counties)
New channel plan for Montgomery County Ride-On Bus
Bush campaign frequencies
New Northern Virginia police and fire stations planned
Washington, DC Fire/EMS trunked system cutover
Public-access plans for trunked radio systems
Alexandria new Type II talkgroups
Arlington County new Type II talkgroups
Fairfax County communication system updates
Spotsylvania County EDACS trunked system
Montgomery County awards contract for trunked system
Prince George's County communications center frequency list
Scanning Harford County
Wicomico County trunked system
Ski-scanning A-Basin
Scanning Y2K
Digital Upgrade for Metropolitan Police Department
Scanning area pipelines
Prince George's County communications center
New US Park Police Eagle Helicopter
Frederick County Detention Center/GS Communications
The Scanner Digest
Area incident paging notification systems
Prince George's County communications center
Montgomery County ECC information
Montgomery County's 9-Whiskey Unit
Carderock Rescue
Wicomico County's Trunked System
Delaware Trunked System Update
MIEMSS EMRC Region V Communications
Amtrak Police Department
New Castle County ReCom
Homemade direction finding
Scanning Blue Knob, Pa.
Ocean City makes changes
Washington, DC Fire/EMS trunked system online
Prince George's County Police MDTs
800 MHz TrunkTracker Special
Quadrangle Development Corp
NDW Goes Trunked
Seashore Scanning (area beach resorts)
MCI taking over Saint Mary's County 9-1-1
Prince George's County Police MDTs
American Personal Communications/Sprint PCS
Montgomery County council endorses trunked system
Baltimore City trunked system
Shadow Traffic service
New radio codes for DC Fire/EMS
Mystery frequencies needing identification
Million Man March frequency finds