255 - Washington DC Scanning w/ Joseph Durnal

Bringing a Scanner to Washington DC can be very exciting and also very confusing. There are a lot of “Alphabet” agencies to try to listen to, but many are encrypted.  Even Police activity is secure. But, if you know what other agencies are around, you’ll quickly see there are ways to connect the dots and still know what is happening around our Nation’s Capital. Joseph Durnal, who spends a lot of time in DC, joins the podcast today to share what he’s learned about monitoring the activity in the DC metro area. What You Need To Know DC might be a small city, but there are agencies outside of the metro area that would come into DC as mutual aid. Do not forget to scan border counties in Maryland and Virginia Many business rely on FRS and Business Band frequencies to operate Listening to news frequencies will help you understand when something big is happening around the city. Joe likes to use his TRX-1 in the DC area since it handles Analog, P25, and DMR. Planning out your stay or trip in DC will help you get the most out of your scanner. If you rely on GPS scanning, you’re scanner will have a lot of systems in the scan list and much of it may be encrypted.   ==================================== 🛒  Buy our new Merch!==================================== Squelchy opened his own store selling Scanner School merchandise! Show your love for the Scanner Radio Hobby and Scanner School.Pick up a hat, shirt, bag, or mug and help support Scanner School. 🔗 https://scannerschool.myspreadshop.com/   ==================================== 🎙 Join our new Scanner Radio Community==================================== Join our FREE Discord server and connect with other Scanner Radio Users! By using Discord, a free, multi-platform community portal, you can now be part of the Scanner Radio Discussion! Chat real time, share photos, ask questions, and give feedback to other's in chat. 🔗 https://www.scannerschool.com/discord ==================================== 🎓 Check out our online courses==================================== Our free Software Defined Radio course will have you up and running with a SDR in a weekend. Upgrade to our Advanced Course, and learn how to setup SDR Software like a pro. 🔗 https://www.courses.scannerschool.com ==================================== ⚠️ I want to answer your questions==================================== I am always looking to answer your scanner radio question. If you have a question you'd like answered, please leave me a voicemail with your question: 📞 516-308-2885 🔗 https://www.scannerschool.com/ask ==================================== 🏆 Thank you Patreon Supporters==================================== Thank you to all monthly Patreon Supporters. Supporting the podcast can be done for as little as $1 per month. Supporters at the $3 and $5 level will receive the podcast without the middle commercial break. Supporters at the $5 level not only receive the podcast early, but they also get access to discount codes, monthly zoom meetings, and Squelchy sticker packs. 🔗 Join our Patreon program at https://www.scannerschool.com/patreon ==================================== 🎥 Subscribe to our growing YouTube Channel==================================== We are live once a month on YouTube to answer your questions. 2022 will be the year of Video for Scanner School Be ready for the upcoming videos by subscribing now to our YouTube channel 🔗 https://www.scannerschool.com/youtube ==================================== ➡️ Follow Scanner School on Social Media==================================== ▶︎ Twitter - https://www.scannerschool.com/twitter ▶︎ Facebook Page - https://www.scannerschool.com/facebook ▶︎ Facebook Community - https://www.scannerschool.com/faceboo... ▶︎ Instagram - https://www.scannerschool.com/instagram ▶︎ TikTok - https://www.scannerschool.com/tiktok ==================================== All session notes with links to the items we talked about can be found on our website at https://www.scannerschool.com/session255 #podcast