"HAM" Railfanning

[Anonymous]

As a "HAM", or Amateur Radio Operator.

I'm intrested in knowing the 2m and 440 freqs' used,

 amongst people like myself as well as the better locations

in different states with which to do this.

I'll be greatly appreciative of any info...

Thanks 

[samfp1943]

As a "HAM", or Amateur Radio Operator.

I'm intrested in knowing the 2m and 440 freqs' used,

 amongst people like myself as well as the better locations

in different states with which to do this.

I'll be greatly appreciative of any info...

Thanks 

Well!, Sir! 

      I guess I'll be first....Being new to this forum, if you will enter into the search box on the bottom right of the window .. RR Radio Frequencies it will pyull some previous threads, at least one mentions a " Compendium of Frequencies that are used by the RR's. Also if you will message forum contributor Chad Thomas, I believe he is a fairly active scanner user..

At any rate; Welcome, again, and I hope this info will help you find the info you seek.

 

[chad thomas]

As a "HAM", or Amateur Radio Operator.

I'm intrested in knowing the 2m and 440 freqs' used,

 amongst people like myself as well as the better locations

in different states with which to do this.

I'll be greatly appreciative of any info...

Thanks 

Welcome aboard. The FCC has designated 97 channels in the 160-161 MHz slot. They are FM single sideband 15 KHz wide channels. I don't have my info here in front of me but from memory the first AAR channel is 160.210 MHz and the last 161.605 MHz. This band carrys the voice communication channels. There are also 900 MHz signal communications channels and some 450 MHz telemetry channels. 

 

Where do you live? I understand there is at least one active HAM raidio / railfan club in the Bay area / Central valley. I have also heard there is a club that has extensive repeater network in northern Nevada along the overland route.

[squeeze]

With the Call letters KB1, he appears to be in New England. It's been awhile since I was active, so I'm not sure where the prefix KB is from. Previous post is as good as it gets. Chad is pretty much on the money all the time.

SQ

[climaxpwr]

Boy, neither of those two understand what your looking for!  There used to be a couple of set frequencys on both 2m and 70cm for railfanning HAM's to contact each other on.  I monitered them and never heard much on them. Usualy I hang out either on the local repeater for the area or 146.46, ie the simplex calling channel.  If another railfanning HAM joins the chating, we would go to a less used repeater or a simplex channel.  If your even in the Erie, PA area, give me a holler on the local repeater.    73's     Mike Toney   N9XLZ   General Class Ham op.

[kg6ykn]

For communications on the ROW, we usually use the local repeater if available, and if not, we use the wilderness protocol for short range communication.  The railroads use a set of AAR channels, all of which are posted at http://www.on-track-on-line.com in the scanners section.  You can figure out what channel a railroad uses by asking an empolyee or by surfing the internet.

-KG6YKN

 

[gtw6325]

           KE4UTR here,I got my license in 1995 hoping to get into railfanning more.The best source was Kalmbach's Railfan radio guides,but the author died a few years ago.The infomation's getting dated,but it's a start.You would probably find more info with a search on the ARRL's website.Most use local club frequencies,Find a HAM club nearby.Likely some members chase trains too.Now that I have a camera,I have too many soccer games and 4-H to go to.And my favorite railroad(GTW) is now four states away.

[cnw4001]

Boy, neither of those two understand what your
looking for!  There used to be a couple of set frequencys on both
2m and 70cm for railfanning HAM's to contact each other on.  I
monitered them and never heard much on them. Usualy I hang out either
on the local repeater for the area or 146.46, ie the simplex calling
channel.  If another railfanning HAM joins the chating, we would
go to a less used repeater or a simplex channel.  If your even in
the Erie, PA area, give me a holler on the local
repeater.    73's     Mike
Toney   N9XLZ   General Class Ham op.

146.49 & 446.05 were two but you'll not likely hear anything on
them.