A New Development: CP Rail now using NXDN Digital in Calgary

DX-300 · Nov 22, 2015

I was running a VHF search just a few moments ago when suddenly my radio stopped on an odd digital sound on 161.0400 so I ran it on my AR-DV1 and it detected that it is an NXDN digital mode signal (displayed on the AR-DV1 as D-CR) So far it sounds like comms to the CP planner.

Jay911 · Nov 22, 2015

Very few licenses for it nationwide, none here. Most often paired with 160.23, 4K00F7W modulation.

mciupa · Nov 23, 2015

Jay911 said:
Very few licenses for it nationwide, none here. Most often paired with 160.23, 4K00F7W modulation.

There are some in Ontario at a big intermodal hump yard but not CP, these are for CN

Code:

Concord - MacMillan Yard

Frequency  Input     License  Type  Tone  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag  
160.23000  161.04000     RM 0 RAN South  South  NXDN  Railroad  
161.34000  160.53000   CKU476   RM 0 RAN West  West  NXDN  Railroad  
160.47000  161.28000     RM 0 RAN East  East  NXDN  Railroad  
161.10000  160.29000     RM  Express  Express  NXDN  Railroad  
160.95000        BM  Signal Dept  Signal Department  NXDN  Railroad  
160.68000  161.49000   CKU474   RM 0 RAN Diesel Shop  Diesel Shop  NXDN  Railroad  
160.62000  161.43000   CKU483   RM 0 RAN Hump  Hump  NXDN  Railroad  
161.00250        BM 0 RAN Extra  Extra  NXDN  Railroad

It may be worthwhile to search 160-162 and see if anything similar pops up now that you are hearing the "whirling sound"

robertmac · Nov 23, 2015

I thought I heard digital on 160.185 a couple of weeks ago. Only 1 night. But I wonder what Norfolk Southern run in their locomotives? I have seen them being used by CP. And with recent merger talks, might see more Norfolk locomotives. And CP is working on non engineered locomotives in their hump yards in Calgary.

Jay911 · Mar 29, 2018

THREAD RESURRECTION

There are five frequencies licensed to "The Railway Association of Canada" at the Alyth yards and the Shepard intermodal facility. IIRC, both of those are CP properties.

I haven't been able to drive near those places this week, but driving across the middle of the city commuting to/from work, I have been able to pick up signals on 160.23 and 161.13, both RAN 0 and no talkgroup. The signal was cutting in and out so I couldn't catch much of what was said except the typical "we got room for 13 cars in this spot" etc.

Once I figure out more about where each channel is in use, I'll submit it to the DB (if it's not already in there).

A New Development: CP Rail now using NXDN Digital in Calgary

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