Ham frequencies used by Hams

[Steve]

I have called myself search the net for these frequencies.
There was at one time a list of ham frequencies that Hams that are railfans used for simplex contact. But I have yet to find anything that looks familiar during my searches.
Anyone happen to know or remember thee frequencies?
Thanks for any and all help.



Steve
KD4LCY
KAF9087

 

[icom1020]

Amateur Radio Frequencies For Railfans
146.490 2 meter Primary channel I think 162hz tone
146.565 2 meter Secondary (backup) channel
446.050 70 cm
223.620 1.25 meter
1294.425 23 cm
Also check calling channels
146.520, 446.000, 224.000 etc.

 

[Steve]

Thanks icom1020!


Steve
KD4LCY
KAF9087

 

[timkilbride]

I have yet to find any railhams that monitor 146.490. During a steamchase along highway 30 in Iowa I did find a guy running on 146.520. Then I started scanning the local repeaters that were located along the line(they were all linked) and they were all asking each other where the steamer was it. I jumped in and stayed with them. Lots of folks at home monitoring didn't even know about and ended up grabbing their kids and came trackside as the train got close. Another time I was travelling to a railroad related slide show. I stayed in a town to watch trains for awhile. I threw out my call on the local repeater, the guy that answered was going to attend the slide show as well.

When I worked for a shortline in Iowa, I had the AAR Spectra(locomotive radio) programmed up for some ham frequencies. Threw my call on 146.520 and found a railham passing through the area. When I got real bored I would get into the echolink machine, talked to nice people all across the US, one guy even grew up in one of the towns I was going through 20 years ago. IIRC, he was out in CO, out West anyways. I usually wouldn't tell people right away where I was at, they would ask what the heck is going on when they could hear the train horn blowing while I was talking.

 

[icom1020]

I heard or talked to one in Maupin Oregon when the 4449 was enroute to Bend. Or maybe it was on 446.05 Anyway, I would suspect the on-board comms would be more important.