01 F150 Rig

[Railham_CJ]

Ok i figure I'll show off some of my stuff .

The truck .

Railroad Radio Icom F5061

Railroad Antenna 160 mhz

Thats all folks .

 

[Gmod12]

Nice!! 1 question: how much did #4587 set you back??

 

[Railham_CJ]

LOL i wish i could own it . I believe that the unit cost the railroad at least $ 1 million .

 

[KJ6HCB]

Nice antenna job!

 

[Railham_CJ]

I have more photos comming up soon the old ones i had up didn't turn out to good and plus it had a lot of trash on the floor board .

 

[Rt169Radio]

Looks good,is that antenna a Larid antenna?

 

[Railham_CJ]

It's a Antennex VHF 5/8 wave tunable . Correct me if i am wrong did Antennex merge with Larid antennas ?

 

[RodStrong]

Nice pic of your truck and the big rig.

That 5061 is a rock solid radio. We have a few at work, and I have a 6061 (its UHF cousin) that I use daily in my work truck.

Thanks for posting.

 

[Railham_CJ]

I figured that sense i like trains and that one was waiting for a track warrant i figured it was the right timeing to get both the train and the truck lol . It's show ya the train is way bigger then the truck.

 

[Railham_CJ]

Icom 2820H D-Star faceplate to the left . The GPS to the right .

A recent photo of the truck .

The Comet 790A high gain Dual band VHF UHF .

 

[Mike-KC8OWL]

Nice. I have been monitoring the rail band for about the last 15 years too. In my area the big RR's to monitor are CSX and Wheeling and Lake Erie

 

[Dann]

Nice Setup

 

[nickwilson159]

How does that radio setup do on railroad channels reception-wise? How's the Icom's selectivity?

 

[Railham_CJ]

The F5061 does real nice on picking up traffic ususally with the set up i can get them up to 20 sometimes 30 miles depending on the condition . I have the F5061 set up for railroad , ham and with the WX and programming the radio is easy . I have the radio devided into two zones Railroads and Ham . I have set up three scan lists one for all the Railroad channels, local tristate CSX and ham . I have the F3161 set up like that .

 

[Rt169Radio]

Was it hard to get that antenna mount on your toolbox?

 

[Railham_CJ]

It was not hard to mount to the tool box but getting it level was half the battle .

 

[b7spectra]

I love my 5061. I have the remote head and set for 2 line display. Love the SD70MAC!