Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad

[JASII]

My wife, brother-in-law, sister-in-law and I went to Boone IA and rode the rail bikes at Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad on Thursday.

While we were there, I saw Kenwood transceivers in use.

I checked the FCC website and the FRN associated with them shows one current callsign, WPYB976, with the following five frequencies.

Does anybody happen to know if they are using analog or NXDN, which frequency is the repeater input and how/if the various frequencies are use?

My guess is that 161.325 might be used because it would have the most separation from the repeater.

160.260

160.365

160.530 Repeater

160.710

161.325

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UPDATE:

I did find this here, but it still doesn't answer the question of whether they are analog or NXDN and if the rail bikes use the same radios. I am assuming that they do.

Iowa Railroads (Iowa) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference

Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference for Iowa Railroads (Iowa)

www.radioreference.com

Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad
Operations


Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad is a heritage railroad that operates freight and passenger excursions in Boone County

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.53000	161.32500	WPYB976	BM		BSVY28 Ops	CH 1 Repeater / Excursion Train operations	FMN	Railroad
160.71000		WPYB976	BM		BSVY40 East	CH 3 East end switching	FMN	Railroad
160.36500		WPYB976	RM		BSVY17 Shop	Ch 4 MoW / Shop	FMN	Railroad
160.26000		WPYB976	BM		BSVY10 Yard	Ch 5 Boone Yard / Switching	FMN	Railroad

 

[ElevatorsAndRadios]

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.53000	161.32500	WPYB976	BM		BSVY28 Ops	CH 1 Repeater / Excursion Train operations	FMN	Railroad
160.71000		WPYB976	BM		BSVY40 East	CH 3 East end switching	FMN	Railroad
160.36500		WPYB976	RM		BSVY17 Shop	Ch 4 MoW / Shop	FMN	Railroad
160.26000		WPYB976	BM		BSVY10 Yard	Ch 5 Boone Yard / Switching	FMN	Railroad

See how it says FMN under mode? That means they are on analog, at least as of the time of this DB entry.

 

[JASII]

See how it says FMN under mode? That means they are on analog, at least as of the time of this DB entry.

Which, is exactly why I made this post. If they were using NXDN, how long would it take for this to get updated? Is it truly carrier squelch, on the input AND output, or does it simply mean that nobody knows?

 

[timkilbride]

The repeater may have PL tone on it now. I recall getting a email several years ago to add PL to my personal radio. I don't recall what it was. 99% sure they are still analog. Been awhile since I have been over that way.

Tim