Starting July 1, 2019, the Dispatcher/Train freqs are changing to 160.95000 For CH 1, and 160.24500 for CH 2.... I already made changes to reflect this in MS....
NS Changes for NO&NE
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DaveNF2G
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New Orleans and New England?
Yup . I already fixed the Ms section which is from State Line to Meridian then down to HBG then on to NOLA
In fact looking at the NS FCC licences... Looking like a big switch up system wide as they dump a buttload of old freqs, and put in new ones.
ai8o
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I am guessing that NO&NE is operated as a part of the NSRR.
The KFF630 FCC license expired on June 8, 2014.
There should be other FCC licenses issued for remote bases along the NO&NE trackage, and in the yards.
It looks to me that NO&NE is trying to harmonize radio frequency usage with the channel usage on the other parts of the NS in the southern US.
160.95 (AAR 56) is the SIMPLEX ROAD channel used on the NS outside of yards, and is called Channel 1.
160.245 (AAR 09) is the Dispatch out Frequency.
160.830 (AAR 48) is the Train to dispatch Frequency.
160.245 (AAR 09) and 160.830 (AAR 48) are used together in SEMI-DUPLEX mode,(one way at a time, not both channels talking and receiving at the same time). Together they are called Channel 2.
161.490 is used as a Tower frequency in many yards. (i.e> the "Dispatch" channel for controlling movements inside yards) (Hostlers, and other personell who have to be in, and moving about the yard, but are not train crews )
Look for other AAR channels being put into use at NO&NE yards.
Usually there are other AAR channels being used inside yards, ( pin Pullers at the Hump, Car inspectors making up train connections,
remote train controller talk back, yard maitenance personell, etc.)
The KFF630 FCC license expired on June 8, 2014.
There should be other FCC licenses issued for remote bases along the NO&NE trackage, and in the yards.
It looks to me that NO&NE is trying to harmonize radio frequency usage with the channel usage on the other parts of the NS in the southern US.
160.95 (AAR 56) is the SIMPLEX ROAD channel used on the NS outside of yards, and is called Channel 1.
160.245 (AAR 09) is the Dispatch out Frequency.
160.830 (AAR 48) is the Train to dispatch Frequency.
160.245 (AAR 09) and 160.830 (AAR 48) are used together in SEMI-DUPLEX mode,(one way at a time, not both channels talking and receiving at the same time). Together they are called Channel 2.
161.490 is used as a Tower frequency in many yards. (i.e> the "Dispatch" channel for controlling movements inside yards) (Hostlers, and other personell who have to be in, and moving about the yard, but are not train crews )
Look for other AAR channels being put into use at NO&NE yards.
Usually there are other AAR channels being used inside yards, ( pin Pullers at the Hump, Car inspectors making up train connections,
remote train controller talk back, yard maitenance personell, etc.)
For proper title.. Its the NO&NE Subdivision of the NSRR system. They apparently now own it I am guessing and just recently sent out a memo to all users that operations will be going to the plan you mention effective July 1, 2019. TY for the full set up for NS ops. I will go in and fix it again after work today.
Yes it is highly possible they run NXDN on it . Do you have NXDN capabilities to verify?
Yes, I’m using my Icom R30. I changed the mode to NXDN-VN but I’m not hearing anything.
I’m hearing voice traffic on 160.950 FM-N.
Might have been a testing or maybe a mistake on someone's part. Turned the selector to the CH marked with an * by mistake. Happens sometimes. Or maybe they did a data test on something. I know that during transition from analog to P25 a couple of times we had folks going to the "new P25 TG" which was labeled same name but with an asterisk to denote it in full P25... Like so - MET-NW1 vs MET-NW1* before the actual transition happened.
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