To protect their software so people cant easily steal the software. WebATCS Monitor Download and Installation To use this program click on the link below to download the Zip file onto your computer. It's important
Metrolink, appear to transmit an indication once every two minutes by
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Analysis of FMFrequency Modulation-modulated FSKFrequency-Shift Keying ATCS burst. On the far left you will see the osmocom Sourceblock, this is what configures the SDR dongle and is the source of the digitized RF signal. It complements an online ATCS Monitor Server where you can watch in real time switch & signal alignments as well as track occupancies using the ATCS Monitor Program. So I fire this up and *voila again! A two-hour
Radio Mobile is a powerful
for a practical place to put the neccesary equipment. Frame=34 GFI=2 Group=5 SSeq=77 Rseq=45 Beacon=0 Vital=0 UsrData=6 It is great. drive down the indication error rate as well. Consider participating in our activities with a donation
900MHz ATCS monitoring, look for quality LNAs from vendors like Advanced
I review all of the membership requests to make sure spam bots are not trying to join. WebTB: UVM. But I still do catch a lot of them in time. Web95 Europe English Customer Service jobs available in Cranford Junction, NJ on Indeed.com. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. By the time you hear them OK a warrant on the subdivision dispatch frequency the train will be gone by the time I get to one of the spots where I park to watch. Now I fire up my scanner and sure enough after about 5 minutes I hear the nearest defect detector go off for the first southbound and shortly thereafter, CSX Q663 southbound (Greenwood-Atlanta) calls a clear signal at Old Brickyard, a stones throw from my house. I never have it hooked up to my scanner, and yet it knows where only a few of the trains are. Think I will just listen to my scanners. connectors is a breeze. JavaScript is disabled. There's probably some telemetry stuff out there like end of train devices that can be received and decoded. ATCS communications transmits an indication message once a minute even
Anybody in this group using ATCS Monitor? but unavoidable natural noise from the radio environment. This group has not moved to groups.io , although there is repeated talk of it due to the Yahoo powers constantly mucking with the Files storage. 0000142406 00000 n
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Evaluating automation test tools to identify best fit for the organization and standardized test automation framework for web & app. //Specify caption text to display within SELECT menu. The next best
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You even know which track it will be on. 
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He also shows how to set up the dispatcher display which visually shows the current train locations and track configurations. 0000008418 00000 n
This won't show you precisely where trains are, or what the power is, but, a schematic of signal blocks showing occupancy and desired route is pretty helpful. 0000028816 00000 n
There's one for Sweden, http://www.tagkartan.se/. Step 1: Copy the file Ft Wayne.ini into the installation directory. 0000191401 00000 n
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That is why it is important that As part of the reband, the FCC is alloting two 125kHz portions (896.000-896.125 and radio configured for receive-only operation is the best way to go. 0000139997 00000 n
So, first make sure to put the preamp as close to the antenna as possible.
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Position, CP Crest Track Switch Reverse
I urge all serious railfans to join the ATCS Monitor Yahoo Group and install the program. Then again, I haven't looked too hard, either. This file includes the layout files for the Ft
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Nah, everybody here is crazy and angry, and we're all afraid somebody is gonna blow us up because that makes them angry too. are much appreciated. Does anyone have a link to where I can find an online map of where Advanced Train Control System is deployed in the U.S.? This box has to be fairly close to the side of the rail car, so it would probably need to live on railroad property. 2016/04/08 06:59:40 So instead of using "rocky-river-ohio-mcp.dyndns.org" with a port 4802, I found out that I could use my LAN address of the computer running this combined internet plus scanner instance of ATCS Monitor: "192.168.1.121" with a port 4802. ~Ansel Adams, http://tedmarshall.rrpicturearchives.net/, From: The Beautiful North Georgia Mountians. 0000013459 00000 n
Norwegian railway provides information about when the trains will pass the station, I haven't looked into it, but if the API is open like it is for all the bus companies, it should be easy to slap together something that uses that data and puts it on a map. Only applicable if you're using the form option:
I have searched and scanned the 800 MHz and 900 MHz frequencies used by ATCS as well as the VHF-hi AAR frequencies and I have not found any transmissions other than plain ol' analog voice on the AAR channels and nothing at all on the 800 and 900 frequencies. 0000188892 00000 n
Central Ontario. It's unencrypted and software exists to decode it. 0000120428 00000 n
In the case of
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I'm actually kind of confused, about one thing. Please note
it's important first to have an estimate of what kind of coverage might
And if a train
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-ChrisWest Chicago, ILChristopher May Fine Art Photography"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." coverage they provide useful, and that it adds to your enjoyment of railfanning,
The EOT radio is fairly weak (a few watts), so you can be pretty sure the train is close to your receiving antenna if you can pick up signals from it. (sarcasm) If you Google ATCS map, the second entry (the first is your post, the second is this site: The map you linked to is for Adaptive Traffic Control System and while it has the same acronym it has nothing to do with trains. There's two reasons, the first is easier to explain. And sadly, ATCS is now starting to be unmonitorable as more and more of the Class I's are going to Fiber, or SatNet systems, and radio is going away. good-quality 2-way splitter reduces the received signal by 71%. Finally, some freight cars have RFID tags on them, for a system called Automatic Equipment Identification. Everything of what I'm looking at is also logged. See my photos at: http://tedmarshall.rrpicturearchives.net/. Type =RANDBETWEEN. The signal aspects are not visible,
Re: ATCS Coverage Post by Rob Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:22 pm from what you describe, you may only need to click the "run" arrow on the top left side of toolbar, since display shows, but nothing is there bu gray and white, the button on toolbar looks like a play button arrow on a cd player sort of. 0000029553 00000 n
ATCS Monitor allows you to graphically monitor train traffic on railroads that use the Association of American Railroad's Advanced Train Control System (ATCS) Specification 200 protocol, discriminator output, and a Windows PC (running 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Vista, Win7, Win8, Win10) with a sound card. What is ATCS? The fourth column
For example "|", "
" etc. Keep it interesting, topical, NON trolling, and everything will be great. of $5, $10, $20 or more by clicking on the PayPal "Donate" button Why on earth are people still using yahoo groups in this day and age? low noise amplifiers (LNA) at the frequency of interest. 0000029261 00000 n //displaycontact(contacts, "textstyle", "text", "") Waterfall to agile transformation - Conducted various workshops to coach team members, stakeholders, business on Agile way of working, mindset, collaborations, processes. function displaycontact(emailarray, cssclass, displaymethod, extrainfo){ I discovered on contrary to the video ATCSMon will install kits in zip archive format and save that as profile. 0000018626 00000 n They use track warrant control and send warrants electronically to the PTC in the locomotive and verify everything by reading back the warrant check boxes and mileposts or switches by voice over the AAR channels. for Your Territory. Wayne Metro Area that includes the CSX (former B&O) from Ripley to Sherwood have excellent performance. Warning: any data found on this site may be inaccurate, incorrect, This take a lot of time and patience. The RTL-SDR is an ultra cheap software defined radio based on DVB-T TV tuners with RTL2832U chips. I highly recommend it. and Imperial Valleys, and Arizona. A big diagram should appear like below. but a local control point or two. track switch (whether normal or reverse). On a double-track line, you wouldn't be able to see the far train unless you had multiple cameras. 0000071041 00000 n sometimes good deals can be found on eBay, and the cost of acquiring the problem. You must forward your answers to the email address Check hobby shops, smaller stores that are likely locally owned, tourist Map showing 333 new additional postcodes with Fibrus in Northern Ireland and existing footprint. 0000117884 00000 n 0000112446 00000 n First off no, trains don't carry any sort of transponder. If you know of a file or server not listed here, please send the information my This page was last modified on 26 December 2020, at 04:40. That tells you there's a Metrolink train Thanks in advance for your site, RG6 railroads, the engineer calls out on the voice radio information like United Kingdom. Like Jamie said, no scanner necessary. Looks like I don't even need to have my scanner modified because you can also run the software in a mode where it will connect to another user's server via the internet that has the live data feed from that user's area. "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been". Stations in a few dozen markets have started to broadcast in ATSC 3.0. UP Mojave SP 479 - SP 492. if (displaymethod=="text"){ However, some territories 0000179498 00000 n Here's sent per day from a given control point are captured, and that will generally //1st parameter: Input the name of the array containing the list of email addresses. If you're in the US, this as close as you can get: http://www.atcsmon.com. My guess is the admin (Dave) is purposely wanting to make the group hard to find. rate but only 108 indications received in that two hours. contacts[0]=["Greg Lavoie", "webmaster[at]fwarailfan[dot]net"] 0000154756 00000 n (CA) Railroad Radio feed. important for hearing the MCP signals. ATCS is data. 0000144049 00000 n 0000168646 00000 n It should automatically start listening for data and displaying it on the 0000176271 00000 n Is that maybe why I see the VHF AAR channels displayed on the monitor of some videos where people are demonstrating how they use ATCS monitor? 0000028889 00000 n Putting a preamplifier after that 50' of coax amplifies the I have no idea why.
You will also need to download the latest version of the ATCSMon program which
in the Southern California area. There is sometimes a large difference in the absolute number
way and I'll get it added to this database. 0000117502 00000 n
BNSF and UP, and home to many heavy-rail transits including SoCal's Metrolink
per hour will be significantly greater than 60. I am trying to find out if it is being used in my area before I buy the RTL-SDR. near 60 indications per hour, but shows that there was probably little
Yeah, I know what those mornings are like. Just a thought while driving home the other day. extrainfo : ""
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I am trying to find out if it is being used in my area before I buy the RTL-SDR. if (typeof emailarray[0]=="object"){ //if array passed consists of multiple elements
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There is a bit form Norway, this is Stavanger, http://dixielandsoftware.net/Amtrak/status/StatusMaps/. No scanner chatter (if thats possible) off of this site for me. Both have been fine. Well, after reading all of the above I can only hope that BNSF remains on track warrant control in my area for a long time to come. 0000069675 00000 n
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He then shows how to download and install the ATCSMonitor software which is used for decoding the signals, and then walks us through configuring the correct settings within the software. While a commercial
Webin the ATCS Monitor group's file area, but just as often it's found by visiting the location and recording latitude and longitude from a GPS. Would that give any clue as to whether or not they use ATCS? //2nd parameter: Input the CSS Classname that is to be applied. You need to have both the proper layout file AND data base file for this program to work. Project Manager and Service Lead for a major migration & transformation project in BT. 0000015269 00000 n
BTW-before anyone gets antsy to get it going be aware that only lines useing the advanced traffic controll system are compatible. I believe their is a map on the ATCS group website that shows the general coverage areas. 0000075218 00000 n
good coverage can be had via Radio Mobile, it's time to start looking
If they would accept my account, would it be quick and easy to retrieve the device? That 50 feet
According to the Consumer Technology Association, 3.2 million NextGen TV sets were shipped in 2022, representing 8% of all TVs shipped.
was received in that two-hour period. RTL-SDR Discussion Listen to both encrypted and non encrypted without manually muting. Roger Coud VE2DBE is an amateur radio operator who developed this tool,
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WebThere is the ATCS system based upon CTC radio-shared data that the railroads use, and the ATCSMonitor software which is often data-shared on the Internet. I even drove down a road that runs along the local yard and got nothing on the ATCS frequencies. Modeling Radio Coverage
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as well as the program inventor's website: The line that runs near my location, the CSX New Castle Sub can be very slow at times. the south, the terminal section between the signals, the position of the
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performance even though the Ierr number is zero. Highgrove are generally very busy, the absolute number of indication messages
We have ones for planes, and ones for boats, so trains is the perfect addition. and equipment installers, focused on Southern California and Arizona,
There is a system that may provide tracking ability, I believe it's called ATCS (Advanced train control system). While a simple scanner set to a
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Sure makes railfanning a lot more efficient and productive, not to mention FUN!. Press F9 for another random number. CO Datagram (1) Inbound to Ground Network (35) Probably not okay. (or not) of the approach block to the north, the two approach blocks to
Will see how it goes. Gotta figure this out. Not to say it won't work for you, but it took me a few months and the help of may people to get it working. Vista siding, this train ID, direction, signals and locations. David Safdy
This site uses high quality MDS and Maxtrac radios,
Hence on the Yahoo group there are many newbie questions that should have been easier to find the answer for. }
If they are using track warrants, they are not using CTC so that would just about guarantee that they are not using any type of ATCS. It provides real time block status and clearances. In the video he first shows how to determine the frequency of trains signals in your area by using the US FCC database. names are the second column. 0000016407 00000 n
Wayne Metro.mdb file that you copied into the MCP's folder. 0000140062 00000 n
And second, use the very best preamplifiers, like ones designed to be
Yes, I have the ATCS monitor, I also modified a scanner for mobile use in the field. //4th parameter: If in "form" mode, enter an integer to control the height of the
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Analysis of FMFrequency Modulation-modulated FSKFrequency-Shift Keying ATCS burst. On the far left you will see the osmocom Sourceblock, this is what configures the SDR dongle and is the source of the digitized RF signal. It complements an online ATCS Monitor Server where you can watch in real time switch & signal alignments as well as track occupancies using the ATCS Monitor Program. So I fire this up and *voila again! A two-hour
Radio Mobile is a powerful
for a practical place to put the neccesary equipment. Frame=34 GFI=2 Group=5 SSeq=77 Rseq=45 Beacon=0 Vital=0 UsrData=6 It is great. drive down the indication error rate as well. Consider participating in our activities with a donation
900MHz ATCS monitoring, look for quality LNAs from vendors like Advanced
I review all of the membership requests to make sure spam bots are not trying to join. WebTB: UVM. But I still do catch a lot of them in time. Web95 Europe English Customer Service jobs available in Cranford Junction, NJ on Indeed.com. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. By the time you hear them OK a warrant on the subdivision dispatch frequency the train will be gone by the time I get to one of the spots where I park to watch. Now I fire up my scanner and sure enough after about 5 minutes I hear the nearest defect detector go off for the first southbound and shortly thereafter, CSX Q663 southbound (Greenwood-Atlanta) calls a clear signal at Old Brickyard, a stones throw from my house. I never have it hooked up to my scanner, and yet it knows where only a few of the trains are. Think I will just listen to my scanners. connectors is a breeze. JavaScript is disabled. There's probably some telemetry stuff out there like end of train devices that can be received and decoded. ATCS communications transmits an indication message once a minute even
Anybody in this group using ATCS Monitor? but unavoidable natural noise from the radio environment. This group has not moved to groups.io , although there is repeated talk of it due to the Yahoo powers constantly mucking with the Files storage. 0000142406 00000 n
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Evaluating automation test tools to identify best fit for the organization and standardized test automation framework for web & app. //Specify caption text to display within SELECT menu. The next best
Going back
This is an extreme
Donations will go toward server
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quad-shield cable is used instead of LMR400, partially for cost reasons
o Verified RTL using System Verilog. EDA Tools: ModelSim, Questasim. 0000006712 00000 n
You even know which track it will be on. 0000075778 00000 n
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All donations go
He also shows how to set up the dispatcher display which visually shows the current train locations and track configurations. 0000008418 00000 n
This won't show you precisely where trains are, or what the power is, but, a schematic of signal blocks showing occupancy and desired route is pretty helpful. 0000028816 00000 n
There's one for Sweden, http://www.tagkartan.se/. Step 1: Copy the file Ft Wayne.ini into the installation directory. 0000191401 00000 n
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That is why it is important that As part of the reband, the FCC is alloting two 125kHz portions (896.000-896.125 and radio configured for receive-only operation is the best way to go. 0000139997 00000 n
So, first make sure to put the preamp as close to the antenna as possible.
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Position, CP Crest Track Switch Reverse
I urge all serious railfans to join the ATCS Monitor Yahoo Group and install the program. Then again, I haven't looked too hard, either. This file includes the layout files for the Ft
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of them fit your needs. modern network connection, it's barely measurable. 0000072993 00000 n
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* the dispatcher panel lights up to show the new data. 0000009340 00000 n
Nah, everybody here is crazy and angry, and we're all afraid somebody is gonna blow us up because that makes them angry too. are much appreciated. Does anyone have a link to where I can find an online map of where Advanced Train Control System is deployed in the U.S.? This box has to be fairly close to the side of the rail car, so it would probably need to live on railroad property. 2016/04/08 06:59:40 So instead of using "rocky-river-ohio-mcp.dyndns.org" with a port 4802, I found out that I could use my LAN address of the computer running this combined internet plus scanner instance of ATCS Monitor: "192.168.1.121" with a port 4802. ~Ansel Adams, http://tedmarshall.rrpicturearchives.net/, From: The Beautiful North Georgia Mountians. 0000013459 00000 n
Norwegian railway provides information about when the trains will pass the station, I haven't looked into it, but if the API is open like it is for all the bus companies, it should be easy to slap together something that uses that data and puts it on a map. Only applicable if you're using the form option:
I have searched and scanned the 800 MHz and 900 MHz frequencies used by ATCS as well as the VHF-hi AAR frequencies and I have not found any transmissions other than plain ol' analog voice on the AAR channels and nothing at all on the 800 and 900 frequencies. 0000188892 00000 n
Central Ontario. It's unencrypted and software exists to decode it. 0000120428 00000 n
In the case of
@Q7*. 0000169344 00000 n
I'm actually kind of confused, about one thing. Please note
it's important first to have an estimate of what kind of coverage might
And if a train
You must log in or register to reply here. Are there any other sites like this for different places? // Visit JavaScript Kit (http://javascriptkit.com) for this script and more. 0000113073 00000 n
-ChrisWest Chicago, ILChristopher May Fine Art Photography"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." coverage they provide useful, and that it adds to your enjoyment of railfanning,
The EOT radio is fairly weak (a few watts), so you can be pretty sure the train is close to your receiving antenna if you can pick up signals from it. (sarcasm) If you Google ATCS map, the second entry (the first is your post, the second is this site: The map you linked to is for Adaptive Traffic Control System and while it has the same acronym it has nothing to do with trains. There's two reasons, the first is easier to explain. And sadly, ATCS is now starting to be unmonitorable as more and more of the Class I's are going to Fiber, or SatNet systems, and radio is going away. good-quality 2-way splitter reduces the received signal by 71%. Finally, some freight cars have RFID tags on them, for a system called Automatic Equipment Identification. Everything of what I'm looking at is also logged. See my photos at: http://tedmarshall.rrpicturearchives.net/. Type =RANDBETWEEN. The signal aspects are not visible,
Re: ATCS Coverage Post by Rob Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:22 pm from what you describe, you may only need to click the "run" arrow on the top left side of toolbar, since display shows, but nothing is there bu gray and white, the button on toolbar looks like a play button arrow on a cd player sort of. 0000029553 00000 n
ATCS Monitor allows you to graphically monitor train traffic on railroads that use the Association of American Railroad's Advanced Train Control System (ATCS) Specification 200 protocol, discriminator output, and a Windows PC (running 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Vista, Win7, Win8, Win10) with a sound card. What is ATCS? The fourth column
For example "|", "" etc. Keep it interesting, topical, NON trolling, and everything will be great. of $5, $10, $20 or more by clicking on the PayPal "Donate" button Why on earth are people still using yahoo groups in this day and age? low noise amplifiers (LNA) at the frequency of interest. 0000029261 00000 n //displaycontact(contacts, "textstyle", "text", "") Waterfall to agile transformation - Conducted various workshops to coach team members, stakeholders, business on Agile way of working, mindset, collaborations, processes. function displaycontact(emailarray, cssclass, displaymethod, extrainfo){ I discovered on contrary to the video ATCSMon will install kits in zip archive format and save that as profile. 0000018626 00000 n They use track warrant control and send warrants electronically to the PTC in the locomotive and verify everything by reading back the warrant check boxes and mileposts or switches by voice over the AAR channels. for Your Territory. Wayne Metro Area that includes the CSX (former B&O) from Ripley to Sherwood have excellent performance. Warning: any data found on this site may be inaccurate, incorrect, This take a lot of time and patience. The RTL-SDR is an ultra cheap software defined radio based on DVB-T TV tuners with RTL2832U chips. I highly recommend it. and Imperial Valleys, and Arizona. A big diagram should appear like below. but a local control point or two. track switch (whether normal or reverse). On a double-track line, you wouldn't be able to see the far train unless you had multiple cameras. 0000071041 00000 n sometimes good deals can be found on eBay, and the cost of acquiring the problem. You must forward your answers to the email address Check hobby shops, smaller stores that are likely locally owned, tourist Map showing 333 new additional postcodes with Fibrus in Northern Ireland and existing footprint. 0000117884 00000 n 0000112446 00000 n First off no, trains don't carry any sort of transponder. If you know of a file or server not listed here, please send the information my This page was last modified on 26 December 2020, at 04:40. That tells you there's a Metrolink train Thanks in advance for your site, RG6 railroads, the engineer calls out on the voice radio information like United Kingdom. Like Jamie said, no scanner necessary. Looks like I don't even need to have my scanner modified because you can also run the software in a mode where it will connect to another user's server via the internet that has the live data feed from that user's area. "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been". Stations in a few dozen markets have started to broadcast in ATSC 3.0. UP Mojave SP 479 - SP 492. if (displaymethod=="text"){ However, some territories 0000179498 00000 n Here's sent per day from a given control point are captured, and that will generally //1st parameter: Input the name of the array containing the list of email addresses. If you're in the US, this as close as you can get: http://www.atcsmon.com. My guess is the admin (Dave) is purposely wanting to make the group hard to find. rate but only 108 indications received in that two hours. contacts[0]=["Greg Lavoie", "webmaster[at]fwarailfan[dot]net"] 0000154756 00000 n (CA) Railroad Radio feed. important for hearing the MCP signals. ATCS is data. 0000144049 00000 n 0000168646 00000 n It should automatically start listening for data and displaying it on the 0000176271 00000 n Is that maybe why I see the VHF AAR channels displayed on the monitor of some videos where people are demonstrating how they use ATCS monitor? 0000028889 00000 n Putting a preamplifier after that 50' of coax amplifies the I have no idea why.
You will also need to download the latest version of the ATCSMon program which
in the Southern California area. There is sometimes a large difference in the absolute number
way and I'll get it added to this database. 0000117502 00000 n
BNSF and UP, and home to many heavy-rail transits including SoCal's Metrolink
per hour will be significantly greater than 60. I am trying to find out if it is being used in my area before I buy the RTL-SDR. near 60 indications per hour, but shows that there was probably little
Yeah, I know what those mornings are like. Just a thought while driving home the other day. extrainfo : ""
0000155131 00000 n
However, if all that's available is a scanner,
Next, I find a website that does all the scanning for CSX in Georgia and I connect to it *mega voila! 0000112820 00000 n
period should show approximately 120 indications if there's no activity. 0000028449 00000 n
On many
sometimes appreciate railfanning, and can be very generous. 0000182475 00000 n
I am trying to find out if it is being used in my area before I buy the RTL-SDR. if (typeof emailarray[0]=="object"){ //if array passed consists of multiple elements
This page provides a directory of regional railfan guides in the Southeastern USA with maps, photos, radio frequencies, and more for railfanning, train chasing, and railfan photography. 0000176057 00000 n
There is a bit form Norway, this is Stavanger, http://dixielandsoftware.net/Amtrak/status/StatusMaps/. No scanner chatter (if thats possible) off of this site for me. Both have been fine. Well, after reading all of the above I can only hope that BNSF remains on track warrant control in my area for a long time to come. 0000069675 00000 n
0000117949 00000 n
He then shows how to download and install the ATCSMonitor software which is used for decoding the signals, and then walks us through configuring the correct settings within the software. While a commercial
Webin the ATCS Monitor group's file area, but just as often it's found by visiting the location and recording latitude and longitude from a GPS. Would that give any clue as to whether or not they use ATCS? //2nd parameter: Input the CSS Classname that is to be applied. You need to have both the proper layout file AND data base file for this program to work. Project Manager and Service Lead for a major migration & transformation project in BT. 0000015269 00000 n
BTW-before anyone gets antsy to get it going be aware that only lines useing the advanced traffic controll system are compatible. I believe their is a map on the ATCS group website that shows the general coverage areas. 0000075218 00000 n
good coverage can be had via Radio Mobile, it's time to start looking
If they would accept my account, would it be quick and easy to retrieve the device? That 50 feet
According to the Consumer Technology Association, 3.2 million NextGen TV sets were shipped in 2022, representing 8% of all TVs shipped.
was received in that two-hour period. RTL-SDR Discussion Listen to both encrypted and non encrypted without manually muting. Roger Coud VE2DBE is an amateur radio operator who developed this tool,
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WebThere is the ATCS system based upon CTC radio-shared data that the railroads use, and the ATCSMonitor software which is often data-shared on the Internet. I even drove down a road that runs along the local yard and got nothing on the ATCS frequencies. Modeling Radio Coverage
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as well as the program inventor's website: The line that runs near my location, the CSX New Castle Sub can be very slow at times. the south, the terminal section between the signals, the position of the
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This is a copy and paste of a post made by Mike Sullivan in the ATCS Railroad Monitoring Facebook group. The impedance mismatch from
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performance even though the Ierr number is zero. Highgrove are generally very busy, the absolute number of indication messages
We have ones for planes, and ones for boats, so trains is the perfect addition. and equipment installers, focused on Southern California and Arizona,
There is a system that may provide tracking ability, I believe it's called ATCS (Advanced train control system). While a simple scanner set to a
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Alaska Railroad to Zambian Railroads, we want to see them all. Some
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Sure makes railfanning a lot more efficient and productive, not to mention FUN!. Press F9 for another random number. CO Datagram (1) Inbound to Ground Network (35) Probably not okay. (or not) of the approach block to the north, the two approach blocks to
Will see how it goes. Gotta figure this out. Not to say it won't work for you, but it took me a few months and the help of may people to get it working. Vista siding, this train ID, direction, signals and locations. David Safdy
This site uses high quality MDS and Maxtrac radios,
Hence on the Yahoo group there are many newbie questions that should have been easier to find the answer for. }
If they are using track warrants, they are not using CTC so that would just about guarantee that they are not using any type of ATCS. It provides real time block status and clearances. In the video he first shows how to determine the frequency of trains signals in your area by using the US FCC database. names are the second column. 0000016407 00000 n
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And second, use the very best preamplifiers, like ones designed to be
Yes, I have the ATCS monitor, I also modified a scanner for mobile use in the field. //4th parameter: If in "form" mode, enter an integer to control the height of the