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Tony H posted:

Ok, I downloaded an app, Scanner Radioolice & fire.  It was a link from the Railroad Radio.net site.  It works, just curious, they have 5 frequencies that are labeled Union Pacific, with different locations.  If I wanted to hear talk with the 4014, would i just pick the location closest to where it is?

The locations are:

Pope County - Arkansas

Cole County - MO

Lincoln County - NE

Multiple Counties - CA

DuPage County - IL

Thanks

 

The county seat for Lincoln County, NE is North Platte, so when 4014 is in the vicinity you may be able to hear her. Bear in mind that the signal strength varies with stationary communications towers having the greatest reach, locomotive cab radios considerably less and handheld radio packs the least able to be heard over distances. Depends where the receiver setup is located and the antenna/radio quality.

West Chicago is in DuPage County, IL.  Again, what you may or may not be able to hear depends upon where the receiver setup is and the sensitivity of the antenna and radio.

Most of the online railroad streams monitor the road frequency in the local vicinity and sometimes dispatcher and yard frequencies as well. 

What you are hearing on that app is streaming audio of a radio scanner that has been digitized and shared on the internet. It's just like being in Chicago and listening to streaming audio of KTLA radio in Los Angeles via the Web.

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