WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

Sounds like a really cool project numloxx, would be interested in seeing photos once the build is complete. I've never dived into the world of Pi's but I am seriously considering it after reading a few different things online recently. I've got a HTPC that runs VMware Workstation with a couple of Li...

Good viewing, thanks for sharing Gav.

What was the problem out of curiosity? Glad you got it working.

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What suburb/area are you in, and are you up high or down in a hollow?

Interesting listening tonight, buses calling Bus port Control on normal channels, only one sided conversations I'm guessing persons at the bus port were transmitting on talk around/simplex. Made the dispatchers job a lot harder hearing these calls on the same channel. What frequency were you hearin...

Your link is dead, looks like they changed it after originally publishing

http://www.itnews.com.au/news/wa-grants ... ers-409017

It should be fine to add more receivers, but if it were me I would think about upgrading that RG58 to RG213 if you have the opportunity to do so. You'll naturally get a bit of loss through the additional connectors and patch cables needed to connect those additional receivers, so with better quality...

These links may be of some use:

http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/site_ ... ID=9016561
http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/site_ ... ID=9008762

I saw one of these bikes this morning in Bentley, he was stopped right at the front of the lights and you could see him moving his head around the place trying to see if anyone was on their phones.

Good to see them out and about, a few more would be nice!

Just buy a cheap $10 antenna like the one in my picture. It picks up everything from 88 to 800 or so Mhz, so for $10, you have a good setup. You'll need a soldering iron and electrical tape for the inner core, and then use foil to keep the shield intact over the soldered area. What did you need to ...

I've got one of these dongles plugged into my HTPC and connected to our TV antenna on the roof. I have tried monitoring ADS-B signals, but the TV antenna isn't so good for that. In the 30 minutes or so I was tuned to the frequency it only detected 1 aircraft, whereas there were lots around the place...

Both of those antennas are 400-470Mhz, UHF CB is 476-477Mhz, so technically they are out of band. They will still work, but long term heavy use could do damage to the radio, and at the same time they won't work as good as an antenna tuned for 476-477Mhz. I would look around at other alternatives if ...

Hi Robert,

Not sure if you are aware, but this is a Western Australian forum (not Washington) so I'm not sure if you'll have any luck selling your radios here!

Interesting read. I do find it very hard to believe that they could replace the current analog network for $10 million... When government's put things to tender the prices get jacked right up compared to if it was a private sector company needing new radio equipment.

looks like no CB UHF: Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter - Busselton Communications: Mobile phone, Air-band radios, Marine VHF radio, WA Police radio http://surflifesavingwa.com.au/safety-rescue-services No, but if you ever get in trouble then a CB is going to be more help than nothing. Someone ca...