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WASES HF Radio

Old Channel numbering Channel numbering as on new Codan radios
Frequency in KHz

Ch 1 2566 Ch 16
Ch 2 2569 Scan Ch 8
Ch 3 2575 Ch 17
Ch 4 3732 Scan Ch 9

Ch 5 3735 Ch 18
Ch 6 3746 Ch 19
Ch 7 4567 Ch 20
Ch 8 4570 Scan Ch 10

Ch 9 4576 Ch 21
Ch 10 5833 Scan Ch 11
Ch 11 7330 Scan Ch 12 ...

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/15109102/firefighters-critically-injured-in-fire/
Two female firefighters are being flown to Perth with severe burns after a fire at Two Peoples Bay near Albany this afternoon.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service is being sent to fly the women to Perth for ...

ch 112 for high band is different to your picture.
like this one for Gnowangerup
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b319/floppywhopper/100_1257.jpg
In my humble opinion the issue is channel numbering, personally I think they should have used channels 1 -1000 for VHF
and 1001 - 1500 for UHF ...

more buttons on a phone or TV remote

I think the current 2.4s have a good weight/water capacity/4wd capability ratio, you start having a similar sized truck with an extra 3000 lt onboard and crews will struggle in sand and steep terrain.
quite agree
did my BFB 4WD driving course out by Little Grove in Albany
was stunned to see fully ...

for those interested in WA Weather
there is a local weather forum
http://waweathergroup.com/forum/index.php

just a heads up that there is currently a search on in Kalgoorlie
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western ... 6247695594
Police and SES involved, possibly other agencies as well
also keep an eye out for HF radio

Sussex VBFB do exist
received a grant from Western Power
http://www.westernpower.com.au/aboutus/mediaCentre/mediaReleases/2010/Regional_Volunteer_Fire_Brigades_benefit_from_Grants_.html
also looking for members
http://www.busseltonmail.com.au/news/local/news/general/bushfire-mates-rewarded/2400431 ...

maybe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sussex_Land_District

knowing FESA they will put people on a one day course to speak on it
but wont show anyone how to actually use it

time starts now !

absolute truth, I kid you not
a FESA radio training sesssion here in Albany I attended as part of my BFS training
FESA guy walks in
"you guys all know how to use CB.... yeah ?"
crowd nods
ticks us all off
we all passed
so in the time it takes to read this
was about the length of ...

Joe Carr's Receiving Antenna Handbook
By Joseph Carr
http://www.dxing.com/tnotes.htm
is an excellent book for SW listening and DXing
and has plenty of ideas for people in tricky situations like high rise apartments
and on the page linked to are some pdfs to download


cheers

More Solar storms lately
for the Sept 25
http://spaceweather.com/
Active sunspot 1302 has turned the sun into a shortwave radio transmitter. Shock waves rippling from the sunspot's exploding magnetic canopy excite plasma oscillations in the sun's atmosphere. The result is bursts of static that may ...

this report from Norway is interesting
http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Rob-Stammes-Shockwave-sept.09-2011_1315582815.jpg
as well as noting strong ground currents from the Geo-magnetic storm
you will also see the storm made significant radio noise at VLF ...

Tuesday in New Mexico, amateur radio astronomer Thomas Ashcraft recorded some Solar Noise at 21 MHz from this solar event and put it on the net, spaceweather.com put it up here so you can listen
http://spaceweather.com/images2011/07sep11/puffs.mp3
it is interesting to note that this noise will ...