WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

Asking an amateur what's "best" is like asking a car enthusiast which car is "best"... You'll inevitably have the Holden supporters, the Ford supporters, and everything in between :P Two of the major players in the amateur radio market for HF radios are Yaesu and Icom. Examples ...

The short answer is "either or both". Direct worldwide communications are possible via radios that operate in the High Frequency (HF) band (which is the band between 3 and 30 MHz). Radio signals head up into the ionosphere and are bent back down towards the earth, giving HF radios a range...

Ive found 145.350 which often has a bunch of brits or yanks talking on it so im guessing its northern hemisphere chatters sometimes it goes quiet for a bit and sometimes i hear random morse code beeping on it every now and again. I have no idea how it works what am I listening to? from my user manua...

Thanks for your answers rob. much appreciated..

Not sure I need APRS since I dont know what it does anyway I think I want to try and communicate with people in say USA and Europe would I need 50mhz for that what is so special about 50 to 54 mhz that requires a different license?

well Ive been watching some youtube videos and like the idea of hiking up the hills. lobbing some massive antenna over some trees to contact people worldwide. what is better for worldwide communication? what is better for Australia wide? CB or vx-8dr? Do I want the best license you can get how much ...

The federal Radiocommunications Act says: Unlawful possession of radiocommunications devices 47. Subject to section 49, a person must not, without reasonable excuse, have a radiocommunications device in his or her possession for the purpose of operating the device otherwise than as authorised by: (...

I guess the obvious question is: are you a licence amateur radio operator? If not, do you want to be? why do I want to be a licensed radio amateur radio operator is it important? Since I seem to be getting the hang of this device and it looks like the software will make it really simple to set up...

Hi everyone im a newbie here and to amateur radio so im not sure if I have posted this in the right area so please bare with me. Ive received an xmas gift which is a yaesu vx-8dr transceiver. After some google searching and me being confused I ended up here. My problem is I dont know what I have bee...