WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

Hey all, Looking for a scanner... no real purpose.. Just wouldn't mind listening to various frequencies at big events and festivals etc. Do most security companies have digital or encrypted ranges? I am looking at either the UBC73XLT or UBC93XLT. The main difference seems to be the number of bands a...

I bought these: http://www.uniden.com.au/AUSTRALIA/p_uh047sx2_index.asp I mainly brought them for work (surveillance across short distances - which they do very well) but I wouldnt mind having some fun with radio, too. I can see that there is a lot of learning to be done, with some of the words you ...

So I went and bought those 1watt handheld’s that I posted about a few days ago and I am very happy with the range. Plugged them in and found very little activity on any of the channels (which is good for me, I guess. :P) but I did notice channel 1 had these two guys chatting for quite a while on it ...

Evesdropping isnt really a problem (its nothing mission critical, or overly interesting either!!).

If I were to get the 1W ones, which says the range is 6kms line of site.. What am I likely to see in an urban environment? All I require is a few hundred meters. Will these do that easily?

I am going to be purchasing some walkie talkies in the next week or so, for security purposes. They will be used in suburban areas in and around houses, they will also be used in surrounding streets (to aid with surveillance), upto a few hundred meters away. How many watts is really required for thi...