WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

RUSTY is at 29 deg 29.9 mins south, 117 deg 14.8 mins east.

I saw the police had gone to public tender for the overhaul and test of a Lycoming LTS 101 engine last week - meaning it's going to cost some money!

I don't know if there's anyone local who does this sort of work.

Saw this vehicle in traffic today - mighty impressive array of antennas!

The police service have had a variety of fixed-wing planes over the years: single and twin-engine Cessnas, a Beech Baron that was secured as a 'proceeds of crime' a Piper Chieftan, even a Partenavia Observer. Typically if the TRG was needed in a regional centre, they'd charter something like a King ...

What you've probably witnessed there is a phenomenom called 'ducting'. There's a very brief description at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_ducting

Here are the most commonly used VHF marine channels: 156.3000 Marine VHF Ch 06 156.3500 Marine VHF Ch 07 156.4000 Marine VHF Ch 08 156.4500 Marine VHF Ch 09 156.5000 Marine VHF Ch 10 156.5500 Marine VHF Ch 11 156.6000 Marine VHF Ch 12 Fremantle Port Authority control 156.6500 Marine VHF Ch 13 156.70...

For sure: it's an interest of mine and I've accumlated quite of lot of info (and frequencies) over the years.

Could it have been the word 'rising'?

I've flown with navy and RAAF chopper pilots and, unlike pilots from civilian backgrounds, some would say 'rising' or 'coming up' on the intercom as they were about to lift off.

I mightn't have explained it well enough: polair is tasked by VKI and takes part in police operations on the normal police channels. The airband frequency (131.6) is for communications between police aircraft and the air wing base, typically in relation to the operation of the aircraft.

The air reconnaisance helicopter is set up to look at a fire from high overhead and give the commanders on the ground an idea of where a fire's headed and where resources are needed, communicating simplex directly to the controller. It's not set up to actually 'bomb' fires. I don't know about this y...

The chopper communicates with VKI just like any other police vehicle - 131.6 is the police air wing's 'company' frequency for communicating between aircraft and their base during search operations and the like.

If you're keen to hear aviation traffic, get one that does 108-136mhz. If you're interested in hearing military aviation, get one that does 225-400mhz as well. Radios that do this UHF military aviation band (generally called 'continuous coverage) are not quite as common and, not surprisingly, more e...

Ah, yes, there are a few scanners around that don't do the 108-136mhz air band.

Keep an ear on 131.600 (AM).

Skyshow aircraft frequency is 127.900 (AM)