WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

If i were to buy it, could i use it only up to channel 80 just in my house, without getting in trouble? No. Not under any circumstance. It is illegal to own and it is illegal to operate. Mate your an idiot, it's only illegal to use, not fricken own. I have contacted both the radio communications, a...

I won't use them, but today i looked up the channels that are used and their frequencies in the range of the CB radios them self, and there is not 1 place using the frequency or channel associated with the radios them self, so (and don't go through telling me all the laws etc, i already know :P) wh...

Ok i want to buy the Baofeng UV-5R, it is from china, 5W and i understand you can't use the channels past 80, and it has 128. If i were to buy it, could i use it only up to channel 80 just in my house, without getting in trouble? because i want a good radio, and the only cheap ones are from china. H...

nra555 wrote:You wont get a hand held (regardless of your budget) that will do 10km without thousands of dollars worth of infrastructure in the form of a repeater.

Got 1 bro

You won't go that far unless both ends are reallllllly high up. Well i live in the Joondalup area, and have 2 of the 10km+ UHF CB radios, my mum went driving around 2- 3km and i Received a minimum contact, It has great quality from 1-2km in the city area, so give it a try, I'm always on channel 10,...

I just picked up myself a CB radio from Dick smith, the brand is Uniden and it is handheld, i just want to see what range i would get with it, it has 10KM+ on box, but seeing I'm in city i just want to see what range i would get, If anyone is in the Joondalup area, go onto channel 10 and talk, if i ...

The maximum legal power that a CB radio can transmit is 5 watts. So if you get one of those, however far it gets is however far it gets. As Robbage says, a handheld "walkie talkie" style radio with a little antenna on it won't get the same performance as a "base station" type wi...

ok so i am looking for a decent- ranged handheld CB radio (at least 10km+) and i have only $57.51 to spend, it must preferably be in Australia, and even someone on this site could sell it to me, if possible, respond before the end of this week

ok so i am looking for a decent- ranged handheld CB radio (at least 10km+) and i have only $57.51 to spend, it must preferably be in Australia, and even someone on this site could sell it to me, if possible, respond before the end of this week

The only way you're going to get 18 miles with a handheld like that under normal conditions is on the ocean. 18 miles is more or less from you to the horizon.. probably further. I've got a lot further using 2 watts but that was with a good quality antenna mounted about 4 metres above the roof. Your...

I know right! very curious, I am kinda merging out of the CB radio faze now, the prices are too high and i think that they are too short of a talk range for the money, e.g. i got them LXT 118 from USA for $31 including shipping, they are normally $20, and they go 18 miles. And they're like 0.5 watt...

so i was wondering, if someone uses a CB radio from America, and it is using a different frequency, (not 476-477mhz), but not a frequency that anyone in the area uses, no police, no companies and no emergency channels etc. Then who would report them, and how the hell does the technology work that a...

so i was wondering, if someone uses a CB radio from America, and it is using a different frequency, (not 476-477mhz), but not a frequency that anyone in the area uses, no police, no companies and no emergency channels etc. Then who would report them, and how the hell does the technology work that al...

Just off topic, does anyone know any sites (preferably in china) where I can buy multiple cool gadgets and get them all shipped in one package? Little cool, working cheap gadgets? I already know about: alibaba, dhgate, c2offer, eBay- obviously and yeah. If there are any cool little gadgets on them o...

Gotta keep an eye on those dodgy ice cream vans, that's why! :) Just off topic, does anyone know any sites (preferably in china) where I can buy multiple cool gadgets and get them all shipped in one package? Little cool, working cheap gadgets? I already know about: alibaba, dhgate, c2offer, eBay- o...