WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

Thanks all for the info, I would not have known any of that stuff otherwise. I'll start with a scanner and see how keen I get.

Just buy a decent quality commercial portable and program in the frequencies as RX only. VHF and UHF is all you need, beats the audio quality of a scanner any day....
Thanks for the info guys, sorry to sound stoopid, but what do you mean when you say commercial portable? Any suggestions on makes ...

Thanks for the site.
I've been using scanner radio to monitor 6AR during fire events and I was hoping to buy a handheld to let me listen in on any local action. I live 25 km north of yanchep in a semi rural area where fire risk can be pretty high.
The reading I have done has posed a few questions ...