WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

Hello,

Does anyone have a Point-of-Interest File for Tom Tom, that has all of the fire stations around the State (CFRS, VFRS, BFS, etc) that they are willing to share?

If not does anyone have a database of them all with GPS coords so I can create one?

Thanks

Thanks, surprising how you miss it when it's not there.

Any idea when it might be back up?

Is the scanner working today? I can't connect for some reason.

http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/11/26/the-story-of-amatoya/

http://watoday.drive.com.au/motor-news/vehicle-design-in-the-line-of-fire-20100204-nfhi.html

Vehicle design in the line of fire
STEVE COLQUHOUN
February 5, 2010

Victoria's tragic Black Saturday fires have been the catalyst for ...

The formula that BoM use to calculate the forecast fire danger index is listed below:

Fire Danger Index Calculation McArthur Mk 4 Grassland Fire Danger Meter (as used by BoM 2009-2010)
GFDI = EXP(-1.523+1.027*LN(Q)-(0.009432*(100-C)^1.536)+0.02764*T+(0.6422*V^0.5)-0.2205*(RH)^0.5

where
Q = fuel ...

I have 163.2500MHz on the scanner in the car, and whilst it is great around the suburbs, I get terrible interference close to the City. It seems to cross a range of freq's as it comes up on 164.0000 as well.

Seems to be localised in the CBD as it starts near the Causeway and also Northbridge and ...