WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

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thx for the reply, its nothing like that. i actually think its a faulty cable

maybe we all could get together to all pitch in to rent a chan

ya far too expensive for a small group of friends for chit chat lol..

vk6hgr wrote:

MidKnight123 wrote:yep i know about the lic. do you know what kinda of cost it is to rent a frequency? are the repeaters linked?

A commercial frequency...?

ya i think so?

yep i know about the lic. do you know what kinda of cost it is to rent a frequency? are the repeaters linked?

well im not sure yet? UHF CB does what i want, except range. With only the one repeater in wannaro area Chan1, its not usuable 1/2 the time because of the fuckwits on it, and my wife wont turn it on because im sure you can image what sort of comments are made when a female is on there. now i know ...

in the new couple of months i'm thinking about getting into VHF with some mates. I'd like to know from anyone that has done some tests with there UHF and VHF units on how far out they have been able to get out, "without a repeater", just using simplex. Im trying to decide whether it would be worth ...

Im thinking of getting on these to use in replacing my IC-41s, mostly because of the scrambler that can be used with the Icom 400PRO, so just wanting to hear from anyone that is using one of these radios on what your throughts are..

thanks

Just looking for anyones experiences on the GME 4705 model antenna for a bullbar mounted antenna?

I have just received my OPC478 cable to program my Icom IC-41S
handheld, but cant seem to get it to work, I keep getting the error
about the cant access com port error.

I have tried different COM ports without success, and I don't have a
problem with my Icom 400PRO.

Anyone have any other ...

so the repeater is basically the same as the uhf repeater, its shared for all users, except you wont have as many dickheads on it

comparing UHF CB operating on simplex and 2m also on simplex,what sort of range would the 2m give, and is it like uhf that if theres a hill in between the radios it shortens the range

Hi

Im new to the amateur side of things, havent got lic yet, im only starting to look into it. but my first question is, is a 2m radio any good? or is 70cm better way to go?

anyone got some ideas of cost without a repeater? with a repeater its very expensive