WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

Equipment installed in Albany, Broome, Karratha, Geraldton... wont be long now people

"A lot of it comes down to training too. Most of the HF gear is sitting in Country Police Stations gathering dust. Many 'dead spots' across the State could easily be overcome by using the right gear - HF or Sat Phone's. As I have siad previously, PAC have a dedicated Country / HF Op but they te...

oh i think that antenna looks like a fantastic install. i think the guy who put it there should get a pat on the back :D Its even got one of those cool reverse camera monitors in the rear vision mirror to make it easy. and apparently will do about 160km.. but doesnt stop too well :) From memory it i...

Whats the deal with the prac? if you have had ur licence longer then 5 yrs then u have to do that as well? What type of practical is it? or do they change it up? I looked into getting mine upgraded thru prior learning (being a Tech by trade) but it seems like even more work then just going for the e...

And there was a technician vacancy out there just last month. less then 70k yr but u get to live in exmouth which aint so bad

all the emergency services have rebroadcast systems through the tunnel, commercial and CB repeaters how ever do not. all the FM and AM broadcast channels are re transmitted through there as well. there is also a dedicated computer in the comms room with win radio so the techs can monitor the comms i...

i love these sort of things. they think if ya chuck it in the news then magicly the next day its all going to be done. 200+ country repeater sites.. plus the bases and vehicles its a big job that req big money which has to come from some other place. in my town they recently had some new equipment f...

a while back 14 cars were fitted out with full TADIS in them but instead of the AVL modem they would use in the city a NextG modem was used. Trial worked well, down fall is that they once again rely on someone elses network and if something fails its out of there hands. ooohhhh Country Digital is so...

Yes indeed i can confirm its unencrypted. For those of us lucky to have a P25 scanner its coming in loud and clear!! I Edit: Main callsigns i saw were as follows: 703 863 - Command 703 119 - GC119 703 118 - GC118 703 861 - GC861 703 400 - 400 (no letters) 703 401 - 401 (no letters) For Future Refer...

For Sale - Simoco PRM8030 UW (450-520Mhz) This is the last of the PRM80 series (Black Body). This radio only had 3 of the "leaky Type" caps which have been replaced. I am selling this radio as a kit. Included is.. 1 PRM8030 UW body 1 6 digit Control head 1 NEW Speaker (still in box) 1 Stan...

For Sale. 4x Icom IC F4GS 1x Icom IC F43GS - missing vol knob 5x BP209 batteries (suit F4GS) 1x BP 231 (suit F43GS) 2x BC 119N Charger Pockets 1x mains Power Pack for charger pocket. Radio's are 470-500 Mhz These radio's come as is . i am not going to program them. I live up North West Aust so about...

yeah that would have been my guess.. 22 and 23 are locked out or removed or something. cheap n nasty.

I remember almost every day when driving to and from work i would hear/ talk with him on 2m. sad to know he has passed on.

2009 really does suck, my close friend vk6jmt mike truscott passed away on new yrs day as well.

http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/ The Oceania DX contest is held on the first two full weekends of October: PHONE: 08:00 UTC Saturday 3 October to 08:00 UTC Sunday 4 October CW: 08:00 UTC Saturday 10 October to 08:00 UTC Sunday 11 October For anyone interested. im going to participate in the Phone c...

20 and 15m pretty active here in the North West today. and the last couple of nights on 20m with a bit of Russia and japan heard. It sounds like HF is on the up and up yay look out DX here i come.