WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

Hi All,

Spotted in the paper today:

https://www.tenders.wa.gov.au/watenders ... ueryString}

Cheers.

Yep can sure tell it is Queens Park by all the burnouts on the road...!

How is the Codan long range antenna mounted?

Just a few questions on the Narrowband Radios such as Thu Nguyen, Radio Lollipop and Hellenic Radio : Why do these people bother to broadcast on the band that not many people have access to ? What I mean is that, common AM/FM Radios cannot listen to these broadcasts. Not even the Shortwave (World b...

VK6ZMS wrote:Noice !
Are you running an afterburner on the Byonics ?

30w Alinco amp I believe. Drive on the output of the Big Yellow Bee is wound down a bit so it won't cook.

hi. Unfortunately because its not my roof, the install must not be permanent and must be easily removed. Thats why im going for the pipe clamp. It will only have the small adsb antenna at the top and a thin airband antenna halfway down then the bandscanner antenna lower down. Use the existing screw...

From experience these roof vent pipes are quite thin walled and light duty. They are also not well anchored to the roof structure. Your ADS-B antenna will probably be OK, but with anything heavier they will bend and buckle in stronger winds if not guyed or braced. I would look at a couple of these s...

Ahhh, a trick for new (& old) players

What you are hearing is created by the IF in your scanner. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_frequency

440.300 - 21.4 (Scanner IF) = 418.900MHz.

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written_ficton wrote:Not correct, unless they were giving statements or a member of the deceased. There were officers talking to him with note books in hand so I am standing by statement from what I saw.

You may need to take a seat.

HL 101 wrote:HL 101 wrote:
That Police Officer with flip flops on ? thought they needed inclosed shoes


I do not think he was a serving officer. I believe he was a party of occupants of the train and was handed a high visability vest because of his location.

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Technically they shouldn't be capable of going over 10km/h.

See: http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/LBU_VS_IB_115.pdf

There is little interest in APRS at the moment in Bunbury. There is a digipeater in Bunbury but it does not communicate with the network. I can digipeat to VK6KSB if I do it manually but it does not resend APRS traffic. It might be a case of "build the network and the users will come". VK...

Brings a whole new meaning to North of the River being a hole...!