WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

I'm not familiar with them. How do they fix to the roof and will they support a 2 or 3 metre mast with an antenna? The weight won't be much but the lateral stress from wind could be a factor if it's anchored to tiles. "should" be ok. There would be a fair amount of wind resistance from a ...

Bonez wrote:
Last I knew (a few years back) that was down, and has been down since. Unless those listings have been updated, then AFAIK it's still down.Please, prove me wrong

Ok you are wrong . I just heard the repeater ident.

It was returned to service last year, I think. Either that or 2006.

Phil

sparkytoadie_newlogon wrote:gents,

silly question, not sure if it has been answered.

what i the vw wagon that is seen on the freeway simply with the words private ambulance in it.

thanks

Could it have been Advance Life Ambulance Service based in Rockingham?

http://www.alas.com.au/ambulance.htm

Phil...

Slipknot, I will be spending all of next week in Bunbury. I will be on the Mt Saddleback repeater from time to time. My callsign is VK6FBNZ.. Why wouldn't you use 146.650? Thats in Bunbury according to all the listings?? Cheers, CC 8) Not much activity on the in town repeater on 146.650. Would thin...

For now, im just using a scanner to listen to the amateur bands but i cant get anything, no becons, no repeaters, no singals at all on the amateur bands. Depending where you are, you should be able to hear the Mt William repeater on 146.900MHz. If not, put the input frequency of 146.300MHz in your ...

I hope more of these places like VK6NX's business hamshack.com.au come out of the woodwork... Someone mention joke's or joker's before?? :lol: Did you try Jaycar? They still carry RF Connectors... Cheers, CC 8) Altronics also have a small range of RF connectors. Mainly for RG58 and similar sized co...

WPXZBP wrote:I miss DO-17 (DOVE). Could hear it on a handheld and decode the packet data. *sigh*

MIR *sigh* could see it and hear it
Oscar 10...hours of fun *sigh*

the list goes on.

Lol, Agknowlaging everyones replies , Thanks everyone, even the one about the australian coathanger. Nice one Blinky! Does anyone know what satelites can be hit from australia? orbating or sationary over Aus. If they are up there and their status is operational then they can be heard or worked. The...

LOL Thats a Coat hanger, Really does that work? With a little modification it would do as a UHF, and has been many times, no doubt. I was being a smartarse though. A replacement AM/FM antenna on the car also. :lol: Ok..got a little off topic there I guess... so back to topic. here's my latest satel...

robbage wrote:

slipknot wrote:LOL Thats a Coat hanger, Really does that work?

With a little modification it would do as a UHF, and has been many times, no doubt. I was being a smartarse though.

A replacement AM/FM antenna on the car also.

WPXZBP wrote:Yes RG213 and RG214 are both 50Ω cables.

Oh and it's Northern Corridor Radio Group - there's only one corridor in the name.

Doh! I should have stuck with calling it the NCRG

Hi all. Im chasing a store that sells RG213 Cable for a reasonalble price by the meter or by rolls. Ive tried Prestige, alltronics, Dicksmith and jaycar electronics. A store that is within WA. Thanks Guys. There's a Hamfest on 3rd August in Perth. In past years coax has been available for sale ther...

Can any one help! I would like some feed back on Winradio or ICOM type computer assisted receivers/ tranceivers. They are priced in the $1,500:00 to $2,000 bracket. Most modern transceivers are able to be computer controlled. As mentioned by Gavin more info is required. I also have an old CB radio ...