WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

I've noticed, and more often than not they have issues with IRIS too and just end up using the radio.

AR number seems to be related to ambulance responses. Oscar 1 requested the AR number from a Tango and they gave the current date and, what I assume, was a CAD job number or incident number, as well as the destination of the ambulance. "Tango xx, Tango xx, Oscar 1." "Tango xx, recievi...

SurfCom may not be encrypted, but it seems like there's encrypted traffic going over the Florida repeater. Sync: +DMR mod: C4FM inlvl: 53% [slot0] slot1 Unknown burst type: 1101 Sync: +DMR mod: C4FM inlvl: 32% slot0 [slot1] MBC Sync: +DMR mod: C4FM inlvl: 21% [slot0] slot1 PI Header Sync: +DMR mod: ...

3rd alarm scrub fire on Paganoni Freeway. Air intel mobilised.

Looking to get into shortwave, so just looking for a cheap receiver to start. My budget is about $80. Ideally can receive between 2 and 20 MHz. Not picky about where it ships from. Cheers.

Bushfire in Wundowie with properties under immediate threat. Multiple air support enroute. https://www.emergency.wa.gov.au/#map/incident/1924182 Air appliances: - Bomber 602 - Spotter 646 - Helitack 671 - Helitack 674 - Air intel (VH-EGU) - 7 News helicopter? (Heading towards the fireground, it seem...

Bushfire with properties under threat in Ellenbrook and Bullsbrook, along Ellenbrook road.

3rd alarm tree, grass, srub fire at Patterson Road x Charles Street. Air support requested and Firebird 661 is on scene. Crews have requested a media release for heavy smoke in the area and Police for traffic control. No property under threat currently. 1557: Belmont ICV and Air Intel are enroute 16...

3rd alarm structure fire at ENDEAVOUR RD HILLARYS.
CLP, SET and DO West Coastal were mobilised at 2nd alarm status.
Daglish 1st is incident controller.

1143: CLP stood down as crews got access to roofspace

What colour codes do SLS use? I have timeslot 1 and CC 1 programmed in and I get traffic on the SurfCom talkgroup, but I'm mainly wanting to listen to the local communications.

Bushfire Emergency Warning in Cataby, multiple appliances have been mobilsed for asset protection at this point.
Incident appears to be a tree grass scrub at the Iluka Mine Site, Brand Highway and Caro Road.

Guide for setting up POCSAG decoder on Linux Tested on Ubuntu 18.04.3 and macOS 10.15 Catalina with an RTL820T2 SDR. 1. sudo apt update 2. sudo apt install rtl_sdr netcat sox gqrx 3. Clone this repository to the home folder git clone https://github.com/EliasOenal/multimon-ng.git and cd into it 4. T...

So from what I made out from your comment then, the orange vest officers are the PTA Train Security, and the yellow WAPOL-like vested officers are Wilson bus security? I was under the assumption that PTA had both their own employee's and contracted Wilson staff. I'll be the 4th message to admit my f...

Today atleast, callsign Victor and code 0. Victors are Transit Officers who ride the trains during the day. They are the day version of Tangos who are TOs who ride the trains at night. There is no code zero it is more likely you heard someone phrase a different code as "code zero-one" &qu...

What's the frequency for the busses in Mandurah/Rockingham?