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- Mon Aug 29, 2016 2:45 pm
- Forum: DFES/DBCA
- Topic: WA SES VHF Channels
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11398
Re: WA SES VHF Channels
Not sure where you heard that from? At the 2015 Kalgoorlie Challenge, Comms stand. One of the questions was: "What frequencies [Sic] are the new SES channels on." The answer was: "VHF" I got that wrong, as I guessed it was in the 400MHz band, but they stated VHF. I've also heard...
- Mon Aug 29, 2016 2:20 pm
- Forum: General Scanning
- Topic: Pager Freqs
- Replies: 33
- Views: 71775
Re: Pager Freqs
Just saw this hilarious page:
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- Sun Aug 28, 2016 8:01 pm
- Forum: DFES/DBCA
- Topic: WA SES VHF Channels
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11398
WA SES VHF Channels
Hi folks, I was wondering what the new SES VHF , (not the current UHF ) channels are? It's been well known for over a year that DFES would be getting and assigning these channels. I still have not seen them. I'm assuming they are going to reassign some un-used WAERN general channels to WAERN-SES use...
- Sun Aug 28, 2016 5:42 pm
- Forum: DFES/DBCA
- Topic: Tracking of Fire Appliances
- Replies: 15
- Views: 38075
Re: Tracking of Fire Appliances
It's been a while since I've logged on, but as far as SES/WAERN radios go, the GPS antennas are plugged in and working. We can also have a co-ordinate readout displayed on the vehicle radio's display, but we generally use handheld 'hiking' type GPS units like the Garmin e-trex 10, etc for that, so i...
- Sun Aug 28, 2016 4:12 pm
- Forum: CB Radio
- Topic: Uniden UH8080 S 80 Channel UHF CB Radio
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12359
Re: Uniden UH8080 S 80 Channel UHF CB Radio
Assuming it's one of these: http://www.prestigecom.net.au/Uniden-UH8080-NB-80-Channel-UHF-CB-Radio-5-Year-Warranty Then yeah, looks like a great little combo to whack into a fourbie. But there is a caveat: Other than SES and UHF WAERN, there is not much else to listen to on the 400-520MHz spectrum o...
Re: Dodgy
If he could get a stolen WAERN radio, chances are, that's how the system was interfered with at parkerville and several others.
- Thu Jan 07, 2016 12:15 pm
- Forum: Major fires and incidents
- Topic: Significant Bush Fires 2015/16
- Replies: 59
- Views: 109708
Re: Significant Bush Fires 2015/16
The issue with Waroona is that it is generating Pyro-Cumulus cloud. This is bad, as the Pyrocu gets big enough to become its own storm cell, generating dry lightning, and further spreading the fire with added ignition sources from the lightning and strong winds at the base of the cell. It's also spr...
- Sun Jan 03, 2016 2:07 pm
- Forum: Amateur Radio
- Topic: Standard Licence
- Replies: 113
- Views: 90564
Re: Standard Licence
Good call. I was thinking about getting a copy of that.
Do you happen to know of any online resources, however?
Do you happen to know of any online resources, however?
- Sun Jan 03, 2016 1:43 pm
- Forum: Amateur Radio
- Topic: Standard Licence
- Replies: 113
- Views: 90564
Re: Standard Licence
I'm thinking of skipping the whole F call business and going straight for a standard.
I'll need to brush up on my Electronic Engineering, Antenna design, regs etc.
Does anyone know of any newer books/resources for this?
I'll need to brush up on my Electronic Engineering, Antenna design, regs etc.
Does anyone know of any newer books/resources for this?
- Sat Jan 02, 2016 1:05 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: WA Police GW150
- Replies: 1
- Views: 10159
Re: WA Police GW150
I've never seen that before. Looks a lot like the London police setup I saw the other year.
- Wed Dec 09, 2015 11:34 am
- Forum: FAQs and general frequency lists
- Topic: Using Baofeng here in WA
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15615
Re: Using Baofeng here in WA
I may or may not have the UV82C (Has VFO code lockout and is used as a scanner only). Don't TX. Don't do anything stupid. Respect the spectrum.Turbo wrote:I'm confident you would have absolutely nothing to worry about in possessing this radio unless you start transmitting on it.
- Mon Dec 07, 2015 5:42 pm
- Forum: DFES/DBCA
- Topic: News: 90% of WA at bushfire risk
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7811
Re: News: 90% of WA at bushfire risk
:/ This is not good news. But it's the right move for him to say this.
It should hopefully mean people prepare this year.
It should hopefully mean people prepare this year.
- Thu Dec 03, 2015 5:48 pm
- Forum: Industry
- Topic: News: NSW to sell off surplus emergency comms infrastructure
- Replies: 1
- Views: 10236
Re: News: NSW to sell off surplus emergency comms infrastruc
To me, that reads as:vk6hgr wrote:slimming down network infrastructure by removing duplication
removing any safety margin or any redundancies that could help in an emergency
- Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:57 pm
- Forum: General Scanning
- Topic: Chinese Aerospace tracking ship in Fremantle
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9744
Re: Chinese Aerospace tracking ship in Fremantle
That would explain the conspiracy theories on facebook about china attacking AUS.
- Fri Nov 27, 2015 3:24 pm
- Forum: DFES/DBCA
- Topic: Deployable Scanner idea
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6699
Re: Deployable Scanner idea
They have just released a very small variant that will run for a week off a 9v battery.matth2004 wrote:
I think a Raspberry Pi with an SDR dongle would do nicely if you were to go ahead.