WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

dazla wrote:I find what I need at dick smith most of the time, I have bought a bit of stuff on ebay too and saved allot of money doing it.

Dick smith are pulling out of the radio hobbiest gear now... hard to find good stuff there. Even their range of CB gear is pretty average now.

A few times I've heard myself called up on the police enquiry while the police car behind me stopped me with his blue and red party lights going... lucky that fella was cleanskin and they let him go with his traffic fine

Try 485.400

Repeater is up on Central Park tower in the CBD so should be fairly easy to hear

Main UHF channel is 466.075

The security cars all have long low band VHF antennas on them (Edsec have two 70Mhz repeaters in Perth). Perhaps the UHF channel is for portables?

dazla wrote:Anything with an "A" in front of it is a general traffic car now. Apparently it got too confusing???

eg. AJ205, AG205, AV205, etc, etc

Or maybe the general traffic cars aren't tied to a particular district or station anymore, like the freeway patrol cars?

What is the best frequency for ST John south of river, in the kardinya/melville area??? Not that its that interesting except when they say "Central depot Priority 1 in Rockingham" :shock: The SJA radio system is actually linked together in a big network covering the entire metro area. The...

dazla wrote:Gavin I cant get these links to work mate??

I know. I've been asked not to put them here anymore

Discussion is fine but the lists are not. Sorry.

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The lists are now back

I rekon Mobile one is a good place to get indoor and outdoor scanner antennas. Dick smith used to stock them but I dunno of any Australia wide dealers, but they do mail order...

http://www.mobileone.com.au

This is a really frequently FAQ! :-) As far as I know, and from the many people who have emailed me both with this question and various answers, the consensus seems to be: The new WA Police job codes that have a 4 as the first digit are just the same as the old 3xx job codes, but it's now a priority...

WA Amateur Radio Repeater List

http://warg.waus.net/general.htm

Courtesy WA Repeater Group

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