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Wanting to buy a scanner
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:06 pm
by Nemo
Hi,
I'm in the market for a new scanner but not sure wich one would suit my needs. I'm wanting to listen to my work radio which is on a repeater system from Collie to Boddington. Our work raidio's are motorola maxtrac units so I'm guessing we broadcast in VHF??? I have a list of frequencies from the uniden business frequency search site
www.uniden.com.au/v3/search_page.htm and I'm sure one of the following frequencies will be the one I'm after
471.2750,471.500, 875.0125,35.0300
My question is what would be a reasonably good priced unit that would take these freqencies?
My old Realistic scanner that I use to listen to the fuzz won't except these frequencies. Any info appreciated..........Nemo.
Re: Wanting to buy a scanner
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:18 pm
by vk6hgr
Nemo wrote:Hi,
I'm in the market for a new scanner but not sure wich one would suit my needs. I'm wanting to listen to my work radio which is on a repeater system from Collie to Boddington. Our work raidio's are motorola maxtrac units so I'm guessing we broadcast in VHF??? I have a list of frequencies from the uniden business frequency search site
www.uniden.com.au/v3/search_page.htm and I'm sure one of the following frequencies will be the one I'm after
471.2750,471.500, 875.0125,35.0300
Hi Nemo.
Welcome aboard!
My guess would be the 471.2750 and 471.5000 frequencies are the main UHF repeaters. Most scanners will cover those frequencies and if you're close enough you might not even need an outdoor antenna.
If 35.0300 is a repeater, then you'll definitely need a good outdoor antenna designed for HF/HF low band to hear it.
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:45 pm
by Bonez
Hi Nemo
You'd be far better off checking the ACMA website at
www.acma.gov.au and going into the Radcomms database.
You can then search for the repeater site itself by postcode, location and a heap of other things.
Once you have got the listing up and you are sure it's the correct one, then let us know what the frequency is and we can help you choose the right scanner.
Cheers
Bonez
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:24 pm
by JG-103
I was goin to suggest the UBC 92XLT but i dont know if it will be able to pick up 35.0300
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:38 pm
by Nemo
Thanks for your response guys. The company I'm trying to listen to is Worsley Alumina with there refinery in collie and the mine in boddington, they have a 50km conveyor witch runs between the two carrying bauxite. They definately use a repeater system but on wich band I'm not sure. Here is there full list of frequencies but some of these won't go into my hand held scanner and the ones that do are all refinery based radio's or mine based radio's.
35.0300 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6390
37.0300 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6390
38.7250 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
38.8250 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
38.9250 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6390
39.4750 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
39.5750 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
39.6750 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6390
453.8250 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
453.8500 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
453.8750 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
453.9500 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
454.0500 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
454.3000 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6390
454.3000 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
454.4500 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6390
454.8250 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
455.1000 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
455.1000 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6390
455.5500 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
455.8500 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
463.3250 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
463.3500 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
463.3750 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
463.4500 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
463.5500 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
463.8000 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6390
463.8000 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
463.9500 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6390
464.3250 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
464.6000 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
464.6000 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6390
465.0500 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
465.3500 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
469.5750 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd
471.2250 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
471.2250 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
471.2750 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
471.2750 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
471.4500 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
471.4500 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
471.5000 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
471.5000 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6225
857.0125 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6390
857.0125 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6390
857.0125 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6390
857.0125 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6390
857.0125 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6390
857.0125 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6390
857.0125 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6390
857.0125 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd WA 6390