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Frequencies - RX vs TX

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Hi guys,

I printed out a pdf of the Police Frequency list for the metro area.

I column has RX - which is fine, and a second that says TX - are you able to listen to the TX frequencies ??????
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Re: Frequencies - RX vs TX

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gkoutlis wrote:Hi guys,

I printed out a pdf of the Police Frequency list for the metro area.

I column has RX - which is fine, and a second that says TX - are you able to listen to the TX frequencies ??????
Hi gkoutlis.

The RX frequencies (for the police, in the 458Mhz range) are the frequencies that the repeater listens to the cars on. If you can hear a car on the RX frequency, then he must be really close to you.

The repeaters transmit on the TX frequencies (468Mhz). That is the one you want to be listening on.
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Post by radiohead »

Thanks vk6hgr,
I was wondering what the difference between RX and TX was too.
I've got the RX freqs on my scanner, but now Im really confused about the differences between them! :roll:
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Post by vk6hgr »

radiohead wrote:Thanks vk6hgr,
I was wondering what the difference between RX and TX was too.
I've got the RX freqs on my scanners. What would you use the TX list for?
They're not all that useful for scanning...
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Post by JG-103 »

i thought one was also for recieving and one for broadcasting, thats if you have one that can and if you actually have right to broadcast, ie your a captain of a vol bush fire brigade or a vol SJA like my dad in a small country town such as Dongara, or am i gettin confused with something else? :?
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Post by Zebedee »

Yep you're right, radios and repeaters use the TX and RX frequencies in different ways.

This is probably best answered in the FAQ section of the forums. I'll try and put something semi-coherent together later tonight.
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