WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

Posted: **Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:22 pm**

Right - Realistic Pro-28 scanner
Left - Welz WS1000 scanner
Bottom - Canon LiDE 70 flatbed scanner :-)

Posted: **Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:31 pm**

Realistic Pro-28 scanner they are pretty good

Posted: **Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm**

robbage wrote: Right - Realistic Pro-28 scanner
Left - Welz WS1000 scanner
Bottom - Canon LiDE 70 flatbed scanner

That's sad, despite working in IT it took me a moment to get the bottom scanner, then again, I don't have to work with those types of scanners. I was just a little bit confused as to why an imaging company was making a radio scanner...then it clicked

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:40 pm**

Penthrox wrote:
Always RX wrote:
APCO 25 Encrypted wrote:My gear

Sweet looking units....on which band do they operate? and what do you use them for?
I believe the handheld is a Motorola XTS5000

He could run various bands here is some more info

The Motorola XTS 5000 portable radio is designed to offer multiple frequency band solutions for perfect system optimization in congested urban areas or wider country regions. Motorola currently offers the 700/800 MHz dual band (764-870MHz), the VHF band (136-174 MHz), UHF Range 1 band (380-470 MHz), and UHF Range 2 band (450-520 MHz).

what is the model number for the Mobile radio?

Posted: **Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:06 pm**

For what it's worth, some stuff at work.

A) 5 x 900 MHz yagis (with attenuators - the portable devices at the other end could be as close as 15 metres away. They tend to get drowned out at full power). Vertical polarised to match the portables.

B) 6 RFI 9256 900 MHz frequency-hopping radio modems running at 19,200 baud (the attached equipment is slowish) one spare for Justin. Interface boards eventually result in USB that feeds a Mac PowerPC dual CPU with OSX 10.4.x and 22" widescreen (mmm widescreen). Each RFI talks to 3 portable devices.

C) Closer

All made in Malaga and sold world-wide. This stuff is also used in V8 supercars

Posted: **Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:58 pm**

Thanks robbage, very interesting.

Posted: **Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:28 pm**

Posted: **Thu May 29, 2008 3:10 pm**

Steve wrote:Here's a pic of the Diamond D-777 antenna I put up today:

All I gotta do now is save up for enough RG-213 to goo all the way back to the house. At the moment I can listen to the scanner on the back verandah, which is quite pleasant in this weather.

(Thanks for hosting the pic Gavin!)

Where can you buy these diamond antennas in perth? im trying to find a dealer in perth that is for amature radio dualband for 2m and 70cm bands.

Posted: **Thu May 29, 2008 4:52 pm**

slipknot wrote:Where can you buy these diamond antennas in perth? im trying to find a dealer in perth that is for amature radio dualband for 2m and 70cm bands.

I have a Diamond antenna on the roof of my house as well:

I ordered mine from Andrews Communications in NSW. They were pretty easy to deal with and the antenna was posted to me pretty securely packed which is always a good sign

The antenna cost me around $80-$100 from memory.

However, you asked for LOCAL dealers... You could try Ham Shack. If they don't stock exactly what you're looking for, there's no harm in asking if it can be ordered in for you. The worst they can say is "No, bugger off!"

Posted: **Thu May 29, 2008 6:34 pm**

Wow, thats a really good price Doug.
Do you use your antenna for Amature radio?
Thanks for the links Doug!

Posted: **Thu May 29, 2008 8:35 pm**

That Diamond in the pic I got from Strictly Ham in Melbourne. It had to be freighted across which added $45 to the price but that was really the only way of getting that antenna in Perth.

Posted: **Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:35 pm**

perthscanner wrote:I realise this was mainly for members own radio shacks, but would it be OK if people posted pics of radio gear from comm centres or vehicles other than their own - eg WAPOL / FESA / SJA / SES / Volunteer Sea Rescue / Freo Port Authority / JOTA / Newsrooms / Aircraft etc etc ?

If you want to post pictures of equipment of the emergancy services, you need to ask thier permission first.

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:42 am**

Penthrox wrote:
Always RX wrote:
APCO 25 Encrypted wrote:
My gear

Sweet looking units....on which band do they operate? and what do you use them for?

I believe the handheld is a Motorola XTS5000

He could run various bands here is some more info

The Motorola XTS 5000 portable radio is designed to offer multiple frequency band solutions for perfect system optimization in congested urban areas or wider country regions. Motorola currently offers the 700/800 MHz dual band (764-870MHz), the VHF band (136-174 MHz), UHF Range 1 band (380-470 MHz), and UHF Range 2 band (450-520 MHz).

what is the model number for the Mobile radio?

It is a Motorola XTL 5000 w3

and ill tell ya what they are used for (im a little supprised no 1 has guessed) they are the new digital police radio's
there is also another model mobile radio which they have which looks alot better then that one.. ill see what i can do about pics.

Posted: **Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:53 pm**

Here ya go

Posted: **Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:13 pm**

sim city game anyone?

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