WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

Posted: **Thu May 03, 2007 11:55 pm**

what about the other station do they carry them

and turbo do you have a hand held

Posted: **Fri May 04, 2007 4:44 pm**

im not turbo but i do know for a fact that sunday times and turbo cammo has one.

Posted: **Fri May 04, 2007 5:24 pm**

The channel 9 link trucks have scanners in them. As far as I know, it's only the driver (engineering dept, not news normally) who uses them, and it's only if him or her choses to use it. It's not a requirement to have them turned on or anything for work purposes, as auntys_eyes has stated, they have COS's for that, who man the desk back at the station and listen for any action, then just send the crew there to do the filming.

edit: just remembered, there also still be a couple of news cars (station wagons) that have scanners in them. Whether they get used or not, I don't know.

Posted: **Sat May 05, 2007 1:53 pm**

All the 9 news cars have scanners in them and they get a good work out.
Each crew also has a hand held scanner but they aren't used as much.

Posted: **Sun May 06, 2007 7:39 pm**

thrill of the Chase wrote:and turbo do you have a hand held

Yeah we have an ICOM handheld. The Sunday Times have the same.

Posted: **Mon May 07, 2007 7:05 am**

any chance of pics of the nine news car scanner, and the sunday times hand held, and how about your handheld turbo

Posted: **Sun May 20, 2007 5:55 am**

how about SBS, do they have a van or wagon, and channel 31 do they have a marked car.

also what about radio stations

Posted: **Sun May 20, 2007 11:20 pm**

SBS has no facilities in WA. Have no idea what Ch31 have but considering they are a community based, predominantly volunteer broadcaster i can't imagine they have a 'fleet'.

Most of the major commercial radio stations have marked cars for their promotional/corporate fleet. For example the 96fm 'Thunders' used to be 3 Landcruisers, and when Nova first started they had a few old Ford ambulances.

Posted: **Thu May 24, 2007 10:50 pm**

auntys_eyes wrote:Only myself and a former cammo, now editor, who are really into the scanning thing at the ABC. I have an OLD Realistic PRO-32 handheld scanner that i bought second hand about 15 years ago, and it's still going strong.

Glad to see its still in service!

Posted: **Sat May 26, 2007 12:29 am**

Hey Aunty. Yep, it's had a few battery changes and a couple of trips to the doctors, but still keeps on going. Glad i bought it from ya

I hope people dont get us confused with the similar user names

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:30 pm**

GWN in Albany - shot in dark conditions so apologies for the quality.

Posted: **Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:48 pm**

Thanks Wes

. What vehicle is it??? Subaru? Looks like the same colour scheme as the other GWN cars we have.

Posted: **Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:44 pm**

Prado? Same colours as the others - navy body, yellow writing

Posted: **Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:46 pm**

Looks like a Toyota Kluger.

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:15 pm**

ABC got a chopper?

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