Receiving Country Frequencies
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Receiving Country Frequencies
I'm new to scanning.Can anyone give me some advice on how to receive country frequencies whilst based in Perth? Will it be easier to receive frequencies that are transmitted west of the Darling Scarp?
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Re: Receiving Country Frequencies
Welcome, wing commanderwing commander wrote:I'm new to scanning.Can anyone give me some advice on how to receive country frequencies whilst based in Perth? Will it be easier to receive frequencies that are transmitted west of the Darling Scarp?
What band or service are you trying to receive?
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Receiving Country Frequencies
I think police, fire and ambulance stuff mainly.[/i]
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Re: Receiving Country Frequencies
Hmm... Generally not possible to receive signals East of Perth from Perth. VHF and UHF is mostly line-of-sight. Being on the otherside of the Darling scarp means that signals rarely make it east-west unless some good atmospheric conditions (like tropospheric ducting) exist.wing commander wrote:I think police, fire and ambulance stuff mainly.[/i]
Generally speaking, In Perth with a decent outdoor antenna most people should be able to receive most of the emergency services repeaters from Mandurah to Joondalup.
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You can listen to the police on channel 55, which is the gin gin repeater. It is linked through to Northam, which is the main base for the wheatbelt region. There are other channels in the wheatbelt but sometimes the have them all linked so you can here anything between Wongan Hills and yorkand out to dowerin.
As for fesa. If you pick a local channel you will pick up Northam, Harvey, Gin Gin. I haven't heard any others,YET.
SJA the only time I seem to hear country is when those units are in Perth.
Hope that helps a bit more.
As for fesa. If you pick a local channel you will pick up Northam, Harvey, Gin Gin. I haven't heard any others,YET.
SJA the only time I seem to hear country is when those units are in Perth.
Hope that helps a bit more.