Receiving Country Frequencies

wing commander · Post by **wing commander** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:28 pm

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?

Post by **vk6hgr** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:17 pm

wing 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?

Welcome, wing commander

What band or service are you trying to receive?

wing commander · Post by **wing commander** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:13 am

I think police, fire and ambulance stuff mainly.[/i]

Post by **vk6hgr** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:23 am

wing commander wrote:I think police, fire and ambulance stuff mainly.[/i]

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.

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.

godinoz · Post by **godinoz** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 7:38 pm

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.

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