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Post by vk6hgr »

Usually on lots of frequencies 24 hours a day. Best Perth freqs are:

7125Khz
9645Khz
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Antt
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Post by Antt »

Any way some of these freqs can be programed into a scanner so us plebs can have listen too?
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Post by Bonez »

Yeah, if your scanner covers that range, program it straight in.

The decimal goes after the first digit. Eg. if the frequency was 7150khz then put in 7.150mhz into your scanner.

May I advise you to also get your self a long piece of insulated single strand wire (1-2mm is OK) wire and string it up between a couple of poles or trees (longer the better, but short should still do the trick) and solder/crimp a BNC plug directly onto the end of the wire (centre pin is all that is needed) and hook it straight into your scanner.

You wont have much luck with a rubber duck or a normal 25-1300mhz scanner whip.
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