melbourne police on channel 39 uhf

stevesperformance · Post by **stevesperformance** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:43 pm

Picking up melbourne police on channel 39 uhf (477.3750 mhz).It very clear.Full 6 bars on the scanner.Also picking them up on the same channel on the uhf cb aswell.
It's channel 36 on the the police freqs (468.7250 mhz)

Antt · Post by **Antt** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 7:32 pm

Are you picking them up now?

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 7:46 pm

What you've probably witnessed there is a phenomenom called 'ducting'. There's a very brief description at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_ducting

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 7:52 pm

I remember watching GWN on channel 8 from Greenwood when I was a kid. Well done stevesperformance!

Post by **Bonez** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 8:43 pm

That still doesn't really explain why he heard it on a CB channel though...

stevesperformance · Post by **stevesperformance** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 4:02 pm

Did'nt last long.Started about 6.00pm and stopped about 7.30pm.

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 4:26 pm

It's unusual for this sort of propogation to last for extended periods of time. I'd say an hour and a half was very good, especially for UHF!

Post by **Bonez** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:51 pm

Why would the police be on a CB channel?

Post by **vk6hgr** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:38 pm

Bonez wrote:Why would the police be on a CB channel?

Prolly someone playing silly buggers playing an Internet stream.

Cross-country UHF ducting, although possible, would be extrodinarily rare.

Post by **Bonez** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:30 pm

That's exactly what crossed my mind, which is part of the reason I was asking "Even if it was ducting, why would it be on a CB frequency?"

stevesperformance · Post by **stevesperformance** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:18 pm

I agree.I think it was someone close playing silly bugger's and playing the melbourne stream from the net.If just seem it clear.

stevesperformance · Post by **stevesperformance** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:18 pm

I agree.I think it was someone close playing silly bugger's and playing the melbourne stream from the net.If just seem it clear.