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Busselton Airport WX on 128.050 Mhz
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:08 pm
by wayne
Busselton Airport transmitting automated weather info on 128.05 Mhz
No reference on ACMA Website.
Anyone have info ?
Readable signal here in Bunbury about 50 klms away.
doubt it
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:11 pm
by youngscanner
i doubt it unless u went and put up ur own repeaters for the weather freq coz it only goes out about 10 kilometeres
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:46 pm
by wayne
What are you actually doubting ?
goes out about 10 Klms ?
Repeaters ?
i can receive it here in Bunbury around 50 Klms away with no 'repeaters' on my Discone, if you can't then you need a better antenna or something.
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:59 pm
by Steve
There is an entry on the ACMA register for the Busselton weather on 128.05 - it's a 4-watt transmitter.
http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/site_ ... _ID=136174
If you look at a map you'll see that a direct line between Busselton and Bunbury goes mostly over water - ideal conditions to carry a signal. Combine this with location of the transmitting antenna (probably up a pole) and your external discone and yes, you'll pick up the signal in Bunbury for sure.
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:14 am
by wayne
ACMA Website shows the date approved as 18th Sept 06 but in my original posting i could hear it in Bunbury on the 7th August 06.
So i wonder why was it on air before being approved ?
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:21 pm
by Steve
It could have been 'test transmissions' prior to commissioning, or ACMA might have just been taking a while to process the paperwork and had given a verbal approval to start using it.
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:01 am
by slipknot
while we are om the topic , does anyone know what the bunbury air (not weather) communications pilot freqency is?
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:02 am
by wayne
CTAF is 126.7 for the Bunbury Area
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:06 pm
by Steve
Put on ear on 124.9 as well.