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I think it was covered in section 48 - but that's a big maybe. The Act itself should have definitions as you say, rusty. I also believe that provisions like this one aren't in there to hammer the average Joe - I'd be willing to bet this guy was up to no good and this was another charge they knew th...

kevnerd486 wrote:Hi Matt,

Can be heard out here in the Hawkesbury but not very strong. Also seeing 162.2 tone.

Regards

Kev

This is the Qld Licencee https://capitaltransport.com.au/ Trucking/Heavy Haulage

Just heard them key up after about 3hrs of silence ... Sat 2.49pm 8/7/17 I am at Liverpool receiving it at full strength and i was on the scanner supplied aerial (as opposed to being hooked up to a outside aerial) 488.175 162.2 one of the users had a callsign of "330" and was talking about pickups ...

So for the first time in ages, I have picked up a scanner and had a bit of a play around. After fiddling with the search function on my PRO-668, I am hearing, what appears to be people reversing trucks or similar. Lots of "keep coming, keep coming, whoa! whoa! WHOA!! stop it there! NIce.. one..." A...

Of the five Sydney area sites listed... Three are underground sites and I'm not sure these would even have peers since very few radios could ever affiliate with them? And Smith St Parramatta was only licenced last month so may not even be transmitting yet? So that just leaves the Top Ryde shopping ...

DrClaw wrote:Has anyone successfully updated their australian 436/536 for DMR?

The Australian DMR update isn't available yet - I believe that it will be available within the next 6 months and it will be a paid upgrade similar to the US

Metronet is reported to have been switched off for good on Feb 20, 2017, according to an operations blurb (distributed to all staff) that i was reading overnight Its all GSM-R now for drivers, guards, signallers and train controllers I wonder if someone told Metronet? Still working today... Informa...

matthewn1983 wrote:Add to that, Unidens do not decode DMR simplex transmissions at the moment.

Is this confirmed by others? They do advertise it as working with conventional DMR.[/quote]

It has been documented widely in the US and is demonstrated here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uslxl6LZMDc&t=6s

Uniden UBCD436-PT (handheld) / UBCD536-PT (desktop)
- Low VHF and 800MHz restrictions.

Uniden has since released a Firmware update to address this issue.

http://ozscan.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/n ... cd436.html

US Version Wonky