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Re: Hillsbus
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:38 am
by Scotty
cartman wrote:Hillsbus is complicated.
Not for radio scanning though
Hillsbus use the VHF frequency I mentioned, with Tait radios, regardless of what depot they come from.
Westbus etc may be a different story, although I've never had a reason to find out.
Re: Hillsbus
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:47 pm
by BerryV
Scotty wrote:cartman wrote:Hillsbus is complicated.
Not for radio scanning though
Hillsbus use the VHF frequency I mentioned, with Tait radios, regardless of what depot they come from.
Westbus etc may be a different story, although I've never had a reason to find out.
Interesting, One of the Hillsbus fleet has a couple of runs each day for the Business I work for. The radio operator is "bonnyrigg base(westbus)" Radios are TAIT with motorola portables
Re: Hillsbus
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 4:10 pm
by cartman
Scotty wrote:cartman wrote:Hillsbus is complicated.
Not for radio scanning though
Hillsbus use the VHF frequency I mentioned, with Tait radios, regardless of what depot they come from.
Westbus etc may be a different story, although I've never had a reason to find out.
Hillsbus also use the 487.675Mhz frequency which caters for the lower half of the Hillsbus map.
http://www.cdcbus.com.au/IgnitionSuite/ ... 0Guide.pdf
I have been scanning both (162.975 and 487.675) and they are not patched together.
Both are Hillsbus as can be demonstrated by noting the bus numbers quoted and looking up the CDC listing on Australian Bus Fleet lists
Grant
Re: Hillsbus
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:14 pm
by freqwaves
I thought Hillsbus might have been using 473.675 (st 146.2) off Pennant Hills site but checking the acma now shows Two Way radio rentals has moved this frequency to Bondi Jct on 23.9.11.
Re: Hillsbus
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:37 am
by cartman
CDC-Hillbus "foundry rd" base heard today on 464.2500 114.8 Tx Mastercom (Lystear) Rental site Pennant Hills
Drivers complaining about Sydney CBD traffic not moving and running late
Grant
Re: Hillsbus
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:08 am
by Garry
I was hearing Telfords on 488.350 ctcss 88.5 from my shack in Newcastle yesterday
Re: Hillsbus
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:46 pm
by news
cartman wrote:CDC-Hillbus "foundry rd" base heard today on 464.2500 114.8 Tx Mastercom (Lystear) Rental site Pennant Hills
Drivers complaining about Sydney CBD traffic not moving and running late
Grant
FYI, CDC lost another run 2 weeks ago, they now have until Aug next year when they loose region 3. they lost the latest tender to the NSW govt(the 2nd one they have lost in 6 months). A western australia based operator will be taking over the Region 3 runs.....
Re: Hillsbus
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 3:34 pm
by matthewn1983
RTA TMC was heard broadcasting CBD traffic incident on 464.2500 114.8.
Re: Hillsbus
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:05 pm
by Garry
Re: Hillsbus
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 4:11 pm
by Scotty
A while back I noticed Hillsbus 'conductors' walking around with Motorola digital portables, similar to the DP3600.
I haven't heard them on their old VHF and UHF frequencies of late and noticed this document earlier this afternoon referencing the Orion (MOTOTRBO) network:
http://orionet.com.au/Case-Studies/Comf ... harge.aspx
Just one more user to the digital side maybe...