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490.450 - tow or motorway?

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 9:43 am
by freqwaves
Have been monitoring 490.450 which is a Australian Mobile Radio rental channel off Horsley Park.
Captured two different subtones off this frequency.
136.5 - Tow company
110.9 - Motorway patrol ?

Can someone confirm or correct my findings?
Thanks, John.

Re: 490.450 - tow or motorway?

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:00 am
by Garry
John, I dont have anything listed for this in my files for "roads and highways". I will be keeping an ear on it next time Im down your way,, thanks for posting this

Re: 490.450 - tow or motorway?

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:22 am
by matthewn1983
Theres a new mob running incident control in the M5 in the roadwork zone, buy so far unable to catch them.

Re: 490.450 - tow or motorway?

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:54 pm
by freqwaves
The conversation i heard was someone mentioning coming down a onramp & stopping behind the car for cover. Could be towies or motorway patrol.

Re: 490.450 - tow or motorway?

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:17 pm
by cartman
99% of the time there is a 110.9 ctcss carrier pulsing every 60 secs
On one occasion late yesterday i heard the road crew talk for 20 secs
Definitely not towing


Grant

Re: 490.450 - tow or motorway?

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:22 pm
by Garry
Johns original post suggest ctcss 136.5 could be the Tow company

Re: 490.450 - tow or motorway?

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 12:00 am
by sw sydney scanner
Hi all just a quick one gotta get up at 5:00am for work. Driving back from hospital on the m5 through the road works they have a sign CALL UHF CHANELL 11. Had a close call hit on 162.1375 ctcss 127.3 didn't get to hear what was said bloody phone starting ringing at the same time... I will post a list of close call and quick save frequincies I have picked up between Liverpool and Kogarah hospitals over the last couple of weeks when I get a bit more time....

Re: 490.450 - tow or motorway?

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:42 am
by freqwaves
162.1375-st-127.3 is Veolia Bus Company from Menai base.
Nace I think is doing the M5 widening & they had a frequency around 465.4625 when doing the widening around Ingleburn.

John

Re: 490.450 - tow or motorway?

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:39 pm
by freqwaves
Heard on subtone 110.9 mention of tollgates & "going to a M5 meeting" so it's a good chance this is M5 motorway patrol.

John.

Re: 490.450 - tow or motorway?

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:10 pm
by matthewn1983
Thanks for the update, ill try and note the actual company contracted to the incident reponse on the M5, was just a traffic control company with appropriate sign writing on the side and back.