Vic Country Ambo Frequency

[Gary Smith]

Hi All, our local Ambo use 76.430 meg here, most of the time i can hear
both sides (local and geelong base) but when the locals get out a few
k's (our town is in a valley) i can't hear them but still hear geelong
base....strange. Anyway after asking a few times over the years and much
searching on my scanners, i still can't work it out, however, this
morning i just heard the locals on 169.875. sounded like a trunking type
transmission at the end of each over. Might just be an auto id type
thing, VERY short burst at the ends. Could not hear geelong base as i
expected. It's obviously the input for the repeater (which seems to be a
one way repeater at times)They also have UHF here but i have never heard
anything on there except for when i was in the firing line of the local
dish link but since i have moved i am basically at 4 oclock to the dish
so no signal from that. The UHF freq i was getting was 412.475.

So, i was wondering if someone could shed some light on this topic as it
has baffled me for years and now i've found a frequency that seems to be
WAY out of whack for our local stuff. It's not a harmonic, very strong &
clear and i'm using a precision screwdriver in the SO239 for an antenna
so range is EXTREMELY limited.

Thanks for any input.

Gary

[n***@nospam.com]

Post by Gary Smith
Hi All, our local Ambo use 76.430 meg here, most of the time i can hear
both sides (local and geelong base) but when the locals get out a few
k's (our town is in a valley) i can't hear them but still hear geelong
base....strange. Anyway after asking a few times over the years and much
searching on my scanners, i still can't work it out, however, this
morning i just heard the locals on 169.875. sounded like a trunking type
transmission at the end of each over. Might just be an auto id type
thing, VERY short burst at the ends. Could not hear geelong base as i
expected. It's obviously the input for the repeater (which seems to be a
one way repeater at times)They also have UHF here but i have never heard
anything on there except for when i was in the firing line of the local
dish link but since i have moved i am basically at 4 oclock to the dish
so no signal from that. The UHF freq i was getting was 412.475.
So, i was wondering if someone could shed some light on this topic as it
has baffled me for years and now i've found a frequency that seems to be
WAY out of whack for our local stuff. It's not a harmonic, very strong &
clear and i'm using a precision screwdriver in the SO239 for an antenna
so range is EXTREMELY limited.
Thanks for any input.
Gary

You don't say where you are, which makes it a bit difficult to
determine what frequencies are used in your area.

Go to the following site:

http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/register_search.main_page

Change the first field to read "sites", the second field to read
"postcode", leave the next "matches" as it is, and put in your
postcode then hit "go".

The search will find all sites in your postcode area. You may have to
change the postcode to the one for the nearest mountaintop to find
what is listed there also. You should get a list of sites that match
the postcode, and if you click on the site id you should get a list of
frequencies used at the site. You will be looking for emission
designators like 16K0F3E i.e. FM voice. You are looking for
frequencies identified as "transmit" because they are the outputs of
repeaters or "transmit/receive" for simplex.

This is a bit complicated, but it is a way of finding out all
frequencies in use in an area. Also if you are looking for one
particular client eg. Rural Ambulance Victoria it simplifies things.

[Gary Smith]

Post by n***@nospam.com

Post by Gary Smith
Hi All, our local Ambo use 76.430 meg here, most of the time i can hear
both sides (local and geelong base) but when the locals get out a few
k's (our town is in a valley) i can't hear them but still hear geelong
base....strange. Anyway after asking a few times over the years and much
searching on my scanners, i still can't work it out, however, this
morning i just heard the locals on 169.875. sounded like a trunking type
transmission at the end of each over. Might just be an auto id type
thing, VERY short burst at the ends. Could not hear geelong base as i
expected. It's obviously the input for the repeater (which seems to be a
one way repeater at times)They also have UHF here but i have never heard
anything on there except for when i was in the firing line of the local
dish link but since i have moved i am basically at 4 oclock to the dish
so no signal from that. The UHF freq i was getting was 412.475.
So, i was wondering if someone could shed some light on this topic as it
has baffled me for years and now i've found a frequency that seems to be
WAY out of whack for our local stuff. It's not a harmonic, very strong &
clear and i'm using a precision screwdriver in the SO239 for an antenna
so range is EXTREMELY limited.
Thanks for any input.
Gary

You don't say where you are, which makes it a bit difficult to
determine what frequencies are used in your area.
http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/register_search.main_page
Change the first field to read "sites", the second field to read
"postcode", leave the next "matches" as it is, and put in your
postcode then hit "go".
The search will find all sites in your postcode area. You may have to
change the postcode to the one for the nearest mountaintop to find
what is listed there also. You should get a list of sites that match
the postcode, and if you click on the site id you should get a list of
frequencies used at the site. You will be looking for emission
designators like 16K0F3E i.e. FM voice. You are looking for
frequencies identified as "transmit" because they are the outputs of
repeaters or "transmit/receive" for simplex.
This is a bit complicated, but it is a way of finding out all
frequencies in use in an area. Also if you are looking for one
particular client eg. Rural Ambulance Victoria it simplifies things.

I'm in Casterton, South West Vic.

[Mick]

Post by Gary Smith
Hi All, our local Ambo use 76.430 meg here, most of the time i can hear
both sides (local and geelong base) but when the locals get out a few k's
(our town is in a valley) i can't hear them but still hear geelong
base....strange. Anyway after asking a few times over the years and much
searching on my scanners, i still can't work it out, however, this morning
i just heard the locals on 169.875. sounded like a trunking type
transmission at the end of each over. Might just be an auto id type thing,
VERY short burst at the ends. Could not hear geelong base as i expected.
It's obviously the input for the repeater (which seems to be a one way
repeater at times)They also have UHF here but i have never heard anything
on there except for when i was in the firing line of the local dish link
but since i have moved i am basically at 4 oclock to the dish so no signal
from that. The UHF freq i was getting was 412.475.
So, i was wondering if someone could shed some light on this topic as it
has baffled me for years and now i've found a frequency that seems to be
WAY out of whack for our local stuff. It's not a harmonic, very strong &
clear and i'm using a precision screwdriver in the SO239 for an antenna so
range is EXTREMELY limited.
Thanks for any input.
Gary

Gary the RAV Comms are slowly changing over to a new SMR style stystem
called RAVNet. By the end of this year/early 2010 the old 76MHz channels
will be no more.

Try looking here for the closest frequencies to you
http://vicscan.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=45&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=120

[Gary Smith]

Post by Mick

Post by Gary Smith
Hi All, our local Ambo use 76.430 meg here, most of the time i can hear
both sides (local and geelong base) but when the locals get out a few k's
(our town is in a valley) i can't hear them but still hear geelong
base....strange. Anyway after asking a few times over the years and much
searching on my scanners, i still can't work it out, however, this morning
i just heard the locals on 169.875. sounded like a trunking type
transmission at the end of each over. Might just be an auto id type thing,
VERY short burst at the ends. Could not hear geelong base as i expected.
It's obviously the input for the repeater (which seems to be a one way
repeater at times)They also have UHF here but i have never heard anything
on there except for when i was in the firing line of the local dish link
but since i have moved i am basically at 4 oclock to the dish so no signal
from that. The UHF freq i was getting was 412.475.
So, i was wondering if someone could shed some light on this topic as it
has baffled me for years and now i've found a frequency that seems to be
WAY out of whack for our local stuff. It's not a harmonic, very strong &
clear and i'm using a precision screwdriver in the SO239 for an antenna so
range is EXTREMELY limited.
Thanks for any input.
Gary

Gary the RAV Comms are slowly changing over to a new SMR style stystem
called RAVNet. By the end of this year/early 2010 the old 76MHz channels
will be no more.
Try looking here for the closest frequencies to you
http://vicscan.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=45&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=120

Tried to register with this site but kept saying 2 of my gmail addresses
were blocked?!?!?!?!??!?

[Mick]

Post by Gary Smith

Post by Mick

Post by Gary Smith
Hi All, our local Ambo use 76.430 meg here, most of the time i can hear
both sides (local and geelong base) but when the locals get out a few
k's (our town is in a valley) i can't hear them but still hear geelong
base....strange. Anyway after asking a few times over the years and much
searching on my scanners, i still can't work it out, however, this
morning i just heard the locals on 169.875. sounded like a trunking type
transmission at the end of each over. Might just be an auto id type
thing, VERY short burst at the ends. Could not hear geelong base as i
expected. It's obviously the input for the repeater (which seems to be a
one way repeater at times)They also have UHF here but i have never heard
anything on there except for when i was in the firing line of the local
dish link but since i have moved i am basically at 4 oclock to the dish
so no signal from that. The UHF freq i was getting was 412.475.
So, i was wondering if someone could shed some light on this topic as it
has baffled me for years and now i've found a frequency that seems to be
WAY out of whack for our local stuff. It's not a harmonic, very strong &
clear and i'm using a precision screwdriver in the SO239 for an antenna
so range is EXTREMELY limited.
Thanks for any input.
Gary

Gary the RAV Comms are slowly changing over to a new SMR style stystem
called RAVNet. By the end of this year/early 2010 the old 76MHz channels
will be no more.
Try looking here for the closest frequencies to you
http://vicscan.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=45&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=120

Tried to register with this site but kept saying 2 of my gmail addresses
were blocked?!?!?!?!??!?

Is your email addy on here legit or spambait? If it's legit I'll try sending
you some stuff.

[Gary Smith]

Post by Mick

Post by Gary Smith

Post by Mick

Post by Gary Smith
Hi All, our local Ambo use 76.430 meg here, most of the time i can hear
both sides (local and geelong base) but when the locals get out a few
k's (our town is in a valley) i can't hear them but still hear geelong
base....strange. Anyway after asking a few times over the years and much
searching on my scanners, i still can't work it out, however, this
morning i just heard the locals on 169.875. sounded like a trunking type
transmission at the end of each over. Might just be an auto id type
thing, VERY short burst at the ends. Could not hear geelong base as i
expected. It's obviously the input for the repeater (which seems to be a
one way repeater at times)They also have UHF here but i have never heard
anything on there except for when i was in the firing line of the local
dish link but since i have moved i am basically at 4 oclock to the dish
so no signal from that. The UHF freq i was getting was 412.475.
So, i was wondering if someone could shed some light on this topic as it
has baffled me for years and now i've found a frequency that seems to be
WAY out of whack for our local stuff. It's not a harmonic, very strong &
clear and i'm using a precision screwdriver in the SO239 for an antenna
so range is EXTREMELY limited.
Thanks for any input.
Gary

Gary the RAV Comms are slowly changing over to a new SMR style stystem
called RAVNet. By the end of this year/early 2010 the old 76MHz channels
will be no more.
Try looking here for the closest frequencies to you
http://vicscan.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=45&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=120

Tried to register with this site but kept saying 2 of my gmail addresses
were blocked?!?!?!?!??!?

Is your email addy on here legit or spambait? If it's legit I'll try sending
you some stuff.

lee jitt

My addresses work fine as i use them all the time, just that site didn't
accept them.

I have since found 2 frequencies in my area for this new system on ACMA.
I forgot to check there.

Thanks

Gary

[Adam]

According to a few I know in the rural areas of Victoria, the ambos are
mainly paging most/all of there jobs without really putting the details over
the air.

The guys i know use paging software to get around that.

Cheers

Post by Gary Smith
Hi All, our local Ambo use 76.430 meg here, most of the time i can hear
both sides (local and geelong base) but when the locals get out a few k's
(our town is in a valley) i can't hear them but still hear geelong
base....strange. Anyway after asking a few times over the years and much
searching on my scanners, i still can't work it out, however, this morning
i just heard the locals on 169.875. sounded like a trunking type
transmission at the end of each over. Might just be an auto id type thing,
VERY short burst at the ends. Could not hear geelong base as i expected.
It's obviously the input for the repeater (which seems to be a one way
repeater at times)They also have UHF here but i have never heard anything
on there except for when i was in the firing line of the local dish link
but since i have moved i am basically at 4 oclock to the dish so no signal
from that. The UHF freq i was getting was 412.475.
So, i was wondering if someone could shed some light on this topic as it
has baffled me for years and now i've found a frequency that seems to be
WAY out of whack for our local stuff. It's not a harmonic, very strong &
clear and i'm using a precision screwdriver in the SO239 for an antenna so
range is EXTREMELY limited.
Thanks for any input.
Gary

[Mick]

Post by Adam
According to a few I know in the rural areas of Victoria, the ambos are
mainly paging most/all of there jobs without really putting the details
over the air.

Correct.

Post by Adam
The guys i know use paging software to get around that.
Cheers

Yep as do dozens of others that I know of.