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• RMR Network to get additional sites

  By VicRadio Zone on 21 Oct, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Over recent months Telstra and interested stakeholders within the Victorian Government have been addressing coverage issues in some areas of the RMR Networks footprint. It is believed Telstra put forward a proposal for some additional sites and has also proposed… Read More ›

• A better understanding of TIII networks for DSDPlus Fastlane users

  By VicRadio Zone on 31 Jul, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Greetings once again to all during what is undoubtedly both interesting and frustrating times. As many of you may be aware in recent years the use of Software Defined Radio (SDR) has increased in popularity. The use of SDR by… Read More ›

• Fire Rescue Victoria MMR Talkgroups & RMR Patching

  By VicRadio Zone on 30 Jun, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Morning All, As of 1st July, 2020 Fire Rescue Victoria comes alive, officially that is. In one of our previous articles we touched on some of the expected changes that would be heard with appliance callsigns. One of the other… Read More ›

• MMR / RMR Network – New call sign allocations for FRV

  By VicRadio Zone on 5 Jun, 2020 • ( 4 )

  

  Yesterday we posted about the upcoming reform for the MFB and CFA Integrated Stations and the new Fire Rescue Victoria entity. For those you who missed the post you can read it here: MMR Network – The MFB, CFA &… Read More ›

• MMR Network – The MFB, CFA and new Fire Rescue Victoria.

  By VicRadio Zone on 4 Jun, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  With 1st July 2020 only weeks away the transition of what has traditionally been stations operating under the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) entity and those from the Country Fire Authority (CFA) Integrated Stations will operate under a new combined entity… Read More ›

• ProScan & the Uniden UBCD536-PT connection, step by step.

  By VicRadio Zone on 27 Apr, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Following on from our previous post where we mentioned and provided some information how forum member ‘Xplorer’ was able to successfully connect his Uniden UBCD536-PT to work with ProScan, we now offer the subsequent images to assist with his provided… Read More ›

• ProScan and the Uniden 436-PT / 536-PT series scanners.

  By VicRadio Zone on 27 Apr, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Many long time users of the Uniden Australia local release UBCD436-PT and UBCD536-PT series of scanners have long lamented that one of the greatest pieces of software seemed incompatible with their scanners. For some time they’ve been frustrated that ProScan… Read More ›

• Uniden Australia – UBCD325P2 Firmware upgrade available

  By VicRadio Zone on 22 Apr, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Hi Folks, A rather short post to let you know it looks like another positive step has taken place for the Uniden UBCD325P2 handheld currently available on the market locally. In preparation for the long awaited release of DMR, NXDN… Read More ›

• AOR AR7400 Air-band Receiver

  By VicRadio Zone on 8 Sep, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  AOR displayed a prototype receiver at a recent Ham Fair event, nothing new there you might say and you’d be right given companies do this all the time. The rather exciting aspect of this proposed unit however is it is… Read More ›

• Upgraded Unication G5 available from Unicom in Victoria

  By VicRadio Zone on 10 Jun, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  For a few years now those who frequent Radio Reference will have noted numerous mentions of an alternative piece of kit to enable the monitoring of P25 systems. Many of those posts rave about the ability of said piece of… Read More ›