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• Yet another thank you!

  By VicRadio Zone on 8 Sep, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Thanks to yet another reader of the site the table coding for the RMR Network page has been completed. Reader & contributor ‘Comint’ has taken the time to complete the relevant table, formatting, expanding and completing the work I’d started… Read More ›

• RMR Network Sites – An update & thanks.

  By VicRadio Zone on 1 Sep, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Hi Folks! Thanks to an extremely generous contribution from a follower of this site we’ve been able to commence a rather large update of the new RMR Network Sites currently being implemented throughout the state. Many familiar with this Network… Read More ›

• Breaking down the MFB Appliance Portables and their UiD’s.

  By VicRadio Zone on 28 Jul, 2013 • ( 2 )

  Many of you who monitor the MMR Network and also like to pay attention to the appliances and portable UiD’s may, or may not, have noticed something in regards to the MFB’s portable radios. I’m not going to concentrate on… Read More ›

• Regional Mobile Radio Network – First two sites now active.

  By VicRadio Zone on 7 Jul, 2013 • ( 9 )

  

  Towards the end of June, 2013 the first two Digital VHF P25 trunking sites were switched on for the new Regional Mobile Radio Network (RMR) that will become the primary communications system used by the Country Fire Authority (CFA) in… Read More ›

• MMR Network – Site upgrades commenced.

  By VicRadio Zone on 30 May, 2013 • ( 13 )

  Some of you who monitor the MMR Network in greater detail than others may have noticed an interesting message in the raw data of late. The message does not appear in the data from all network towers, yet, only those… Read More ›

• Some updates, discoveries & a thank you.

  By VicRadio Zone on 16 Apr, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Hello to all yet again, We’ve been lucky enough to have two lots of MMR Network Frequency mapping data supplied to us by Mat. The sites in question are the Epping / Greensborough (0113) simulcast system and Campbellfield (0153). The… Read More ›

• MMR & RMR Network – System towers frequency mapping

  By VicRadio Zone on 21 Mar, 2013 • ( 7 )

  

  Well this has been a long time coming since we first tweeted about it on February 29th, 2013! Due to work restraints it’s taken nearly a month to get this out to those interested and to be able to find… Read More ›

• Formula 1 Grand Prix – Melbourne

  By VicRadio Zone on 13 Feb, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Well it’s that time of year again and the Formula 1 Grand Prix is coming to Melbourne during the month of March. But you don’t have to wait until March to start getting in on the communications smorgasbord that such… Read More ›

• The enemy within.

  By VicRadio Zone on 13 Dec, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  For quite some time now many in the scanning hobby have also had an interest in decoding pager messages. This activity has been happening for many years; however it was usually kept amongst the like-minded communication hobbyists. In recent years… Read More ›

• A little bit more to see and do.

  By VicRadio Zone on 16 Oct, 2012 • ( 5 )

  Greetings All, Well there is a little more content on the site now with recent additions including; -Ambulance Victoria (Rural); -SMR Network Channel Plan; -VKS-737 Radio Network; -HF Audio Clips; -MMR Network Sites (completed most of the Control Channel and… Read More ›