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• 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 ›

• Scanning, a thing of the past?

  By VicRadio Zone on 11 Oct, 2012 • ( 0 )

  For several years now there have been folks in the scanning community who have claimed ‘scanning is dead’, but just as there have been those who believe it was dead there have been those claiming otherwise. Without a doubt during… Read More ›

• HF radio…it’s alive!

  By VicRadio Zone on 31 Aug, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  As a young kid I can I recall my late father having a couple of National Panasonic radios, there was always something a little ‘different’ about them to the then more ‘modern ‘radios I was used to seeing. They were… Read More ›

• Content update…..slowly, slowy.

  By VicRadio Zone on 20 Aug, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Hello all! I’ve managed to score myself a few hours this afternoon and had a bit of think about some further content and the best way to lay things out. I’ll continue to twiddle and tweak as time becomes available…. Read More ›

• What was your first scanner?

  By VicRadio Zone on 17 Aug, 2012 • ( 2 )

  Greetings once again! I’ve been into various parts of the communications hobby off and on for around 25 years now. My first exposure to scanning hobby came in the way of a truck driver who had a Realistic Pro brand… Read More ›

• Greetings & Welcome

  By VicRadio Zone on 16 Aug, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Welcome to Vic Radio Zone. This is just a little sideline and something I intend on adding a little info to when time permits. I’ll start off with some of the basic essentials required to monitor the Metropolitan Fire Brigade… Read More ›