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 ›
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Upgraded Unication G5 available from Unicom in Victoria
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 ›
Uniden Australia Scanner Upgrade Program
Uniden Australia have officially launched their Scanner Upgrade project for the UBCD436-PT and UBCD536-PT series of scanners. A few weeks ago an upgrade site appeared for a brief period of time before being removed. There were a few lucky folks… Read More ›
The surprise Uniden package, that is not a surprise.
Well there you go! A few months ago a popular scanner supplier and its associated web site Universal Radio based in the United States posted a page with a tantalising photo of the then purported Uniden SDS100 Bearcar. Scanner and… Read More ›
Avalon Airshow 2017
Once again the skies over Victoria are about to come alive and get a little bit louder as we experience the excitement of Avalon 2017. The Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition are two concurrent events; an exhibition… Read More ›
Whistler releases TRX-1 & TRX-2 scanners with DMR.
Greetings yet again, Well within hours of our posting our last blog article regarding Uniden’s announcement of their plans to introduce a DMR capability to their existing top-tier range of scanners Whistler fired back with an announcement of their own…. Read More ›
Uniden announces DMR capability for BCD536HP & BCD436HP series.
Uniden America has finally announced it plans to introduce the ability to monitor DMR systems, including Motorola’s MotoTRBO. HOORAY! The ability to monitor the aforementioned protocol will at this stage only be offered on their flagship range of scanners, those… Read More ›
A funny thing happened on the way to the forum
Hello yet again readers and fellow hobbyists! First off some news snippets to keep and eye on; CSE Crosscom looks to have increased the capacity of its Connect Plus system in Victoria. I noted an increase in channel capacity from… Read More ›
A few words from Russell Bryant, after my own ramblings.
Firstly, a few words from me… When I first got in to the hobby of scanning in the late 80’s it was obviously well before the masses had the internet available to them. Back in ‘those days’ we relied on… Read More ›
Will we see a Uniden unit selected for CFA Volunteers?
There has been a lot of conjecture and discussion of late on some communication forums and those that are frequented by Country Fire Authority (CFA) Volunteers and Staff in relation to the planned new ‘listening sets’, so I’m going to… Read More ›
