Member - Alan H (QLD) replied:

Caravans use channel 18

Motorhomes use channel 20

General road channel is 40

Outback tracks sometime use 10

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Member - Phillip S (WA) replied:

Mostly use 40 on the road....language can be a bit blue.....but you usually pick up road maintenace crews ahead who want to be heard by road train operators....rarely 18....but sometimes I use the scanning feature and you pick up allsorts,.....station people etc, it will latch onto the stongest signal if any...hope this helps.

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Crackles replied:

Additionally the truckies use 40 whom you may need to speak to occasionally to let them know your intentions when passing etc. Channels 1 to 8 are repeater channels as are 31 to 38 & not normally for general chat. (Check your manual on how duplex works) It is a courtesy once you've made contact on the main channels to swap over to a free one if you intend to waffle on ;-)
Cheers Craig..............

Member - Nev (TAS) replied:

Hi there,
this site has an excellent section on UHF under

http://www.exploroz.com/Vehicle/Accessories/UHFRadio.aspx

Well worth the read as is plenty of other info.


All the best

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Motherhen replied:

We stick on 40 and have UHF 40 on back and front of caravan.

If you see us on the road, say hello

Motherhen

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Member - Bob & Lorraine S (NSW replied:

Hi Wendy
What model radio do you have? Some will allow you to scan all channels and you can set your priority channel as 18 ( for example) for transmitting to another caravan. A quick press of a button will take you off scan and you can turn the dial to change to a different channel to transmit (40 or 29 for example if you want to speak to a truckie)
Lorraine(&Bob)
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Richard Kovac replied:

Wendy Hi

Hope this works, I'm not saying it's right but helpfull.

UHF Channels

Cheers

Richard

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Richard Kovac replied:

Wendy
There is also a copy in members file swap PDF

or

link

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MEMBER - Darian (SA) replied:

Which radio (make - model number etc) have you bought ?

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Member - Wendy C (NSW) replied:

Thanks everyone. The model is GME TX3440.

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Member - Bob & Lorraine S (NSW replied:

Wendy
That model allows you to scan and have priority channel. Setup as group scan (GS). The manual is easy to follow-I did it-lol
Lorraine

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Louie the fly replied:

Another thing is to familiarise yourself with the jargon and the phonetic alphabet. We have an emergency plan on a laminated card. It just has some basic "speak" on it as an example for the radio to follow if they are inexperienced. This is kept in the car and our kids know how to use it. If you get injured your kids may be the ones who have to save your life.

Your UHF can also be a good source of fun (your can hear some pretty funny stuff at times) while on the road, as well as a means of meeting fellow travellers. Have a good trip, lucky ba*&%rds!

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