UHF Radio What chanel?

Ch 18 for caravanners and Ch 10 for 4x4's

10 for the 4x4'ers and 18 for the caravans,...

caravanners generally use 18 UHF, truckies 40. Rus

Yep to the above, but keep in mind you can miss a lot by "assuming" that certain channels are used by certain "types" - best to scan overall IMO if running solo. Many groups of travellers pick their own channel ...... on scan you will stumble across them - you might be able to trade useful info with them. When we travel in a group, we stick to one channel and don't worry about others (but people often get us when scanning). Our radio will scan whilst monitoring a set channel too (I think - the best of both worlds so to speak) but I haven't set it up for that yet.

Well, when we travel across or down Roachie's York Peninsula, we put the UHF on scan. It's amazing how many of the local farming community use UHF to communicate between vehicles or tractors and Home base on their properties.

Some interesting and harmless eavesdropping can be heard folks and hardly a swear word is used.

Can someone from WA advise me which channels they use - I have always used 40 on road (for trucks) and 13 off road, it seems to work but maybe 10 is better. Either way, I have yet to find a caravanner with their radio turned on no matter what they have written on the back of their vans.

every time I have gone away (short and long trips) I have never found anyone to be on the correct channel. After 11 years in the army in communications I am fairly regimental when doing the correct things with radios etc. I have found it so frustrating that I now only use chatter between someone else I am travelling with or just have my radio on scan.
Even just last week I went down to the Goolwa beach to go to the Murray mouth. 4wd's everywhere. Not one answer or chatter on the correct channel ! I know almost everyone on ExploreOZ does the right thing as 4wding is a passion of ours but we are a very small % of the 4wding community. Just my two bobs worth!

Adam,

Everybody is right, above. But in addition I will add trucks use ch 29 on the Pacific Hwy, mainly to avoid those who think 40 is the channel....ooops the cat's out of the bag now.

Cheers Trevor.