uhf radio channels

G'day Bruce & Anne,

I would keep an eye on Ch 18 for caravans and off road trailers etc, but would suggest you stay mainly on Ch 40 and scan from there.

Especially when you get amongst the narro one lane beef roads [and being from the Rockie area you would certainly know your way round them]

You will probably find a fair bit of [non cattle] road train traffic from Gregory Downs pub through to the Century Zinc Mine just before Lawn Hill.

If you stick on 40 you should have no problems at all.

Enjoy. i would normally be envious, but we are off to the north ourselves in 3 weeks

DennisN

www.acbro.org

worth a read, gives you channels print out list, what to use and what not to, uhf edicate, repeaters, etc

When you are in the Lawn Hill area, I'd stay at Adeles Grove, not Lawn Hill. Lots more user friendly, better facilities and only 10 minutes from Lawn Hill.

Happy trails, Mike.

Try a search in post. Lost of info there on uhf channels.
CheersOnly a few more sleeps.

Will keep an eye out for you as we leave Friday. Regards Bob
27th June Gulf trip

Around some Shires in Queensland now there is signage to tell you which UHF Repeater Channels are used in those Shires - particularly larger ones such as Diamantina where there were UHF Radio "blackspots". Out here in the "real" outback we mostly use Ch. 40on scan and we try to stay away from those channels where properties might be mustering and using certain channels to assist them in finding cattle and each other. You will soon work out by listening whether it's a work channel or jibber. And isn't there a lot of that now the school holidays have started! Great trip!

Around that part of queensland channel 40 is most useful. I set 40 as my base channel and then scan all 40 channels when we go inland. Sometimes it's hours between hearing anything on any channel.

4WD clubs can usually be heard on 10 or 12 and caravans are supposed to be on 18, but it will be the roadtrains on 40 that will be of most interest when travelling in that region.