Thursday, Jun 16, 2011 at 09:23
Phil this advice ignores many 4wd situations.
Group scans and open scans are very useful in many situations.
Here are a couple of examples.
Scenario 1
Simpson Desert.
The "official channel" is Ch 10 so you should always listen to that and communicate to other groups on Ch 10.
However it is better to pick another channel for your internal convey use so you don't clog up Ch 10 with group "drivel" conversations, picking a channel with little voice traffic.
In addition Ch 5 is the emergency Channel and some people use, and there are repeaters on Channels 6( Mt Dare), 8 ( Mt Sarah), and possibly 4 ( near Purnie
Bore) and 2 ( near Dalhousie).
I would certainly recommend a group scan of these channels.
Scenario 2
Logging Tracks.
There are a lot of logging dirt roads where trucks announce their prosition regularly on channels other than 40. An open scan will often alert you to the fact that there are Semi's or other vehicles such as convoys of 4wds heading your way.
You can't do either of these with a basic unit that doesn't support scan.
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