Hello and welcome back... I have a confession.
I was under the assumption that PMR (Private Mobile Radio) in NSW was dead...
I was wrong.
What lead me to believe this?
We used to use PMR here in the Blue Mountains for Rural Fire, then they moved to GRN (Government Radio Network), so i naturally assumed that all NSW Rural Fire did this.
Not So.
I have since found out that PMR is still wildly used, especially around /or south of ACT & North West Sydney (Hawkesbury area)... may be other areas that i don't know about :/
To program Digital PMR (Private Mobile Radio) into a Digital Scanner, you will need to know the NAC (Network Access Code) / Tone of the frequency.
Similar to CTCSS or DCS in Analogue radio
This can be hard to find if your using the ACMA database.
Radio Reference is better..
Sometime entering a NAC of 293 (default) or F7E can do the trick... but not always
To program a Uniden 396XT or similar digital radio in Freescan, Start by selecting a conventional (not Trunked) bank when creating a New System file.
When the NAC number is entered, the 'AudioType' will change to Digital.
The NAC number is like a key that makes everything 'Talk' (see below)
**Scanners that can be programed for Digital PMR**
Uniden
UBCD396XT / BCD996XT
UBCD436HP / BCD536HP
GRE
PSR-500
PSR-600
PSR-800
Radio Shack
Pro-197
Pro-106
*** FREQUENCIES ***
**NSW RURAL FIRE PMR** (use NFM)
Baulkham Hills (area)
420.15000 210 NAC Wisemans Ferry
422.03750 210 NAC Rogans Hill
424.13750 210 NAC Hillside
Blue Mountains (area)
420.21250 211 NAC Narrow Neck
422.07500 211 NAC Katoomba
422.18750 211 NAC Horsley Park
424.03750 211 NAC Mt Tomah
424.16250 211 NAC Faulconbridge
Chifley (area)
420.11250 212 NAC Oberon
420.12500 212 NAC Mt Lambie
422.06250 212 NAC Sofala
422.15000 212 NAC Abercrombie
422.17500 212 NAC Mt Panorama
422.21250 212 NAC Yetholme
424.12500 212 NAC Mt Defiance Trig
424.18750 212 NAC Shooters Hill
Lithgow (area)
420.17500 213 NAC Sunny Corner
420.22500 213 NAC Hassans Walls
422.20000 213 NAC Airly Turret
424.11250 213 NAC Mt Lambie
Gosford (area)
420.05000 214 NAC Cowan
422.02500 214 NAC Somersby
422.15000 214 NAC Mt White
424.01250 214 NAC Greenpoint
424.12500 214 NAC Boomerang Ridge
424.25000 214 NAC Simpson Hill
Hawkesbury (area)
420.20000 215 NAC Kurrajong Heights
422.06250 215 NAC Bucketty
424.02500 215 NAC Wisemans Ferry
424.10000 215 NAC North Colo
Hornsby (area)
420.25000 216 NAC Simpson Hill
422.01250 216 NAC Hornsby Heights
422.22500 216 NAC Wahroonga
424.05000 216 NAC Belrose
424.07500 216 NAC Kurrajong Heights
424.15000 216 NAC Mt White
424.17500 216 NAC Cowan
HQ (area)
420.01250 217 NAC HQ - Homebush
420.18750 217 NAC HQ - Horsley Park
Hunter Valley (area)
420.05000 218 NAC Sandy Hollow
422.07500 218 NAC Muswellbrook
422.10000 218 NAC Mt Poppong
422.13750 218 NAC Singleton
422.18750 218 NAC Mt Olive
Illawarra (area)
420.16250 219 NAC Helensburgh
420.23750 219 NAC Mt Keira
422.10000 219 NAC Mt Keira West
424.10000 219 NAC Saddleback Mtn
424.20000 219 NAC Maddens Plains
424.21250 219 NAC Knights Hill
Lower Hunter (area)
420.01250 220 NAC Dungog
420.03750 220 NAC Nelson Bay
420.11250 220 NAC Raymond Terrace
420.12500 220 NAC Mt Warrawolong
420.23750 220 NAC Cessnock
422.05000 220 NAC Mt George
422.16250 220 NAC Newcastle
Gloucester (area)
420.06250 221 NAC Mt Myra
420.07500 221 NAC Gloucester
420.17500 221 NAC Mt Ganghat
422.08750 221 NAC Copeland Tops
Great Lakes (area)
420.02500 222 NAC Peppers Mtn
420.13750 222 NAC Bulahdelah
420.21250 222 NAC Smiths Lake
420.25000 222 NAC Coolongolook
422.03750 222 NAC Nerong
424.03750 222 NAC Nelson Bay
Hastings (area)
420.08750 223 NAC Combyne West
420.10000 223 NAC Middle Brother
420.15000 223 NAC Jolly Nose Hill
420.18750 223 NAC Yarras
420.22500 223 NAC Mt Cairnscross
Taree (area)
420.05000 224 NAC Taree
422.01250 224 NAC Nadiac
422.10000 224 NAC Middle Brother
422.17500 224 NAC Mt Ganghat
Tuggerah Lakes (area)
420.08750 225 NAC Mulbring
420.16250 225 NAC Mt Sugarloaf
422.17500 225 NAC Ourimbah S/F
422.21250 225 NAC Morisset
Wingecarribee (area)
420.03750 226 NAC Wombeyan
420.07500 226 NAC Hill Top
422.02500 226 NAC Ellsmore Tower
422.20000 226 NAC Robertson
424.06250 226 NAC Mt Gibraltar
Wollondilly (Macarthur area)
420.06250 227 NAC Mt Gibraltar
422.05000 227 NAC Razorback Range
422.08750 227 NAC Tahmoor
424.08750 227 NAC Nattai
**** SOUTHERN****
Bega/Eurobodalla
420.02500 260 NAC Wolumla Peak
420.03750 260 NAC Narooma
420.06250 260 NAC Peak Alone
420.07500 260 NAC Bimmil Hill
420.08750 260 NAC Timbillica
420.10000 260 NAC Mumbulla
420.12500 260 NAC Letts Mtn
420.16250 260 NAC Moruya
420.25000 260 NAC Boundary Mtn
422.01250 260 NAC Benandarah
422.05000 260 NAC Mt Wandera
Lake George
420.07500 261 NAC Mt Ginini
420.12500 261 NAC Williamsdale
420.17500 261 NAC Nerriga
422.10000 261 NAC Mt Cronin
422.21250 261 NAC Bald Hill
424.11250 261 NAC Budawang
424.25000 261 NAC Boundary Mtn
Lower Western
420.01250 262 NAC Mallee Cliffs & Melton Grove
420.02500 262 NAC Balranald & Wenba
420.03750 262 NAC Murrugi Station
420.05000 262 NAC Pooncarie
420.06250 262 NAC Rufus River & Euston
420.07500 262 NAC Dareton
420.08750 262 NAC Trelega
420.10000 262 NAC Hatfield
422.01250 262 NAC Coombah
422.02500 262 NAC Darnick
MIA
420.17500 263 NAC Narradera
420.18750 263 NAC Square Head
420.20000 263 NAC Gundaline
422.06250 263 NAC Griffith
422.20000 263 NAC Darlington Point
Mid Murray
420.01250 264 NAC Moama
420.02500 264 NAC Conargo
420.03750 264 NAC Swan Hill
420.05000 264 NAC Wanganella
420.06250 264 NAC Barham
420.07500 264 NAC Jerilderie & Moulamein
420.08750 264 NAC Tooleybuc
420.10000 264 NAC Deniliquin
420.11250 264 NAC Lowbidgee
420.12500 264 NAC Bunnaloo
420.13750 264 NAC Bundyulumblah
420.15000 264 NAC Mathoura
420.18750 264 NAC Finley
422.05000 264 NAC Coleambally
420.01250 265 NAC Bombala
Monaro
420.03750 265 NAC Ingebirah Trig
420.05000 265 NAC Mt Thoko
420.08750 265 NAC Eucumbene
420.11250 265 NAC Spicers Hill
420.13750 265 NAC Emerald Hill
420.15000 265 NAC Mt Roberts
420.17500 265 NAC Wambrook Trig
420.20000 265 NAC Perisher Mtn
422.05000 265 NAC Mt Delegate
422.06250 265 NAC Mt Eagle
424.12500 265 NAC Gibraltar Hill
Riverina
420.01250 266 NAC Mt Burngoogee
420.03750 266 NAC Urana
420.11250 266 NAC Bulloc Bulloc Hill
420.12500 266 NAC Ardlethan
420.15000 266 NAC Galore Hill
420.20000 266 NAC Coolamon
420.25000 266 NAC Mt Flakney
422.10000 266 NAC Mt Ulandra
Riverina Highlands
420.02500 267 NAC Cabramurra
420.03750 267 NAC Gundagai
420.05000 267 NAC Mt Adrah
420.10000 267 NAC Mt Ulandra
420.21250 267 NAC Tumorrama
422.03750 267 NAC Mt Youngal
422.05000 267 NAC Tumbarumba
422.18750 267 NAC Batlow
424.02500 267 NAC Tumut
424.20000 267 NAC Mt Ginini
Shoalhaven
420.01250 268 NAC Benandrah
420.05000 268 NAC Boyne Trig
420.08750 268 NAC Jervis Bay
420.11250 268 NAC Budawang
420.13750 268 NAC Sassafras
420.15000 268 NAC Bewong
420.21250 268 NAC Yatteyattah
422.06250 268 NAC Berry
422.13750 268 NAC Kangaroo Valley
422.16250 268 NAC Bomaderry
Southern Border
420.08750 269 NAC Mulwala
420.12500 269 NAC Mt Lady Franklin
420.13750 269 NAC Jingellic
420.16250 269 NAC Walbundrie
420.21250 269 NAC Berrigan
420.22500 269 NAC Culcairn
422.01250 269 NAC Mt Burngoogee
422.02500 269 NAC Mt Raven
422.06250 269 NAC Albury
Southern Tablelands
420.01250 270 NAC Redground
420.10000 270 NAC Bannaby Hill
420.16250 270 NAC Snowy Mtn
420.18750 270 NAC Mt Mary
420.20000 270 NAC Egans Hill
420.22500 270 NAC Cowley Hill
420.25000 270 NAC Tuena
422.07500 270 NAC Black Trig
424.01250 270 NAC Mt Spring
424.07500 270 NAC Mt Gray
****NORTH / NORTH WEST *****
CSTRGH
420.03750 240 NAC Wamboin Plains
420.10000 240 NAC Baradine
420.13750 240 NAC Needle Mtn
420.15000 240 NAC Coolah
420.16250 240 NAC Wanda Trig
420.18750 240 NAC Tambar Mtn
420.20000 240 NAC Duneboo
420.23750 240 NAC Coonabarabran
Clarence Valley
420.07500 241 NAC Cangai East
420.10000 241 NAC Pinebrush
420.18750 241 NAC Pickabooba Trig
420.20000 241 NAC Mt Tuting
420.21250 241 NAC Clarence Peak
420.22500 241 NAC Maclean
422.02500 241 NAC Halfway Creek
422.05000 241 NAC The Bluff
Far North Coast
420.01250 242 NAC Buckombil Mountain
420.02500 242 NAC Springbrook
420.05000 242 NAC North Teven
420.06250 242 NAC Burringbar
420.11250 242 NAC Byron Bay
422.10000 242 NAC Mullumbimby
422.16250 242 NAC Mt Nardi (Lismore)
Hunter
420.08750 243 NAC Quirindi
420.17500 243 NAC Livepool Range
420.20000 243 NAC Hunter Springs
420.21250 243 NAC Mt Helen
420.22500 243 NAC Parkville
420.25000 243 NAC Tamworth
422.01250 243 NAC Aberdeen
422.02500 243 NAC Collaroy
422.06250 243 NAC Mt Tamarang
422.08750 243 NAC Gunnedah
422.15000 243 NAC Barrinton
424.05000 243 NAC Sandy Hollow
424.22500 243 NAC Ten Mile Mtn
Lower North Coast
420.06250 244 NAC Mt England (Nambucca)
420.11250 244 NAC Mt Yarrahapinni
420.16250 244 NAC Telegraph Point
422.06250 244 NAC Boonanghi (Kempsey)
422.07500 244 NAC Bowra Sugarloaf
Mid North Coast
420.01250 245 NAC Boambee
420.02500 245 NAC Halfway Creek
420.03750 245 NAC Mt Moombil
420.05000 245 NAC Sapphire
420.12500 245 NAC Mt Hyland
420.17500 245 NAC Dorrigo
422.01250 245 NAC Coffs Harbour
N GWYDR
420.01250 246 NAC Moree
420.03750 246 NAC Moree
420.05000 246 NAC Bingara & Mungindi
420.06250 246 NAC Mt Kaputar
420.07500 246 NAC Barraba
420.08750 246 NAC Mt Mitchell
420.10000 246 NAC Garah
420.13750 246 NAC Warialda
422.05000 246 NAC Gwabegar
422.16250 246 NAC Coolatai
New England
420.01250 247 NAC Haystack Mtn
420.02500 247 NAC Uralla
420.08750 247 NAC Dumaresq
420.11250 247 NAC Mt Rumbee
420.13750 247 NAC Walcha
420.23750 247 NAC Grundy Mtn
420.25000 247 NAC Stock Peak Point
422.03750 247 NAC Ebor
422.08750 247 NAC Teanghi Hill
422.13750 247 NAC Moona Trig
Northern Rivers
420.03750 248 NAC Woodenbong
420.08750 248 NAC Holmleigh
420.15000 248 NAC Woodburn
420.16250 248 NAC Mt Nardi
420.17500 248 NAC Naughtons Gap
420.23750 248 NAC Goonellabah
420.25000 248 NAC Mallanganee
422.13750 248 NAC Haystack Mtn
422.18750 248 NAC Pickabooba Trig
Northern Tablelands
420.03750 249 NAC Emmaville
420.05000 249 NAC Mt Mackenzie
420.06250 249 NAC Capoompeta Trig
420.10000 249 NAC Acacia Plateau & Uambi
420.13750 249 NAC Haystack Mtn
420.16250 249 NAC Glen Innes
420.21250 249 NAC Ashford
420.23750 249 NAC Glen Innes
422.06250 249 NAC Girard
Tamworth Area
420.03750 250 NAC Manilla
420.11250 250 NAC Mt Fairview
420.12500 250 NAC Tintinhull
420.15000 250 NAC Turkey Mtn
420.16250 250 NAC Nundle
420.20000 250 NAC Nangarah Trig
422.05000 250 NAC Moonbi Trig
422.07500 250 NAC Blue Nobby Mtn
422.10000 250 NAC Mt Blanche
*** NSW WEST ***
420.01250 280 NAC Tarwoona Downs, Mt Mulyah
420.02500 280 NAC Wanaaring
420.03750 280 NAC Mt Deerina, Willara
420.05000 280 NAC Mt Oxley
420.06250 280 NAC Wanaaring
420.07500 280 NAC Yantabulla
420.10000 280 NAC Bourke
420.02500 281 NAC Brewarrina
420.03750 281 NAC Muckerawa
420.08750 281 NAC Cartlands
420.10000 281 NAC Boorooma
422.02500 281 NAC New Years Range
422.05000 281 NAC Bourke
420.11250 282 NAC Wyalong
420.16250 282 NAC Mt Mologone
420.23750 282 NAC Gogobilly Hill
422.03750 282 NAC Wargin Hill
422.07500 282 NAC Mt Narriah
422.08750 282 NAC Mt Beckham
420.02500 283 NAC Mt Canobolas
420.03750 283 NAC Mt Coonambro
420.13750 283 NAC Clark Trig
420.20000 283 NAC Bellevue Hill
420.21250 283 NAC Kadina
420.22500 283 NAC Curra Creek
420.23750 283 NAC Mt Ragan
422.01250 283 NAC Mt McDonald
422.02500 283 NAC Grenfell
422.13750 283 NAC Neville
424.05000 283 NAC Mt Meehan
420.01250 284 NAC Moonamby
420.05000 284 NAC Mt Meehan
420.06250 284 NAC Sofala
420.10000 284 NAC Mt Coricudgy
420.12500 284 NAC Ulan
420.16250 284 NAC Mudgee
420.18750 284 NAC Bocoble
422.07500 284 NAC Wellington
422.08750 284 NAC Bald Mtn
424.20000 284 NAC Airly Turret
420.01250 285 NAC Broken Hill, Coombah
420.02500 285 NAC Darnick, Andersons Hills, Tackaringa
420.06250 285 NAC Glen Lyon, Ivanhoe
420.07500 285 NAC Macullochs Range
420.08750 285 NAC White Cliffs
420.11250 285 NAC Barraroo
424.01250 286 NAC Kaleno
424.02500 286 NAC Marobee
424.03750 286 NAC Walcannia
424.05000 286 NAC Tilpa
424.07500 286 NAC Manara
424.11250 286 NAC Caronga Peak
424.15000 286 NAC Tambua Station
424.17500 286 NAC Gilgunnia
424.25000 286 NAC Cobar
420.01250 287 NAC Trundle
420.08750 287 NAC Gorman Hill
420.15000 287 NAC Manna Mtn
420.16250 287 NAC Mt Coonambro
420.17500 287 NAC Mt Bowen
420.18750 287 NAC Boona Mtn
422.18750 287 NAC Mt Tallabung
424.02500 287 NAC Grenfell
424.07500 287 NAC Tottenham
424.08750 287 NAC Kadina
420.01250 288 NAC Hay
420.02500 288 NAC Waranary Hill
420.03750 288 NAC Galah
420.05000 288 NAC Booligal
420.07500 288 NAC Mt Bootherangandra
420.08750 288 NAC Goolgowi
420.13750 288 NAC Rankin Springs
420.15000 288 NAC Maude
420.21250 288 NAC Carrathool
420.12500 289 NAC Mt Warren
422.01250 289 NAC Nyngan
422.02500 289 NAC Babinda Trig
422.03750 289 NAC Girilambone
422.06250 289 NAC Cobar
420.01250 290 NAC Magometon Hill
420.05000 290 NAC Toora Station
420.07500 290 NAC Coonamble
420.08750 290 NAC Sandy Camp
422.05000 290 NAC Warren
424.12500 290 NAC Mt Forster
420.01250 291 NAC Cumborah
420.02500 291 NAC Cryon, Nyngan
420.07500 291 NAC Lightning Ridge
420.08750 291 NAC Mt Brandon
420.11250 291 NAC Piliga
420.13750 291 NAC Walgett
420.07500 292 NAC Wellington
420.08750 292 NAC Alton Park
420.10000 292 NAC Sappa Bulga
420.11250 292 NAC Dubbo
420.25000 292 NAC Mogriguy
422.03750 292 NAC Wamboin Plains
422.05000 292 NAC Mt Meehan
422.08750 292 NAC Kadina
422.22500 292 NAC Curra Creek
420.06250 294 NAC Young
420.08750 294 NAC Cootamundra
420.15000 294 NAC Narrawa
422.03750 294 NAC Mt Darling
422.05000 294 NAC Tubbul
422.08750 294 NAC Binalong
422.17500 294 NAC Coppabella Hill
422.20000 294 NAC Bellevue Hill
424.10000 294 NAC Mt Ulandra
424.15000 294 NAC Grenfell
*** Don't forget to shout me a coffee (see link top right corner).. Any amount big or small is much appreciated and it keeps this site happening :)***
#DigitalPMR
#NSWRadio&Comminications