NSW RADIO AND COMMUNICATIONS - by Michael Bailey: August 2017

Friday, August 25, 2017

HATZOLAH AMBULANCE SERVICE

Hello and welcome back... Hands up if you have ever heard of Hatzolah Ambulance Service...

If your Jewish, then yes you have, but if your not Jewish then probably you have never heard of these guys.

So what is Hatzolah and what do they do?

Hatzolah (Hebrew word for Rescue?) is a volunteer, non government funded Ambulance service.

They have specialist medical training and often can respond to incidents faster than the standard NSW Ambulance Service depending where you live.

They also are there to serve the Jewish community (and their needs) as well as other patients and will often act as a bridge/backup between an incident and Ambulance arrival.

Hatzolah are huge in America, some of their trucks have to be seen (and heard) to be believed.
Lets just say you didn't see or hear them coming with a lights and siren combo that puts the Ghostbusters car to shame...Sorry Ecto-1

Check out those air horns..

They also serve in the U.K and South Africa? and also have stations in Melbourne and Sydney (east).

Here in NSW, Hatzolah communications are surprisingly enough on the GRN (Government Radio Network), surprising because they are not Government funded or have anything to do with the Government.
Hatzolah are fully funded by the Jewish community and have been since 2006.

GRN RADIO ID's
10381     Hatzolah Net 1
10382     Hatzolah Net 2
10383     Hatzolah Net 3
10384     Hatzolah Net 4
10385     Hatzolah Net 5
10386     Hatzolah Net 6
10387     Hatzolah Net 7
10388     Hatzolah Net 8
10389     Hatzolah Net 9
10390     Hatzolah Net 10

LINKS

http://www.hatzolah.com.au/

http://www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au/Media-And-Publications/Latest-News/NSW-Ambulance-Welcomes-Hatzolah-to-its-Volunteer-Family.

check out at 2.40... (Get out of my way)

Personally, I have yet to see or hear Hatzolah in real life but believe they are working the miles around Bondi / Sydney's East.
Then again, i don't get out much :(

A NSW Hatzolah Medical Car.

#Hatzolah
#NSWRadio&Communications

Impressive...

Friday, August 18, 2017

ON THE BUSES

Hello and welcome back... One of my fav things to listen to is STA Buses. Between the accidents, muggings, stabbings, traffic problems, idiot passengers that refuse to get off the bus (yes it happens), drunks, fires, breakdowns.. You name it, it happens on Government Buses.

Best of all, they still transmit in good old analogue so any old scanner can receive them.

Not only that, it gives you a real good insight of what Government bus drivers have to go through on a daily basis, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Some of the other buses in this list (ComfortDelGro Cabcharge) or CDC run digital communications (DMR) and only new scanners inc UBCD436PT, UBCD325P2 (handhelds) and UBCD536-PT (desktop) will be able to decode.
Those with UBCD396XT (me included), best stick to STA Government buses.

FREQUENCIES (nfm)
Metrolink Bus    163.9750
Airbus Shuttle    164.9250
Entrance Bus      164.4250
Entrance Bus      163.2625
Holroyd Bus       490.8000
Campsie Bus      168.5950
Campsie Bus      163.2750
Marickville Bus    495.000

Cabcharge    495.0125
Cabcharge    464.9750
Cabcharge    507.0875
Cabcharge    491.1125
Cabcharge    450.2000
Cabcharge    163.4875
Cabcharge    163.7875
Cabcharge    474.5000

STA Bus    485.6000
STA Bus    485.9000
STA Bus    486.2000
STA Bus    486.1750
STA Bus    486.5000
STA Bus    485.7250
STA Bus    472.4500
STA Bus    472.8500
STA Bus    473.3375
STA Bus    473.7500
STA Bus    474.1500
STA Bus    470.3125
STA Bus    472.5500
STA Bus    474.0375
STA Bus    474.7625
STA Greenacre    485.5750
STA Bondi          485.9250
STA Various       485.6250
STA Seaforth     486.2250
STA Willoughby    471.4875
STA Various    471.4875
STA Various    494.5250
STA Horsley prk    494.3250
STA Pennant hill    486.4500
STA Pennant hill    486.4750
STA Pennant hill    473.4875
STA Pennant hill    474.0625
STA Pennant hill    474.7750
STA Bondi    470.1000
STA Bondi    471.0000
STA Greenacre    477.9625
STA Greenacre    473.5875
STA Bilgila Plat    471.0500
STA Seaforth    470.8000

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Some of the things bus drivers deal with including below

Have a good weekend radio lovers :)

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

NORTH KOREA SHORTWAVE FREQUENCIES

Hello and welcome back... News this morning that North Korea is looking to launch an attack on the U.S island of Guam after America threatened to do the same to North Korea has the world on edge.

For those that don't know where Guam is, its just off and up the coast of Western Australia.

Whats interesting to note is that old style forms of communications is now becoming an efficient way of communicating to its people and other interests.
Even our own Military are finding new uses of Shortwave radio (see here)

While on the Internet with everything we do and say is being monitored, Shortwave radio is running hot.
Not only does Shortwave Radio allow listeners to hear news as it happens, its also useful for sending messages across the globe, sometimes in code (see previous post)

Here are some frequencies from the North that you may be able to pick up. Some transmissions are in English

FREQUENCIES
KCBS
2350 kHz (2.35Mhz) - 5kW
2850 kHz (2.85Mhz) - 50 kW
3220 kHz (3.22Mhz) - 5 kW
3319.7 kHz (3.319Mhz) - 50 kW
3959 kHz (3.959Mhz) - 5 kW
6100 kHz (6.10Mhz) - 250 kW
6400 kHz (6.40Mhz) - 50 kW
9665 kHz (9.665Mhz) - 50 kW
11680 kHz (11.680Mhz) - 50 kW

VOICE OF KOREA (North)
3250 kHz (3.25Mhz) - 100 kW
3560 kHz (3.56Mhz) - 15 kW
6070 kHz (6.07Mhz) - 250 kW
6170 kHz (6.17Mhz) - 200 kW
6185 kHz (6.185Mhz) - 200 kW
7210 kHz (7.21Mhz) - 200 kW
7220 kHz (7.22Mhz) - 200 kW
7235 kHz (7.235Mhz) - 200 kW
7570 kHz (7.57Mhz) - 200 kW
7580 kHz (7.58Mhz) - 200 kW
9425 kHz (9.425Mhz) - 200 kW
9435 kHz (9.435Mhz) - 200 kW
9445 kHz (9.445Mhz) - 200 kW
9650 kHz (9.65Mhz) - 200 kW
9731 kHz (9.731Mhz) - 200 kW
9850 kHz (9.85Mhz) - 200 kW
9875 kHz (9.875Mhz) - 200 kW
9890 kHz (9.89Mhz) - 200 kW
11635 kHz (11.635Mhz) - 200 kW
11645 kHz (11.645Mhz) - 200 kW
11710 kHz (11.710Mhz) - 200 kW
11735 kHz (11.735Mhz) - 200 kW
11910 kHz (11.91Mhz) - 200 kW
12015 kHz (12.015Mhz) - 200 kW
13650 kHz (13.65Mhz) - 200 kW
13760 kHz (13.76Mhz) - 200 kW
15105 kHz (15.105Mhz) - 200 kW
15180 kHz (15.180Mhz) - 200 kW
15245 kHz 15.245Mhz) - 200 kW

kW = Kilowatts (transmitting power)

TIMES

For up to date times i use this App called SWBC Sked

For Android Click Here

For Apple Devices Click Here

http://short-wave.info/?station=KCBS%20Pyongyang

http://www.short-wave.info/?station=Voice%20of%20Korea

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NORTH KOREA NUMBERS STATION RESTARTS

Hello and welcome back... Interesting piece of news for shortwave lovers.

It all starts between midnight and-1am with a rendition of Bethhoven's piano Sonata No8, then a female voice reads messages including various numbers, pages and other tid bits of info
(eg - Number 69 on page 823... I'm giving review works in elementary information technology lessons of the remote education university for number 27 expedition agents).. all very interesting.

Then a different song plays and then a different message will start (maybe a song is for a particular agent and then the message that follows if for that agent?)

I find this sort of stuff fascinating and if you have a good shortwave radio, you should be able to pick this up (North Korea) is just above us.. sorta kinda.

FREQUENCIES

3250Khz (3.25Mhz)
3320Khz (3.32Mhz)
6400Khz (6.40Mhz)

Station 3250Khz outputs 100KW
Station 3320Khz outputs 50KW
Station 6400Khz outputs 50KW

This 'Numbers' station was shut down in year 2000 but with the shit storm between North Korea and the rest of the world, the messages have started again.