CHANGES TO MASTERFILE - DEC 01 2026

 Hello and Welcome back.. Starting from 01 December 2026, I will no longer be supplying pre-programmed cards.

But

The service will still be available via a Email service. Instructions / Video Included.. 

Why

16gb / 32Gb cards are becoming extinct (non existent) & have also doubled in price in the last 6 months. 

The scanners (UBCD436PT, UBCD536PT, SDS100, SDS200) only take max 32gb cards and most suppliers don't have stock anymore, going with bigger cards. The cost, 6 months ago for a 32gb card was around $25, now they are pushing $45. 

Most scanners that I program come with a card so, most users will just use those. Its an easy process and I supply instructions and even a nifty video so you can follow step by step.

There have been other factors as well..

1. Failed cards - For the first time in my programming experience, I was struggling to get supply of cards and found some at BigW, Emtec brand. 

I don't normally go with this brand, I usually go with Verbatim as Ive never had a problem with these cards.

Big mistake, as I got 3 failed (Emtec brand) cards out of the 10 I brought. 

While I re-sent the customers new cards (different brand, different batch), it was still a frustrating experience for both customer & myself.

2. Scammers - certain people who claim that their cards were not delivered and request a new card / refund only tracking says otherwise. 

And so, I will be offering a email service but... at a discount. 

To make it more accessible to customers budgets, the email service will only be $35 

How Good Is That? 

For those who are after a card option, I still have a handful of hi-end cards available but only till December 1st, then they switch to Email only.

Thank You For Your Understanding

Cheers

NSW Radio & Communications Team 

P.S - Details of the latest Masterfile (Version 10) is here = https://scanradionsw.blogspot.com/2026/08/radio-scanner-programming-services_01246904603.html 

 

 

 

RADIO SCANNER PROGRAMMING SERVICES AVAILABLE (Updated 27/08/26) Version V10

Hello and Welcome Back.... I was laying in bed a few days ago and thinking about the upcoming fire season and how I will scan the various services when the shit hits the fan. 

Currently Rural Fire PSN is Bank 0 & bank 3, fire ground is in bank 4 as is Air Attack Aviation frequencies, then there's PMR still used in some areas in NSW.

So, what if i was to put all these banks into one bank?

I was under the impression that you couldn't mix PSN P25 setup with conventional frequencys, DMR & PMR,ect, ect.. Turns out, I was wrong... You Can. 

And so, Masterfile V10 was born.. 

I Have tested extensively and it works excellently.

My first bank I tested was Ambulance. My son is a Paramedic so I love listening to the ambos, and now, all frequencies are in one place. So now, AMBULANCE Bank has got Ambulance PSN, Hospitals (DMR) and Helicopter Frequencies are now all in one bank.. 

OH, AND THERE'S LIGHTs

Thats right, a new lighting system, using the little led light on the front of the scanner to let you know what service has become active via a colour.. How cool is that.. Lets Map this out..

 

 

 

NSW Radio & Communications offer a programming service for Uniden Radio Scanners for NSW / Canberra Region Only (Australia)

 

The Masterfile (Version V10) on offer

 

** BANKS ** (Masterfile 10)

00 = NSW PSN (Public Safety Network) (Full Program)
Ambulance, Fire & Rescue, Rural Fire, SES (State Emergency Service), Marine Rescue, VRA (Vol Rescue Assoc), NPWS, State Rail, Surf Life Savers, RTA, & Heaps More.. (updated Sites, TGIDs, RIDs)

01 = AMBULANCE* / AIR - Ambulance / NETS PSN, Hospitals, Air Ambulance 

02 = RURAL FIRE* inc NPWS / Forestry NSW PSN, Aviation (Helicopters / Aircraft), Fireground, PMR (Private Mobile Radio), Forestry, NPWS, 

03 = FIRE & RESCUE / S.E.S. 
Fire & Rescue / SES / V.R.A PSN, Fire & Rescue, VRA & SES analog
 

04 = MEDICAL / RESCUE inc VRA / St John Ambulance / Mines Rescue PSN, Air Medical, Community Medics, ESO, Hospitals, Vol Rescue, St John Ambulance, Government Agencys

05 = MARINE RESCUE / SLSA inc Marine Rescue / Surf Lifesavers / Transport NSW (Ferries / Maritime) PSN, Marine Radio, Marine Rescue, Surf Lifesaving, Sydney Ferries

06 = UHF CB RADIO / AMATEUR RADIO inc UHF CB (80ch), AM CB, FM CB, Amateur Radio

07 = MILITARY
RAAF / NAVY / ARMY - Williamtown, UHF Milcom & More 

08 = SYDNEY AIRPORT 
Main Airport Comms

09 = WESTERN SYDNEY AIRPORT
Badgerys Creek Airport inc Trunking, DMR

10 =  LOCAL COMMS 
AI Data Centres, Westfields Shopping Centres, Jails, Bus Companys, Media, Rail, Transport, Entertainment Venues, Hillsong Church, Security, and heaps more.

11 = NSW AIRPORTS / CTAF (NSW Wide) & More...

12 = AIRLINE COMPANYS
REX, Qantas, Virgin, Swissport, Cargo/Freight & More

13 = ORION DMR NETWORK 1

14 = ORION CONNECT PLUS (DMR)
Bus Company's, Various Private Business & More

15 = ORION CAPMAX TRUNK (DMR)
MASTERCOM - Various Business/ Buses, Companys

16 = VERTEL TEAM TALK (NXDN Trunk Network) 

17 = GRAVITY MEDIA / NEP Aust (NXDN NEXEDGE Trunking)

18 = FM RADIO

19 = FETTELL DMR NETWORK - Mid North Coast

 

*** COLOUR SETS *** (Light on the front of the scanner)  (NEW)
RED - PSN 
GREEN - Airband
BLUE - General Comms
CYAN - Emergency Services
MAGENTA - Military

 

* Quickfire (Control Chs Only) = faster scanning


Be sure to use an antenna with gain.. The PSN network loves a strong signal..

 

***  HOW MUCH DOES COST *** 

MASTERFILE V9 (Full Scanner Program - Included Banks 0 - 20)

$40 Email or $50 Post (Micro-SD Card included with post version)

Please give us 24 hours to modify the Master File for your area, Transfer to Card and Post (we will send you a email with your backup File, instructions and post date)

Uniden 436PT, 536PT, SDS100, SDS200 radios only

 Both Options Come With Online Card Backup (If your card get corrupted or deleted, you have an online backup, instructions included

 

*** HOW TO PAY  ***

1. Using this Website, Click on the 'DONATE' tab on the top right corner of this page below "Shout Me A Coffee" & Deposit the correct amount

This Method uses Paypal, you don't need an account and takes about 30sec of your time

 

2. In the Notes section in 'Paypal', please state that its for 'Radio Programming, Option 1 or 2' (Email or Post) and dont forget to include an address if sending card by post. Also include 'Radio Model, eg SDS100' and area to program for.. eg Penrith, Campbelltown, ect, ect. Most of the Masterfile is NSW Wide but some programming require more details for a better scanning experience.

Please allow 24 hours for your instructions, post date (if posted) and online backup link to be emailed to you, it also it gives us time to find frequencies for your area. 

 

*** WHY CHOOSE 'NSW RADIO & COMMUNICATIONS' TO PROGRAM YOUR RADIO ? ***

  

1. - We live in NSW... The Masterfile we give to you is the same one we use, Its just modified for your needs, that way, if somethings not working, we will know about it.. Took us 6 months to build..

2. - NSW Radio & Communications was the founder of the COW (Cell on Wheels) frequency list on PSN/GRN Network...

After searching for nearly 2 days, we found that the COW Portable systems to have a 'NSW Wide' assignment attached to them, which means if your tower goes down for maintenance, the COW system will kick in & because our MasterFile includes all NSW Wide COW frequencies, you will be able to continue to listen...

 

3. - NSW Radio & Communications was the team who worked out settings for the 436PT/536PT that needed to be changed in order to receive the PSN/GRN properly, the settings needed to be more sensitive to decode properly.

 

4. NSW Radio & Communications was the Inventor of the 'Express PSN' & 'EX-PRO © PSN' Setup - NSW Wide PSN scan in one bank

5. 40 year experience with Radio Scanners

 

 

***  WHAT RADIOS DO WE PROGRAM? ***

UNIDEN Only

UBCD436PT
UBCD536PT (Desktop)
USDS100
USDS200 (Desktop)

 

*** UNIDEN UPGRADES ***  (DMR & NXDN)

It is highly recommended that if you own a Uniden Scanner 325P2, 436PT, 536PT, SDS100 & SDS200, that you do a DMR & NXDN upgrade through Uniden as 40% of our Masterfile uses DMR & NXDN Frequency's (ask how)

 

*** SOFTWARE WE USE ***

Sentinel / Freescan / Proscan 

 

 

CONTACT = michael-bailey1708@hotmail.com

 Hope to Hear From You Soon..

NSW RADIO & COMMUNICATIONS

 

 

 

** NOTE **  Terms & Conditions

Please note = No refunds issued for completed Masterfile

It's up to yourself to have the technical knowledge to apply the Masterfile that has been emailed /posted to you. The Masterfile is the same as NSW Radio & Communications use so we know it works and has been verified as working.

Also, its not up to us to teach you how to work YOUR scanner. NSW Radio & Communications will try and help as much as we can to a point, but its up to YOU to learn how YOUR scanner works.

Continuing to ask meaningless questions on why, when , how will see you blocked.. We program our way, We don't need to explain to you why we have programmed things the way we do, all you need to know is that, your scanner will work and work well* 

The step by step instructions are a guide only. 

NSW Radio & Communications offer this service AS IS, meaning... We don't claim that its 100% correct, as whats good for us, may not be good for you.. We are not professionals, just a fellow hobbyists offing a programming service to get you started.

The setup is designed to get you started and then you can add, modify or delete to make it your own.
While this file is the same one we use so we know it works but sometimes things change.
Please have patience as we will endeavor to fix any problems that should they arise.

For an easy to read scanner manual for the 436PT =  http://new.marksscanners.com/536/436_536.shtml

For an easy to read scanner manual for the SDS100 = http://new.marksscanners.com/SDS/100_200.shtml

For an easy to read scanner manual for the 325P2 = http://new.marksscanners.com/325/325.shtml

 

* = You need an antenna with gain for the radio to work properly  

NSW Radio & Communications 2025

 

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#programradio

#programscanner

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#ubcd436pt

#ubcd536pt

#sds100

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RAIL NETWORK IN TATTERS

 Hello and Welcome Back... Listening to the news that the Telstra outage has affected the ARTC Rail Network that uses 4G signals. 

What a joke.

There was nothing wrong with the 400mhz rail network (450.050Mhz) that never had frobems during the 80s, 90s, and beyond but no, millions of dollars had to be spent on putting a mobile type network based on mobile phone infrastructure with a comms pole every 1km required.

I enjoyed listening to the rail network when my dad was a train driver based at Campbelltown, NSW and would hear his radio go off in the middle of the night because he forgot to switch it off. 

I could also pick it up on my scanner, but no more, as for some reason, it had to go on a crappy phone network for comms.. 

I weep for the future.. 

Rant over.. 

SO MANY ANTENNAS - OPERATION DAWN STRIKE 2026 (Williamtown RAAF)

 RAAF Wedgetail with a plethora of antenna's 

Live coverage of Operation Dawn Strike from Williamtown RAAF base this morning..

Play Loud

 

 

#RAAF

#OperationDawnStrike

#2026 

UNIDEN 396XT (Only) - MULTI PROGRAMMED FILE (Download File Via Freescan)

Hello and Thank You for purchasing the Master file to program your radio = UBCD396XT ONLY

First thing is to wipe/reset your radio. (If you haven't done so already)

Why?

Because when Uniden shipped out your radio, it was programmed with frequencies from NZ and Australia... we don't need this.

To reset your radio,

0. Turn off your radio

0. Hold down the following keys

0. 2, 9, HOLD

0. Turn on while pressing these 3 buttons

Load Preset will show... press “NO”

Now that your scanner is as fresh as the day you got it, you will want to plug it into your computer and fire up the Freescan (download here = https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MiF8fLqLSgPahH5Sjy8q85UGPgrbsfmk

After the software is up and running, we need to be able to talk to your radio, to do this you need to plug your radio into your computer while the program is running.

Plug your radio into a USB port

Select Comm Port and click on ‘Auto Detect’.. your scanner should show, highlight on scanner in the ‘Comm Port Auto Detect’ an click on ‘Set Select Available Port’

The Com port should now be set

Your radio is now talking to your computer

Exit out of Com port setting

If The software did not start 'Auto Dectect' with your scanner

You may need to unplug and plug back in your radio if no detection is found, even try turning the scanner on and off, each time pressing autodetect once you plugged your radio back into the computer.

Also check the Baud rate is set to 115200 (also check this in Scanner Settings)

Also check this in your scanner settings, click on the button on the side of Scanner (Menu) and go to settings, using the top knob, scroll till ‘Set Serial Port’ press yes, and change to 115200 press yes to exit, then menu side button to exit.

Also closing and reopening the software program also helps.

May take a few go's ... be patient

Sometimes it works first go, sometimes it can take 15mins, just depends on the scanner.

If you still have problems with getting the scanner talking to your computer, try downloading this driver to make your serial cable talk to your computer..LINK = https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ti4wFoCWGOWX5PVIbpfHY2qga-b8nS6O/view

Once your radio is talking to the software, you can now download your master database file and save to your computer

**** YOUR MASTERFILE DOWNLOAD

DOWNLOAD LINK = (save this file on your computer) (Use MASTERFILE 396xt file)

 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1N0_ZQrDuu0KuUX_9J3ii4_CvIS-fsTuA 

 

All you need to do now, is open the software and click on database ‘Open’, then search for your downloaded 396XT AIR MASTER17 file and double click... it should now load into software

Once this is done, have your scanner talking to software and click on ‘Upload To Scanner’ under the ‘Systems’ tab to upload... 2nd from the left,

Make sure that EVERYTHING IS TICKED, once done, click on the “Start Upload” button.... it can take around 10-15mins to download to the 396T and about 5mins for the 396XT

Press the Close button once done..

 

BANKS
1 = RURAL FIRE (Fireground, NPWS, Aviation, PMR)
2 = LOCAL COMMS (Medea, Ferries, STA Busses)
3 = MEDICAL RESCUE (Air Medical, ESO, VRA)
4 = MARINE (Marine NSW, Marine Rescue)
5 = SYDNEY AIRPORT (VHF Comms, WSI (Western Sydney Airport)
6 = LOCAL AIRPORTS (Camden, Bankstown, CTAF)
7 = MILITARY (Richmond, Williamtown)
8 = AIR COMPANYS (REX, Qantas, Virgin)
9 = CB RADIO (AM, AM/FM, UHF CB)
0 = AMATEUR RADIO

 

By pressing the various bank numbers on your scanner While you are in SCAN mode, (eg, press the number 5 on your scanner to turn bank 5 off and on)

IMPROVE YOUR SCANNING EXPERIENCE

1. ANTENNA UPGRADE = the rubber antenna that came with your radio is not very good. These radios love a strong signal to work properly so it highly recommended. For a good budget antenna with 3db gain on UHF, I use and recommend these antennas from Secomms (15) = https://secomms.com.au/product/nl701-uniden-upgrade-antenna/ For something with a bit more quality, I use these antennas = Diamond SRH771 from Strictly Ham for $39... LINK = https://www.strictlyham.com.au/diamond-srh-771#.X3_BOS_ZWf0
2. RECHARGEABLE BATTERYS.. Radios with PSN require a good power source as it’s intensive processing required.. I use and recommend Panasonic Eneloop Pro (2450mh) that are made in Japan...Cost is $40-50 for a pack of 4 on EBay (I used Gadgetcity in Merrylands, NSW)
3. Don’t turn your radio over volume 8 for long periods.. it will burn out the speaker

Regards

Michael Bailey

NSW Radio & Communications