RADIO SCANNER PROGRAMMING SERVICES AVAILABLE - MASTERFILE Version 10.2 - Updated RIDs (PSN) (05.11.26)

 Hello and Welcome Back... N.S.W Radio & Communications now Offer a Mix of Email Only Files that are Quick & Easy (instructions included) To Get You Up & Running In No Time

Please Note Card Options Are sadly No Longer Available.. Various factors inc availability, price (SD cards have doubled in price in the past 6 months) and Scammers.. (long story)

All scanners models that I program, already have a SD card already in it. So it becomes quicker and cheaper to upgrade the program in your scanner..

 

To apply the masterfile to your card, all would need to do is..

** METHOD 1** 

Watch The Video = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta5xH4JY3E0 

Time = 5mins, 

What you need = Computer with Card reader (or portable SD card reader)*

1. Download the file to your computer

2. Take the card out of your scanner and put card into your cardreader. 

3. Format your SD card

4. Drag and drop the downloaded Masterfile Image Folder (DON'T OPEN IT) onto the SD card location. Folder must remain intact.

5. Safely eject your card and put back into scanner

* =  If your computer does not have a card reader, you can pick up little portable SD card readers from JB HiFi / Officeworks / EBay, ect, ect.. I've got a Comsol reader from JB HiFi for about $30

 

***METHOD 2 ***

If you have a original USB to Micro USB lead, you can plug your scanner into your computer and the scanner becomes a USB drive allowing you to drag and drop your file

Watch the Video Here = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWLsCXLv6zk 

1. Download file I sent you to your computer

2. Plug your lead into your scanner first (if you plug into computer first, the scanner goes into battery charge mode)

2. Turn scanner on

3. Plug other end of lead into computer 

4. Press bottom side button on scanner (function) and scroll to 'Settings', press 'E Yes', scroll to 'PC Programming Mode', press 'E Yes' X 2

Scanner will say 'writing to scanner' then shut down and re-turn on.

5. Screen will now show 'PC Programming Mode'

6. Look at your computer folders and search for USB Drive folder, mine is 'F'. 

Open and delete the folder 'ubcdx36' (436/536 models) or 'BCDx36HP (sds models)

7. Drag and drop the downloaded Masterfile folder you downloaded earlier - 'ubcdx36' or 'BCDx36HP'.. 

DON'T OPEN THE FOLDER, Keep intact when drag and dropping into scanner file folder

8. Safely eject the scanner as if your safely ejecting a USB drive

9. Your scanner is now programmed..

 

Model Of Scanners That I Program = Uniden 436PT, 536PT, SDS100, SDS200 radios only

EMAIL Versions Available

 

 

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*** OPTION 1 (email)

PSN ONLY FILE - $20

This file is just P.S.N Only. For those who just want to listen to the P.S.N. Network and a Few Select Banks To Narrow Down your Listening

BANK 1 - NSW WIDE, Everything the P.S.N. Has To Offer* (Now Loads 80% Faster)
            2 - NSW AMBULANCE / St John Ambulance Only
            3 - NSW RURAL FIRE / NPWS / NSW FORESTRY Only
            4 - FIRE & RESCUE Only
            5 - SES / RESCUE Inc VRA Rescue Only 

 

*** OPTION 2 (email)

RURAL FIRE ONLY - BUSHFIRE ONLY FILE - $20

This file is for Rural Fire Lovers who just want to know what's going on when there's a Bushfire 

BANK 1 - RURAL FIRE PSN Only* (Now Loads 80% Faster)
     2 - FIREGROUND Only
     3 - AIR SUPPORT Only
     4 - PMR (Private Mobile Radio) Only (NSW Wide)
     5 - NPWS / FORESTRY Only (inc P.S.N, Air, Ground)

 

*** OPTION 3 (email)

FULL RADIO SCANNER PROGRAM 

(No Card) (Email Only) - $30

BANK 1 - P.S.N. NSW Wide* (Everything) (Now 80% faster)

     2 - NSW AMBULANCE P.S.N inc ST JOHN AMBULANCE, Hospitals

     3 - RURAL FIRE P.S.N inc NPWS / FORESTRY

     4 - FIRE & RESCUE P.S.N.

     5 - S.E.S. / RESCUE inc V.R.A. P.S.N

     6 - BUSHFIRE ONLY - FIREGROUND

     7 - BUSHFIRE ONLY - AIR SUPPORT

     8 - BUSHFIRE ONLY - P.M.R (Public Mobile Radio)

     9 - MILITARY - ARMY / NAVY / AIR FORCE inc Richmond, Williamtown

    10 - SYDNEY AIRPORT (Kingsford Smith)

    11 - SYDNEY SECOND AIRPORT (Badgery's Creek Airport)

    12 - LOCAL AIRPORTS - Camden, Bankstown, Port Macquarie, ect, ect

    13 - AIR COMPANYS - QANTAS, JETSTAR, REX, ect, ect

    14 - LOCAL FREQUENCIES - inc AI Data Centres, Media, Aust Post, Bus Companys, Rail, Ferries, Shopping Centres inc Westfields, Security, Jails, ect, ect

    15 - MARINE inc MARINE RESCUE, SLSA (Surf Lifesavers), MARINE RESCUE, 

    16 - ORION DMR NETWORK

    17 - ORION DMR NETWORK (Connect Plus)

    18 - ORION DMR NETWORK (Capacity Max)

    19 - VERTEL TEAM TALK (NXDN)

    20 - CB RADIO / AMATEUR RADIO inc 80ch UHF / AM CB / Amateur Radio (all bands) 

 

*** 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..

 

 

 

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***  HOW MUCH DOES COST *** 

MASTERFILE V10.1  

OPTION 1 - PSN ONLY EMAIL  - $20

OPTION 2 - RURAL FIRE ONLY EMAIL - $20 

OPTION 3 - FULL PROGRAM - EMAIL - $30

 

Please give me 24 hours (usually quicker than that) to modify the Master File for your area, (we will send you a email with your backup File, instructions)

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, 2 & 3... 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, 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

 

 

 

*** UNIDEN UPGRADES (direct from Uniden) ***  (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

 

*** SOFTWARE I USE ***

Sentinel / Freescan / Proscan 

 

CONTACT = michael-bailey1708@hotmail.com

 Hope to Hear From You Soon..

NSW RADIO & COMMUNICATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

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