VHF or 27 Mhz or?

[aido]

thanks for enlightening me kerry.
my last boat had 27h.f. and v.h.f.
never thought about repeaters.
no wonder i thought the h.f. was just as good
range wise but readability poorer.
now just the little 27mhz, but i must say it's seems
to be tuned better than the last one.
no two ways about it, it's a black art. lol.
cheers

[lordy]

Any problem hooking an old Uniden car CB up in a boat appart from the obvious rust and water problems?

[aido]

not really, if you want to talk with truckies rather than
boaties. pretty sure the channel frequencies are different.

[lordy]

not really, if you want to talk with truckies rather than
boaties. pretty sure the channel frequencies are different.

Bugger!

[element]

Thanks for the info on my VHF. i probably need understand the way the repeaters are set up to fully appreciate the capacity of my VHF.

ELEMENT

[skippa]

G'Day Guys'

A question maybe Kerry could answer.

On a recent holiday to 1770, we could hear local chatter on my 27mhz radio. Then came thru, clear as a bell, a call from a charter boat to coast guard or vmr at Trial Bay. Is there a Trial Bay around 1770??? cause the only one I know of is down South West Rocks NSW mid coast. Later on we also heard similiar call from a boat reporting a safe return into the Clarence river!!! (NSW north coast??)

Weather wise it was a perfect day, glassy seas with only slight cloud cover. I know we were a little way off shore and there was a slight current But..... kinda spooky, maybe Fox Mulder could help!!

Normally fish Moreton Bay and get reasonable coverage from Redcliffe to Southport from around Peel Is area.

Cheers,
Skippa 8)

[Kerry]

Skippa, 27mHz is very prone to interference and being the frequency it is has a tendancy to "skip" of the atmosphere.

In the 70's when actually using 27mHZ was illegal , 27mHz was used by "hobbyists" (in those days called "pirates") to communicate with people all over the world and depending on the atmospheric conditions one could hear and talk with people on the other side of the country, in the U.S yet couldn't hear the person in the next street.

Cheers, Kerry.

[agnes_jack]

Skippa
Never heard of a trial bay around here mate

Regards Tony ???

[Kerry]

Most likely be Trial bay near South West Rocks, NSW?

Cheers, Kerry.

[Daintreeboy]

We've heard lots of calls from Port Stevens up this way of Wonga Beach (Port Douglas) clear as a bell.
It was funny, one day the coastgaurd put across a warning about two white pointers heading down the beaches and to be on alert for them. Atmospheric bounce.

[skippa]

Thanks Guys,

Kerry, skip eh. Thanks for that, most unusal to hear from people talking 100's of K's away. Must have just been in the right spot. I don't recall hearing calls from far and wide around Brisbane.

Most chatter is usually from the 'Asian' fleet around Moreton Bay. (Maybe I'm listening to the wrong channel)

Tony, nope didn't think it was from around 1770 either. Couldn't understand how I could recieve messages from so far away.Hows' the fishin' been up your way, managed to get away from the shop yet?

Cheers,
Tony 8)

[johhno]

i had 27megs untill it blew up and then put vhf on board .some of the areas where updating the weather which saved my hide as trips were planned but cancelled due to the info given the trip where a long way out might have gone out if not for these reports as the weather reports on telly were different

anzac

can someone help me as to how you get weather updates on the vhf?
thanks
johnno

[Jeremy]

Johnno,

the local VMR or coastguard usually will notify of a weather update at 6 am or 7 am in the mornings. This is usually broadcast on ch 73 and they will tell you which channel to listen for it on.

Otherwise you can always call them up and ask them for the latest available forecast.

Jeremy

[Kerry]

can someone help me as to how you get weather updates on the vhf?

http://www.bom.gov.au/marine/new_arrangements.shtml

Not sure where your located but the marine VHF weather service provided direct from the Met offices Rockhampton to Cairns is something other offices should take on board.

Cheers, Kerry.

[johhno]

thanks for the help guys
johhno