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A few things to help you get started on UHF Radios

UHF Radio 477 MHz
UHF Radio is a form of ground wave communication that is highly recommended for coastal, outback, wharehouse and business communications in Australia. This form of communication is on the FM Band which supplies superior voice quality and less ambient background noise. Definitely a more professional type of communication than the 27Mhz CB. The other beneficial factor with UHF Radio is the public repeater system throughout Australia. With these repeaters, range of UHF Radio is improved drastically allowing far more flexible use of the radio. Features like scan, selcall and scrambler mode once again gives the user far greater flexibility for any given situation. UHF radio is available in handheld or mobile units. Listed below are brief explanations of the main features found in a UHF radio.

SCAN
Scan is a feature that is extensively used in highway and outback communications for gaining the maximum information on this band of radio. There are two types of scan on each scanning UHF Radio.

Group scan allows the user to program any channels he or she desires into the scan function. This type of scan is commonly used for gaining the maximum information whilst on the road. A common scan is CH 1-8 and CH 40. Channels one up to eight cover all repeater stations throughout Australia and channel forty is classed as the highway channel.

Open scan allows the user to quickly scan all forty channels continuously. This is most commonly used in an emergency situation when communication is needed with anybody that can help your current situation. Open scan allows the user to quickly scan all forty channels continuously. This is most commonly used in an emergency situation when communication is needed with anybody that can help your current situation. Open scan allows the user to quickly scan all forty channels continuously. This is most commonly used in an emergency situation when communication is needed with anybody that can help your current situation.

SELCALL
Selcall is a feature that is designed more for the business user but can also be a handy feature if you are travelling with more than one vehicle. Selcall stands for Selective Calling System which allows the user to call each individual radio separately or as a group. This system uses coding that is transmitted to the other radios in the group to raise an alarm on the corresponding radio. Thus letting the other user know that he is being contacted. For a more in depth look at this feature please feel free to contact us at Olbis World - Communications Division.

SCRAMBLER
Scramblers allow a business to conduct private conversations with other radios in the group. Any other radio that does not have this feature with the correct encoding can not listen into the conversation.