UHF Channels in NZ
Submitted: Thursday, Aug 20, 2009 at 20:38
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Mark S (cns)
Does anyone know what the general UHF channel allocations for communicating in NZ are?
cheers
Mark
Reply By: Member - SNAKE QLD - Thursday, Aug 20, 2009 at 21:01
Thursday, Aug 20, 2009 at 21:01
Hi Mark, Just do a search for NZ UHF Freqs and you can print them out. Cheers Snake
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Follow Up By: Mark S (cns) - Thursday, Aug 20, 2009 at 22:34
Thursday, Aug 20, 2009 at 22:34
cheers Snake, I did a google before posting, but nothing really came up - a lot of ref to tv uhf etc, and radio products
Thanks
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Reply By: Member - Kiwi Kia - Thursday, Aug 20, 2009 at 22:30
Thursday, Aug 20, 2009 at 22:30
Hi Mark,
If you are asking if there are dedicated channels for emergency, caravans, calling, trucks etc. then the answer is no. UHF is not used very much other then 4wd clubs. The UHF frequencies in NZ are the same as in Australia but people mostly just use the UHF for convoy use and pick any channel they want.
I am in NZ, are you intending to come over this way ?
KK
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Follow Up By: Mark S (cns) - Thursday, Aug 20, 2009 at 22:39
Thursday, Aug 20, 2009 at 22:39
Gidday Kiwi
thanks for that, just thought of bringing the handheld over with me
Yep, I'm coming back home for a coupla weeks to catch up with rellies, take the family to the snow etc. Just doing Nth Island, my old stomping ground....
From Wgtn originally, but been here for 15 odd years now.
Get into Akl next Fri and pick up a pacific horizon 4 berth to see the motherland from a different perspective!
cheers
Ex-pat Mark
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Follow Up By: Member - Kiwi Kia - Thursday, Aug 20, 2009 at 22:49
Thursday, Aug 20, 2009 at 22:49
Plenty of snow on the Tararua range to day - very nice against the blue sky.
Unless you want to talk to one of your family when in convoy you are unlikly to hear much on the UHF.
Send me an email
nzrees@ahoo.com
I am in
Wellington and have a Troopy in
Brisbane (at the moment).
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Reply By: Member - Russnic [NZ] - Friday, Aug 21, 2009 at 15:28
Friday, Aug 21, 2009 at 15:28
Hi Mark
The channel frequencies here in New Zealand are just the same as Australia and radios are completely compatible.
I have used my N.Z. hand held in Aus no problems.
There are no, or few repeaters here, so most channels are used apart from the data transmission channels.
UHF is not used a lot on the road in N.Z. though truckies can appear on 40 at times and Motor homes on 18 and 20 also at times.
At this time of the year round here the Dairy Farmers use them and can come up on any channel, it is their busy time, cows calving.
The old C.B.s were quite common before Cell phones, don't think they are used much at all now. I have a box of old C.B.s in a shed, used to have one in each tractor, truck, car, etc along with a base. Cell phones made them obsolete.
We were far enough away from town so that the idiots were not a problem.
A bit like Aus I suppose, the closer to the cities the more idiots you seem to get on the UHF.
Cheers
Russ
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