grimsby and cleethorpes frequencies needed

[in2media]

anyone on here from grimsby/cleethorpes (uk).
im new to scanning and have a REALISTIC PRO-50 (i got cheap) and am wanting some frequencies

 

[captclint]

anyone on here from grimsby/cleethorpes (uk).
im new to scanning and have a REALISTIC PRO-50 (i got cheap) and am wanting some frequencies

Welcome to RR. We have a forum UK Radio Discussion Forum and a database UK Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference Database which might contain the info you seek. I'll ask to have this moved to UK forum

 

[tonsoffun]

Welcome to RR, moved to the UK forum.

 

[in2media]

just been to the frequency database link and in humberside it list the fire etc as 71.10000
my scanner only will enter it as 71.100

am i doing something wrong or is something wrong

 

[GRE-Scanner]

mine does the same so i scanned the frequency it allowed and as of yet have heard nothing.......

 

[brandon]

FWIW the fire brigades in the UK operate in AM mode, so make sure that mode is set.
Other possibility is that they have moved to the Airwave system (not monitored with scanner).

 

[Comint]

just been to the frequency database link and in humberside it list the fire etc as 71.10000
my scanner only will enter it as 71.100

am i doing something wrong or is something wrong

The Internationally accepted way of listing frequencies, is to 5 decimal places, however, most scanners only DISPLAY a frequency to three decimal places.

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Comint

 

[citylink_uk]

FWIW the fire brigades in the UK operate in AM mode, so make sure that mode is set.
Other possibility is that they have moved to the Airwave system (not monitored with scanner).

Hi,

Humberside are still active on 71.2000 and the system is FM not AM. Most county Fire Brigade radio systems in the UK are AM modulation but there are some FM systems in use too.

 

[GRE-Scanner]

i have managed to pick up on 70.xxx but they are cheshire and are not very clear.....

 

[citylink_uk]

I think Cheshire are 70.7750 AM. Check to see if your scanner can do AM modulation and change the step size to something like 12.5khz spacing.

If you are a distance from the transmitters you may need an outdoor antenna to get these lower frequencies better.

 

[GRE-Scanner]

to be honest i dont understand all this 12.5khz spacing etc. im very new to scanning and am only justs learning...... what is spacing about???

 

[phillmobile]

why not just use the wireless telegraphy register?

 

[morfis]

why not just use the wireless telegraphy register?

Because it is incomplete and lags way behind changes?

 

[phillmobile]

interesting point of view, if a licence is not on here then its being used illegally, why knock it down so quick, surely the wtr is the best place for people who dont know how to press the search button on there radio

 

[troffasky]

If they can't press the search button on their radio, then what makes you think they're going to be able to press the search button on the WTR page? Of course if they can't press the search button on their radio then they should probably think about a different hobby...

One reason not to rely on just the WTR is that it only contains tradeable frequencies, so by looking just at the WTR you'd miss things like PMSE, amateur bands, airband, PMR446, Simple UK Light, etc. Personally I find the WTR more useful for referring to once I've found something and I'm trying to identify it.

 

[phillmobile]

Thats all well and good but why didnt you post that in the first place instead of just having a go at me, at least i made the most minute effort to help.

If they can't press the search button on their radio, then what makes you think they're going to be able to press the search button on the WTR page? Of course if they can't press the search button on their radio then they should probably think about a different hobby...

One reason not to rely on just the WTR is that it only contains tradeable frequencies, so by looking just at the WTR you'd miss things like PMSE, amateur bands, airband, PMR446, Simple UK Light, etc. Personally I find the WTR more useful for referring to once I've found something and I'm trying to identify it.