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Old 13 Oct 2016, 20:06 (Ref:3679829)   #1476
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Hi, can anybody recommend a reasonably priced radio scanner for on post marshalling?
I know very little (nothing) about radios so an help is very welcome.

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Old 13 Oct 2016, 21:59 (Ref:3679849)   #1477
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It depends where you'll be marshalling. More and more circuits are going over to digital radio and scanners will then be of no use.

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Old 14 Oct 2016, 00:25 (Ref:3679873)   #1478
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Just search any of the 147 threads that already exist on this subject... :-)
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Old 14 Oct 2016, 09:05 (Ref:3679941)   #1479
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Scanners.......

Oh how all my memories of wasted hours reading and replying to these threads have come flooding back.....

How could the circuits have been so mean...

Moving to digital radio systems has taken away so much of our fun .....
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Old 17 Oct 2016, 12:30 (Ref:3680895)   #1480
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You'll notice I've merged all the obvious ones into a single thread. It was, I think, 54 threads.

There are plenty of other less obvious ones that could also be merged...
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Old 17 Oct 2016, 14:00 (Ref:3680908)   #1481
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I'm finding this one difficult to read, being digital and all...
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Old 17 Oct 2016, 15:55 (Ref:3680936)   #1482
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I'm finding this one difficult to read, being digital and all...
I didn't know you were digital? I've always thought of you in analogue terms...but don't tell everyone
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Old 17 Oct 2016, 21:19 (Ref:3680984)   #1483
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Still better than thinking of him in binary terms.
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Old 18 Oct 2016, 07:20 (Ref:3681037)   #1484
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Still better than thinking of him in binary terms.
You either love him or hate him I suppose...
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Old 16 Nov 2017, 12:24 (Ref:3780725)   #1485
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Could anyone tell me what radio scanner they all use please as im getting different views which can be misleading i want to but the best that i can many thanks Marshals
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Could anyone tell me what radio scanner they all use please as im getting different views which can be misleading i want to but the best that i can many thanks Marshals
LOL - You will light the blue touch paper with that....

Be aware a lot of circuits and systems are going digital - rendering an analogue scanner redundant - however some places do still use analogue, but it is dying out gradually.

Try this thread:

http://tentenths.com/forum/showthrea...light=Scanners

You find everything on there...I believe.
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Old 17 Nov 2017, 13:09 (Ref:3780976)   #1487
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And merged again.
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Old 17 Nov 2017, 16:20 (Ref:3781022)   #1488
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And merged again.
Thanks Woolley - I wasn't sure how to do that which is why I gave the link.
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Could anyone tell me what radio scanner they all use please as im getting different views which can be misleading i want to but the best that i can many thanks Marshals
It does depend which circuit you attend. Many are still analogue, and some have moved to digital. Your best bet will be a Uniden 3600XLT, a Whistler 1088, TRX-1 or -2, either of which decode analogue and the majority of digital formats used at circuits. The TRX-1 and -2 will decode more digital formats.

Some circuits / International events use a [temporary] MRTC NXDN Digital encrypted system, which can only be monitored by an AOR ARDV1 (and soon an AOR ARDV10).

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Old 19 Nov 2017, 11:45 (Ref:3781463)   #1490
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Blimey. £400 to £1000 for a device that'll end up being dropped in a tyre wall!
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Old 20 Nov 2017, 12:33 (Ref:3781673)   #1491
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Dropped? Or thrown.

Did spend a day last year with someone who had an expensive scanner and inadequate waterproofs. I sincerely hope the presence of the former made up in pleasure terms for the absence of the latter. Couldn't figure it myself.
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I'm sure my waterproofs are perfectly adequate, fankewe
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Old 21 Nov 2017, 08:19 (Ref:3781906)   #1493
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Mine are only "allegedly waterproof", so clearly I need an expensive Scanner to make amends
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Depends where you put it. If it covers the hole then that's fine.
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Did Aintree today Marshalls using 169.0125 NXDN could not get safety freq
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i am looking at the Baofeng uv-6r duel band UHF/VHF.
anyone had experience of this unit. i believe a lot of circuits use 87.7 fm
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i am looking at the Baofeng uv-6r duel band UHF/VHF.
anyone had experience of this unit. i believe a lot of circuits use 87.7 fm
87.7FM will probably be for commentary (not Safety, Flag or other channels). Therefore any "ordinary" radio would pick that up. I am fairly sure Silverstone broadcasts commentary for big meets on that frequency, though sometimes it is found on an AM channel, but I cannot remember which.
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87.7FM will probably be for commentary (not Safety, Flag or other channels). Therefore any "ordinary" radio would pick that up. I am fairly sure Silverstone broadcasts commentary for big meets on that frequency, though sometimes it is found on an AM channel, but I cannot remember which.
1602AM, when it's running.
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1602AM, when it's running.
Which is a pain, seeing as we've all got FM on our phones these days, but almost no-one has AM any more unless you're in the car.

Difficult to flag from in the car, I find.
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Whenever I am at Snetterton for a car meeting I can pick up Race Control, but not the marshall's posts. Does anyone know what frequency they use?
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