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Hi, I am a new member to this group and have noticed that many members seem to have so many radios. Why? I am curious as I too have a few transceivers, all for different purposes but I have noticed I could get rid of a few and not feel any loss of capability. In scanning, is it simply a case of needing more radios due to the growing number of modes, or is it just a case of the more the better? I still have to get my first scanner and am procrastinating ...

When we moved here quite some time back that summer there was a large bushfire about 20km NW - with a NW wind.

I had a Uniden 760XLT, and it scanned the police, CFA dispatch, fireground, command and air bombing channels in addition to other stuff. Even with non-essential stuff locked out I found I kept missing key comms as it stopped on less important transmissions, so after that incident and further fires happened I bought additional scanners and dedicated each to specific services.

I now have 4 fixed units to a discone that run whenever I am in the study, a handheld to carry around when needed, and a couple of near mint Realistic PRO units that scan various airband channels when the mood takes me

I'm back after an absence.
Can't find my old NSW RFS pager feeds.
Are there any now?