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Thought I'd ask a few more questions
Broadcasts - what's the 'Broadcast refer #' mean at the end of one? I can understand all the rest of it, just not sure about that part.
Other units coming onto channels - today I heard a Tango 617 unit on VKR Logan goin to Beenleigh rail station. (and Golf 911 on the highway booking on and then intercepting a motorbike.) I'm assuming they do this to stay in contact with VKR when going out of range of one repeater to another.
Booking on/terminating callsign (heard one unit booking on with one callsign, told by VKR that callsign was already allocated and to pick another. I am assuming they could have picked any available callsign within the 4xx range (GD units) that was available?
Diverting jobs - have heard this happen several times to a few crews. Does this mean another crew will handle the job on another channel or is that specific job the crew were attending before diversion will be written off?
Welfare checks - how long would it take for a unit not to call in to VKR to get a welfare check?
Also, on a related note, watched one of QPS 'From the Vault' videos - more specifically 'Safer by bus.' Noticed the old job card system used in that video, and noted the VKR operator gave out jobs far differently to today, more specifically, a unit was called out to a specific address, told to take up with an informant, given the job code and that was it. Probably cause it was a public telephone box. No alphanumeric callsigns were used, just 'VKR to 630. Location please?'
If any of you worked with the old jobcard system, I would love to hear your experiences.
Thanks,
Erik
(also, on another related note, I am a bit of a newbie to this whole scanning hobby
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