Standard Communications Words and Phrases

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The North West Team uses GRN (Government Radio Network) for primary communications. The GRN Channel is 208.

Shortly the team will be migrating to PMR (Private Mobile Radio) across the team area, and there will be three voting groups - Walgett, Coonamble/Warren and Bogan. This will utilise 15 repeaters across the team area, as listed below.

When we migrate to PMR if you move from one shire to another you will need to simply change the voting group.

PMR Channels

Brigades should transmit on the PMR vote grouprelevant to their district, however if this does not work, choose the manual channel in Zone 1 of the radios closest to your location.

Standard Communications Words & Phrases

The standard words (given below) should be used for radio communications when appropriate:

Phonetic Alphabet

An important factor of radio communications, when saying letters on the radio, use the phonetic alphabet:

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