[TheList] Wellington

Thu Jul 22 16:27:49 AEST 2021

Yeah could do that for sure.  Unless it's a wideband commercial channel 
that expired quite some time ago (maybe 5 years?) I feel those should go 
- I don't think there's much point keeping stuff that's very old.   Or 
perhaps we create a new section under each region specifically for 
expired stuff, so the main body is newer. That sounds like a better 
plan.  It's more for smaller areas that don't see many people making 
changes - I suspect it might get worse when NGCC comes in, in a few 
years time and people start not really playing around in the airwaves much.

If a company is still running around on wideband, they need a slap and 
deserve the fine from RSM and it's honestly shocking they're still doing 
it - a license for a simplex channel is $150/year.  I don't get it, hell 
of a lot cheaper than a fine, and doesn't annoy other users.  And it can 
be considered a business expense.  Kind of a shame RSM aren't more 
active tracking people down - I'm sure if a customer stopped paying 
their Vodafone or Telecom bill, they'd get cut off real quick.  Then 
again a lot of companies seem to be cheap... We had a few agricultural 
customers still running GM950s and other old radios like that.  Folks, 
if you don't blink an eye at dropping quarter a million on a brand new 
self driving tractor or a digger, an extra grand on a new radio isn't 
going to kill you... especially when I have to come back a year later to 
replace it when it finally gives up.  I had that a few times...  Say a 
radio is $1200, and it lasts 10 years, that's only $120 a year.  Anyway, 
enough ranting, thanks for the reply Radio Scanner :)

On 22/07/2021 17:55, Radio Scanner wrote:
> I don't use my Scanner much nowadays but I know of a couple Companies 
> using expired/cancelled Simplex Licences a few years ago. I suppose 
> they just couldn't be bothered paying any more. Unless people 
> personally know for sure, can we just mark those "expired" Channels - 
> just so listeners have a heads up that the Channel could still be in 
> use regardless of Licence status?
>
> On 22/07/2021 11:19 a.m., DogSecurity - Richard wrote:
>> Hi team,
>>
>> I'm certainly not here to nitpick, but I noticed the additions of 
>> Kmart and TWL frequencies to the Wellington region.
>>
>> I'm specifically interested in the Kmart 1&2, 3&4 frequencies.  These 
>> are both repeaters registered to Coles Group NZ Holdings (who seem to 
>> be the parent company to Kmart)  CN28 and CN168 (Kmart 1/2 and 2/3 
>> respectively) are repeater input and output frequencies.... in 
>> Auckland.  Is anyone able to confirm that's correct? I'm suspecting 
>> it's not, although it could be Kmart using unlicensed frequencies.  
>> Also TWL 5, 6 are simplex channels used by Kmart in AKL, Napier and 
>> CHCH areas.
>>
>> If they can be reconfirmed, that'd be great.  Also I think it's going 
>> to be a good idea to remove the Kmart 2 and 4 frequencies as they're 
>> repeater inputs (for a repeater that's not anywhere near the WLG 
>> area) and I feel that having TX frequencies is a very bad idea.. you 
>> know, for cheap Chinese radio reasons haha.
>>
>> At some point soon I want to go through and compare all areas against 
>> RSMs listings for expired/cancelled licenses to tidy up dead/wideband 
>> frequencies.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
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