[TheList] NZ Forestry Radio Frequencies

Sat Mar 4 07:33:00 AEDT 2023

I'm not from there, so I don't know if it's pre or post narrowbanding.  
Also, that's not a nationwide list which is what I took Chris was 
looking for, and he's from Northland if I recall correct.  As I 
mentioned, every forest is different, and it's entirely possible that 
the channel he's looking for may or may not be reffered to as something 
else.

Cheers,

Richard.

On 4/03/2023 8:00 am, Rob Vile wrote:
> On the Tauranga page there is an old list of bush channels?
>
> On Sat, 4 Mar 2023, 12:58 am DogSec - Richard, 
> <richard at dogsecurity.co.nz> wrote:
>
>     Hey mate,
>
>     Forestry channels are kinda all over the place with what forest uses
>     what, and what forest requires what.  It's not uncommon for one
>     area to
>     be on one channel, and another area to be on a seperate one,
>     within one
>     forest.   It should basically all be analog VHF around 150 - 155ish,
>     with the odd one using commercial freqs in the EE/EN band. There's no
>     real list,  I often found radio dealers not doing a good enough
>     job when
>     programming so when they changed to narrowband this was an ideal time
>     for everyone to clean up their acts, but noone really did.  I know
>     everything I put out was above board.
>
>     The issue mainly being some forest managers require selcall on
>     certain
>     channels, others don't - even if it's the same frequency used in
>     different areas.  Company A might have say channel 13 (a fairly
>     common
>     channel) in their radio, with no selcall enabled which is fine for
>     Forest A, but not for Forest B.... Company A does work in Forest B
>     and
>     doesn't understand why the forestry managers get upset, to them they
>     have the channel and there shouldn't be an issue.  Selcall was one of
>     the ways to ensure that everyone has the right channels in the radio,
>     just cos you have say, channel 13, you might also be required to have
>     several other channels in case of a fire, or entering a loading
>     zone and
>     also that you're meant to be in the forest in the first place... A
>     lot
>     of 4WDers, for example, had forestry channels programmed into radios
>     that were never allowed in the forest in the first place.
>
>     The best thing, to confirm, would be to get hold of the forestry
>     manager
>     for the forests you're going into, they can advise what channels they
>     use, even if you have no intentions to transmitting at least you
>     could
>     listen out for calls when you're in the area. Otherwise close call
>     might
>     be your friend while you build up a database.   What they call
>     channel
>     57, may be called something entirely different... I've just gone
>     through
>     the list of forestry stuff I have done in the past, and I don't
>     see a 57
>     mentioned, but it might be called something else.
>
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Richard.
>
>
>     On 3/03/2023 2:17 pm, Chris H - Radiowiki wrote:
>     > Driving a bit in forestry roads for my job, and more so after the
>     > cyclone - I was wondering if anyone has a list of Radio Frequencies
>     > they use..
>     >
>     > I was in one yesterday (No logging operations so no requirement to
>     > carry a radio when we travel) that said use NZR or RNZ Channel
>     57 for
>     > traffic positions.
>     >
>     > Cant find anything listed anywhere, and the god awful RSM site is
>     > almost next to useless at the moment for searching..
>     >
>     >
>     > Also - this list seemed awfully quiet during the cyclone, is it
>     still
>     > active??
>     >
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