has the gritters gone

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has the gritters gone

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any active freqs or they gone.ty
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a lot of councils used vhf low band, around 70 - 80MHz, have a scan around and see if you hear anything.
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Tetra Airwave up your end i believe
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I think Edinburgh must have went digital a good few years ago have never heard them.
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i think the highlands in scotland some (or all) gritters have airwave terminals for comms with the emergency services but thats it as far as i know, the others are either still on low band or maybe even just using mobile phones now and got rid of the radios.
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Heard someone on 164.775, talking about gritting further North from me in St Andrews on Friday night.
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Midlothian still use 87.100Mhz if this helps.
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scottyboy wrote:i think the highlands in scotland some (or all) gritters have airwave terminals for comms with the emergency services but thats it as far as i know, the others are either still on low band or maybe even just using mobile phones now and got rid of the radios.
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stratocaster wrote:
scottyboy wrote:i think the highlands in scotland some (or all) gritters have airwave terminals for comms with the emergency services but thats it as far as i know, the others are either still on low band or maybe even just using mobile phones now and got rid of the radios.
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Can you confirm if it's Airwave in the highlands then or a separate network?
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Yes from other sources it is Airwave in the highlands.
Was tuned into 87.100 nfm yesterday, not sure what I was listening to other than some guys chatting back and forth, roger bleeps going nine to the dozen!
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