I grabbed my IC-R20, still programmed with the old frequencies and found the Busways Blacktown frequency from it вЂ“ 488.5500Mhz. It seems that I might have been too late to catch the trail and follow it вЂ¦ so I had to take a different approach. Knowing that Busways operates out of Glendenning, I tried to search for licenses in that postcode вЂ“ but there was no clear indication of any such entity. The first thing I tried was to find a client containing вЂњBuswaysвЂќ.

The first thing I always do is just to search the ACMA RRL. It seems the вЂњnewвЂќ transit officers might rely on mobile phones instead, or there really isnвЂ™t any transit officers вЂњconnectedвЂќ to my local GRN base so IвЂ™m not getting the transmissions.Д«ut I wasnвЂ™t going to give up вЂ“ in my new area, I really wanted to listen to the local bus operator ( Busways) as I was convinced there was still some good listening to be had, so I spent some time to find them on the air. Even the NSW GRN doesnвЂ™t seem to have the same level of activity it once had вЂ“ the transit officer talkgroups are nearly silent with an occasional radiocheck. All those memories in my scanners were now picking up nothing but the chugging of digital FSK signals. As a result of ACMAвЂ™s rejig of the 400Mhz band, the radio landscape had changed to (almost all) digital trunked voice systems with new frequency allocations. With my recent overseas travel and change of scenery, things havenвЂ™t been quite set up in the same way as they have been in the past. Listening to transit officers and RMS on the NSW GRN, and Sydney Buses would provide an interesting view of what was happening on the roads and tracks without leaving the comfort of my own room while I did some work. But why? As it turns out, I used to have a scanner radio active in idle times to listen to what was happening in the community around me. I was sitting in my room the other day and something seemed off.

Dmr programming to a scanner