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Welcome to VK7AAL, a personal radio blog exploring radio scanning, monitoring and amateur radio from Launceston Tasmania. This site documents what I hear, test, and learn across the VHF and UHF bands, with a focus on receivers, antennas, low-cost experiments, the home of RadioFreakDB and my FreeScan Config Files for Tasmania. All content reflects my personal interests and monitoring. This is shared for hobby, learning, and technical curiosity purposes only.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Video - Uniden BCD160DN Programming and Setup

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  • RadioReference.com Forums
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  • Ham Radio DX
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  • Blogs - NTARC Inc.
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    4 weeks ago
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  • UK Radio Discussion Forum
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  • VK3TBS
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    3 months ago
  • Welcome to REAST
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