gritters

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deanward5
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do the gritters have cb type radios fitted? like bin men. if so do anybody know the freq.
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I have it from good authority that the gritters in Norfolk don't have radios fitted.

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the gritters wont use cb radios well i doubt it
when they are close by use a close call feature if you have it on your scanner mainly unidens have these but i doubt you will hear them
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Close call wont work if they dont have radios lol
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true but if they do have radios which im not sure of it will
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Hi,

Norfolk County Council use 85.0875/71.5875 (CTCSS 123.0) for their gritting teams based at Caister. This has sometimes been quite active of a night during the recent icy spell.

Adrian
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