This package also comes with a voucher for 12 months membership to VKS-737 Radio Network. Produced by Perth’s Barrett Communications Pty Ltd, the Barrett 2050 offers all of the features that today’s users of HF radios have come to expect, plus a number of practical innovations.

This transceiver operates over a frequency range of 1.6 MHz to 30MHz for transmit and 0.5 MHz to
30 MHz for receive.  There are 500 channels available and the radio comes pre-programmed with a number of useful frequencies.  For day to day use you can utilise the Australian National 4WD Radio Network (VKS-737).  The VKS-737 Network utilises 10 base stations to provide a number of services including emergency communications, medical and mechanical breakdown assistance, weather and road condition reports, direct access to selected police and RFDS facilities, position reporting and
safety logging, radio telephone service as well as passing messages to and from home or other network members. 

 To help combat boredom on those long journeys you can listen to national broadcast networks including Radio Australia, BBC World and Voice of America.  Telcall is included which allows telephone access utilising direct dial telephone services to place or receive telephone calls without the requirement to go through an operator (call charges may apply).

Other features which will impress both first time and experienced HF users are the short text message capability, emergency selcall, digital signal processing, internal address books and GPS interface software, all of which are standard in the Outback Traveller Pack.

The Barrett Outback Traveller Pack is fully compatible with and can utilise the services offered by all major radio networks in Australia.  

These packages are available through Barrett’s Australian network of sales and service agents.
For further details contact Barrett Communications Pty Ltd, Bibra Lake, WA on 08 9434 1700
or  toll free 1800 999 580.