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When Mobile Coverage Stops, Your Farm Stays Connected 

​​Off-grid radios for full property coverage, no blackspots. 

Living or working in rural, regional or remote Australia? If your phone or internet fails when you need it most — you’re not alone. Blackspots are real. But your work doesn’t stop.

That’s why Mobile Communications builds off-grid communication systems that keep your crew talking, fence line to far paddock.​


The Agricultural Comms Problem


You run it all: 

  • Cattle or crop paddocks 
  • Fences, pumps, machinery 
  • Hundreds or thousands of acres of scrub, hills and gullies 

You’ve got 2 UTVs, 1 grader, 5 paddocks of cattle and a workshop that’s always behind. And the weather? Missed the forecast again.  

You’re sick of: 

  • Handhelds that sound like a sock full of bees 
  • No signal where your people are 
  • Systems that drop out when the power does 
  • Tech that looks great on paper but fails in dust, heat or rain 

​​Female farmer in plaid shirt overlooking crop field at sunset – agricultural communications and rural connectivity

Female farmer on mobile phone in wheat field with harvester in background – agricultural connectivity and rural communications

Illustration of a two-way radio labeled “1 Grader”

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Grader

Illustration of three cattle in a fenced paddock representing agricultural communications - 5 paddocks of cattle

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Paddocks of cattle

Illustration of a farmer driving a utility vehicle (UTV) with the number 2, representing farm vehicle communications

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UTVs

Your Biggest Challenges

Farmer using mobile phone near hay bales with 4WD vehicle antenna, highlighting rural communication challenges


The Hidden Cost

What’s poor comms really costing you? 

  • Crews out of contact for hours 
  • Lone workers with no safety line 
  • Tractors missing load slots at harvest 
  • Storms killing your link when you need it most 
  • Teams juggling four radios — none fully reliable 

Drop into a gully? Signals gone. Thick scrub or steel sheds? Blocked. Over the ridge? Radio silence. No check-in. No help. No safe machine moves.

Two agricultural workers using a tablet and radio to monitor farming operations in a rural field


Outgrown Your Gear 

You started with a UHF in the ute and a couple of handhelds. It worked — until you needed to reach a crew 30km out in the paddock. Now the farm’s bigger, the risks are real, and that gear just can’t keep up. 

Every delay cuts yield, dents safety and wastes hours. ​

Female farmer using mobile phone in rural paddock with cattle, demonstrating remote farm connectivity


Coordination Chaos 

​​You need more than a crackly call. You need instant group comms across paddocks, loaders, yards, trucks and machines. No waiting. No “Can you hear me?”. Every missed call means more fuel, more downtime, more risk. ​

Why Connection Matters


Forget the “agtech” hype. You need one system that just works — off-grid, off-tower, off the map. Good connection saves lives, lifts production, and keeps your crew tight.

“Business owners and managers who have clarity of direction, who set and communicate realistic expectations and actively manage their team are most likely to not only attract the cream of the crop, but also keep them.” 
— Liz Fing, GrainGrowers, via Groundcover

Your crew needs to know what they’re doing and where they’re going — and reach you when it counts. 

Group of farmers attending a field day in a wheat paddock – agricultural communications and regional connectivity in action

How We Solve It

What makes us different? 

Mobile Communications doesn’t sell boxes. We build full comms systems that just work — day in, day out. 

  • HF radios for remote areas (LRDR) — modern digital long-range, no towers needed. 
  • UHF & VHF farm radios — clear yard-to-yard, truck-to-quad talk. 
  • LTE & Satellite — for data when towers do work, and backup when they don’t. 
  • Rugged handsets — one Push-To-Talk button. No fuss

The Ultimate Guide to LRDR, UHF & VHF​ Radios ​​​​​​​​

Authorised, Field-Proven Gear: 


When you build with Mobile Communications, you’re getting trusted comms hardware, tuned for real farm life:  

  • Codan — Sentry-M 6170-HH: HF with advanced digital voice.  
  • Icom — IC-SAT100: Satellite PTT with global reach.  
  • Tait — TeamPTT: Seamless LTE & LMR in one.  
  • Motorola — WAVE PTX: PTT over LTE/Wi-Fi.  
  • GME — XRS-BT1: UHF with Bluetooth PTT. 

Why Push-To-Talk Beats Old CBs

Old CBs can’t switch bands. They break up in blackspots. They’re no match for real bush conditions.   

We can run Push-To-Talk (PTT) across HF, UHF, VHF, LTE and Satellite — all on one tough handset.

Push the button
Everyone hears it.

Clear digital voice
No static, no shouting twice.

Huge reach
Paddock to paddock, ute to base, no mobile needed.

See It In Action


Motorola WAVE PTX — Push-To-Talk that runs on Wi-Fi, LTE, satellite. 

See how it keeps a Queensland sugar mill running, even when towers drop. 

Source: This video belongs to Motorola Solutions. We stock the gear — and build the system for your farm. 

The Result

Reliable comms for large farms. Full property radio coverage — no dead spots. 

From sugarcane mills to cotton farms — ditch the old CBs. Get a comms system that grows with you.  

What this means for you: 

  • No downtime when storms take towers out. 
  • No comms gap across paddocks or ridges. 
  • No second-guessing if someone’s out of range. 
  • No “Can you hear me?” — just Push-To-Talk. 

When Towers Drop Out, You Don’t. 


Storm hit? No phone signal? Your crew keeps talking. Push the button — everyone hears it. 

From Queensland sugar mills to WA cattle stations, our PTT systems keep bush operations connected when mobile coverage quits. 


Blackspots? Bushfires? One system. One number. Let’s get it sorted. 


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