Re: Re: Wannbe HAM
By: Tony Langdon to Joe Delahaye on Sat Sep 17 2016 17:55:00
TL> A lot of 23 channel CBs found their way down here too. Technically illegal
TL> I think, but once the 40 channel band plan was adopted, authorities pretty
TL> much turned a blind eye, as they were operating within specs on the 23
TL> channels they were capable of. The 18 channel sets were officially phased
TL> out within a few years, but remained on air for many years afterwards.
TL> Probably some still out in the wild now. :)
I imagine much the same happened here. I gave my set to my son in law, as he
was a trucker. I dont think they have radios in their trucks any more, at least
not the company he drives for. <G> Not allowed to talk and drive at same time
TL> The latest round of obsolescence occurs when the 40 channel UHF spec
TL> sunsets in 2017, leaving only 80 channel radios legal for use on the UHF CB
TL> band, but I suspect we'll see old gems like the Philips FM-320 on air for
TL> many years to come. :)
Not sure what the new public radio service is called these days, but it uses a
different spectrun I believe
TL> And we also needed a licence in Australia to operate a CB until 1994. I did
TL> have a licence, two actually - one for UHF, one for 27 MHz. We were
TL> supposed to licence each individual radio, though I went with one per band,
TL> since I had at least one radio on each band. For most of thoe years, I had
TL> at least 2 CBs on each band. All licences held by the one person generally
TL> had the same callsign, so it was hard to tell.
Cant remember what mine was , and yes, actually legally needed one for each set.
I had one and my wife had one. I used mine for both mobile and station. ---
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