> 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
>TL> CB band, but I suspect we'll see old gems like the Philips FM-320 on air
>TL> for many years to come. :)
> Not sure what the new public radio service is called these days, but it
> uses a
> different spectrun I believe
If you're thinking of what's called Family Radio service, it's 462.??? MHz.
>TL> And we also needed a licence in Australia to operate a CB until 1994. I
>TL> did 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
>TL> band, since I had at least one radio on each band. For most of thoe
> years,
>TL> I had at least 2 CBs on each band. All licences held by the one person
>TL> generally 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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