>   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.   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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