Thread: Language is not kid friendly

That's the problem with open slather comms channels.
It's one of the reasons why I don't bother listening to Ch. 40 these days, only use it on trips.

Ch40 is unusable in adelaide. Anyone who tries to use it get bullied by the usual on the channel.

Basically they have set up camp on there and won't allow anyone else to use the channel.

It's pretty good locally, fairly tame apart from the odd pair of teenagers who get a cheap UHF and fill the channel up with crap, mainly just truckies chatting and radio-checks.
Soon as I hit sydney though the UHF goes off, completely full of nutters, evangelical whack-jobs, and who knows what else.
Police channel on the other hand, that's a different story...

My UHF was disconnected for some work a while ago and I never bothered to reconnect it... Well this weekend I decided to connect it up again and within 1min of doing so I remember why I hadn't bothered before.

Originally Posted by Eevo

Ch40 is unusable in adelaide. Anyone who tries to use it get bullied by the usual on the channel.

Basically they have set up camp on there and won't allow anyone else to use the channel.

I only turn my UHF on as I leave the city.

Originally Posted by Eevo

Ch40 is unusable in adelaide. Anyone who tries to use it get bullied by the usual on the channel.

Basically they have set up camp on there and won't allow anyone else to use the channel.

just to follow up my comment. i dont know if its the same guy or not, but something is being done.
im guessing it as the same guy as the area is similar. going by trial and error and signal strength i had put it in the prospect area


A KILBURN man is facing Federal charges over his alleged misuse of a CB radio to harass people and disturb communications in the Adelaide area.
John Kiss, 44, has been ordered to face the Adelaide Magistrates Court next month over five alleged breaches of the Radiocommunications Act (1992).
His case is being handled by Commonwealth prosecutors following an investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
Kiss has yet to plead to one count of causing a disruption or disturbance to radio communications.
He is further charged with operating a radio communications device without a licence, and three counts of possessing such a device without a licence.
Prosecutors will allege the offences occurred between February 20 and June 7 this year.
Today, an ACMA spokeswoman told The Advertiser the case concerned "allegations of abuse and harassment".
"A CB radio is a two-way, short distance, communications service that can be used by any person in Australia, whether it is for recreational or domestic purposes, or in connection with work or business," she said.
"A person operating a CB station must not operate the station in a way that would be likely to cause a reasonable person to be seriously alarmed or seriously affronted, or for the purpose of harassing a person.
"The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has charged the defendant with reckless conduct resulting in substantial disruption and disturbance of radiocommunications."


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It's interesting that this Adelaide man is charge with operating the device without a licence? Was he sliding off channel?

I know its not worth turning on CB in Sydney, there's always the one bloke scanning channels including the repeaters talking about his gentals.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

It's interesting that this Adelaide man is charge with operating the device without a licence? Was he sliding off channel?

i too was wondering that and so i looked it up

he's been charged with:

operation of a radiocommunications device otherwise than as authorised by a licence;
possession of radiocommunications devices, for the purposes of operation, otherwise than as authorised by a licence; and
reckless conduct resulting in substantial disruption and disturbance of radiocommunications.


so not without a licence, but outside of what the free/public licence allows.