Thread: Goverment Review of UHF 477 MHz channel arrangements

Great, twice as many channels for the yobbo's to take over and talk crap on . When i was crawling in traffic for 3 hours yesterday on the ring rd, i scanned thru the channels and most were full of d...heads talking crap.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Great, twice as many channels for the yobbo's to take over and talk crap on . When i was crawling in traffic for 3 hours yesterday on the ring rd, i scanned thru the channels and most were full of d...heads talking crap.

You get that in the city. In the bush they are used for their intended purpose ( well, mostly ). Mine's always turned off in the city.

Heh. I might get to use the programming cable for my Icom more than once, after all.

Call me a cynic but what's the bet the ACMA go to 12.5khz spaces in the CB segment but only keep it at 40ch, selling off the remaining bandwidth to commercial operators?

If the bandwidth of each channel is halved, the old radios will still work with each other. But the question is, after the phase in/out period, will it be illegal to operate a 40 channel set? I personally have about four sets, and do not appreciate the looming legal need to replace them all. Most of the people in my vehicle club also have multiple sets, ranging from multiple vehicle sets, to many small hand-helds. I appreciate how radio traffic can get a bit congested in Sydney and Melbourne, but in Adelaide, where I am, I would be hard pressed to find usage on more than a few channels. Once away from the big cities, where we would want to be using the radios, I have never had a traffic problem. I would be strongly against any changes to the system that required the retiremant of the 40 channel system.
Aaron.

Like most people, I will just ignore the law - a bit like it was in the early days of 27MHz CB. It wasn't illegal to import or sell them but it was illegal to use them.

Naturally, no one cared.

Originally Posted by Aaron IIA

If the bandwidth of each channel is halved, the old radios will still work with each other. But the question is, after the phase in/out period, will it be illegal to operate a 40 channel set? I personally have about four sets, and do not appreciate the looming legal need to replace them all. Most of the people in my vehicle club also have multiple sets, ranging from multiple vehicle sets, to many small hand-helds. I appreciate how radio traffic can get a bit congested in Sydney and Melbourne, but in Adelaide, where I am, I would be hard pressed to find usage on more than a few channels. Once away from the big cities, where we would want to be using the radios, I have never had a traffic problem. I would be strongly against any changes to the system that required the retiremant of the 40 channel system.
Aaron.

Hi Aaron,
This is purely my opinion, but I don't see ACMA (?) keeping 40ch & reducing the overall bandwidth. I think that they recognise that, due to an immense increase in traffic, that 40ch is no longer enough. With the increasing discrimination possible with the "new" tuners, they can reduce the bandwidth of each channel to half that applying previously.

I think that they will retain the total bandwidth allocation to allow for the increasing traffic.

What I am less certain of is how the older UHF sets will filter neighbouring channels (which will be much closer to the "target" frequency). I suspect that this will drive the move to updated UHF radios.

Best Wishes,

Then there's the issue of all the UHF CB repeaters in rural areas around the country. Many of them use old Philips, Motorola or Tait gear.

Hi Wayne,
As you probably know, each repeater only "repeats" one (or at most two) channels. If I read the proposed upgrade correctly, it should have NO impact on the repeaters.

Best Wishes,