CB Signal

[zook123]

Okaay lads. got the CB Radio fitted. so what channels you on... Scott?

[urbanzook]

i use 9

[zook123]

okay. How long is the signal? I was talking to some french bloke today in france.

[urbanzook]

iv never got to france, every unit has is own distence it can transmit, mine is 2m flat but you can resive any think, but you may not be abel to talk back

[Zukipilot]

It depends on the power of the radio. The antenna is also a big factor in how far the radio transmits.

[zook123]

im starting to get worried. I just read that some cb's are illegal.. Mine is 27mhz?

[Zukipilot]

It depends on the channels within the 27MHz band. If I remember correctly, the 40 channel radios are the ones that are illegal. 9 channels are fine.

[zook123]

mine has 40 channels

[urbanzook]

so do i an my mates

[zook123]

In Great Britain, some people were illegally using American CB radios in the 1970s, a craze which suddenly peaked in 1980 due to popularizing by the film Convoy. As late as the summer of 1981, the British government was still saying that CB would never be legalized on 27 MHz, and proposed a UHF service around 860 MHz called "Open Channel" instead.

However, in November 1981, 40 frequencies unique to the UK, and using FM, were allocated at 27 MHz, plus 20 channels on 934 MHz. CB's inventor Al Gross made the first legal British CB call from Trafalgar Square, London.

Later, the UK added the more usual 40 frequencies used worldwide for a total of 80 channels at 27 MHz, and the 934 MHz band was withdrawn in 1998.

CB radio in the UK was deregulated in December 2006 by the regulatory body Ofcom, and CB radio in the UK is now licence free.

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