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26-SUKer-17
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26-TM-580
STATUS: Bugged-In at the Bug-Out
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Ofcom intention to legalise SSB CB in 2013
Ofcom intention to legalise SSB CB in 2013
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Ofcom intention to legalise SSB CB in 2013
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11 March 2013, 09:48
Excellent. Only thing is only one of my CB radios has SSB capabilities.
Skean Dhude
------------------------------- It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. - Charles Darwin
11 March 2013, 10:03
(This post was last modified: 11 March 2013, 10:19 by Lightspeed.)
Good morning SD.
The good news from Ofcom is as always very carefully worded. Take a look at the EU harmonization document and you'll find that the new allocation applies to very specific frequencies. Fortunately these are the same across Europe rather than just the UK 27/81 frequencies. If your radio is old, it will probably not be CE approved, so even if the channel frequencies match the new standard, you may well need to purchase a new rig in order to work 100% legally. If your radio is a modern, compliant rig like the AT5555 it will be able to also interact with all of you existing legal CB radios as well. This is because it has capability top be switched to correct frequencies and also correct modes (FM for the existing CB Standards) By the way, the adoption of harmonization proposals will probably permit use of AM modulation as well, but this will have limited practical advantage for us as preppers. LS Hi Barneboy, Strange, my reply to you evaporated... Anyway, I'm still very tied up in getting my Retreat sorted and have very limited time to participate on the forum at the moment. The announcement of the SSB allocation seemed not to have been picked up on, so I've just popped in to let you guys know. Stay safe LS
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Lightspeed 26-SUKer-17 26-TM-580 STATUS: Bugged-In at the Bug-Out  
11 March 2013, 19:51
Great to hear from you LS missed you pal...and many thanks
11 March 2013, 21:59
This is a very interesting development, its not often we get good news like this,... will delve deeper into this
A major part of survival is invisibility.
12 March 2013, 02:56
(11 March 2013, 21:59)Highlander Wrote: This is a very interesting development, its not often we get good news like this,... will delve deeper into this Last few summers we have regularly achieved Scotland to SE England communications on normal 4w 27/81 FM CB radios. Our antenna is a home made elevated 1/4 wave Groundplane taped to a fishing pole. 12w SSB will increase opportunity of this sort of long range inter UK comms during the summer months.
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Lightspeed 26-SUKer-17 26-TM-580 STATUS: Bugged-In at the Bug-Out
11 April 2013, 16:55
Glad you posted that, I was about to update my standard 40 channel CB from the 1980's. I'll hold on a bit now
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