I was working at an event last week and we were using the good old CB radios to communicate.
However, I new about the "popular channels", 8, 16 etc and the emergency channels but there were some were people were using them as simplex communication.
Is there a channel which is (officially or unofficially) designated for events...
thankyou and sorry to all those who i hassled
PS. it was me who said hi to warsug at about 7:30 on Friday on CH39
Event Channel
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CB is CB. There is no designated channels for anything except CH5/35. Everything else is fair game, but of course its preferable for people to be civil about it, and not broadcast on repeater inputs (31-38 ) or 5, or the repeaters unless you use the repeater wisely.
If its just going to be simplex choose anything else. I've also heard local traffic controllers on CB.
If its just going to be simplex choose anything else. I've also heard local traffic controllers on CB.
"VKI, NJ050 will you be attending the job?"
"Negative VKI, my desk is bolted to the floor".
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"Negative VKI, my desk is bolted to the floor".
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Well, there kinda is.yorky wrote:CB is CB. There is no designated channels for anything except CH5/35.
Here's the deal with UHF CB.
Channel's 1 through 8 are designated for repeaters. You should never transmit using simplex on these channels.
Channel's 31 through 38 are the repeater inputs. You should never directly transmit on any of these channels either.
5/35 are the emergency channels.
Channel 11 is the official UHF call channel
Channels 22 and 23 are not for voice communication, they are strictly for telemetry/data communication such as remote controlling pumps and bores on farms etc.
Channel 40 is the truck/road channel (not officially, but generally this is what it is used for).
Unofficially channel 18 is generally also used by people traveling the country in caravans.
All other channels are available for normal voice simplex conversations.
Hope that helps
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Yes 39 is good. 12 to 21 is usually the easiest to remember.
Though a very strange occurance with my 5W hand held, often it scrambles my 10" touchscreen in my car, very very annoying because I have to turn the screen off and on again
Though a very strange occurance with my 5W hand held, often it scrambles my 10" touchscreen in my car, very very annoying because I have to turn the screen off and on again
"VKI, NJ050 will you be attending the job?"
"Negative VKI, my desk is bolted to the floor".
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"Negative VKI, my desk is bolted to the floor".
WARSUG General Scanning Moderator
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