Subj : Re: CB experiments
To : kk4qbn
From : fusion
Date : Sun Feb 09 2025 05:27 pm
On 09 Feb 2025, kk4qbn said the following...
kk> Re: Re: CB experiments
kk> By: phigan to Weatherman on Sun Feb 09 2025 05:46:32
kk>
kk> ph> Just FYI, I think the guy you replied to is in the UK.
kk>
kk> ph> Is CB in the UK on the same frequencies as the USA? Wasn't there some
kk> ph> place that calls FRS as CB or something?
kk>
kk> Correct, CB in the UK is on UHF frequencies that I believe run along the
kk> US FRS/GMRS bands, while CB in the US is on HF band.
i looked it up.. seems the UK has an original CB band ~27.60 -> ~27.99 as well as the US band being tacked on eventually for a total of 80 channels.
the previous joke about 27.555 was because of "freebanding" .. it seems less sneaky now considering both below and above that frequency are more CB channels..
the UK lost it's UHF CB band 934MHz in 1999(?) and i'm unsure they would call PMR446 nor the one at 477MHz "CB" for historical reasons (having had similar CB culture to the USA)
*shrug*
where i live there used to still be a lot of CB activity near the downtown area.. but that's getting to be maybe 15 years ago now. ugh.
had this thing on the roof:
https://www.amazon.com/Sirio-Antenna-GPE-10m-Base/dp/B009GWL8EK
was pretty slick!
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