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If/When Ofcom Legalise SSB CB in the UK...
I will use the allocation and will buy a fully-legal Type-Approved set to use there 8 (11.8%)
I will check it out with my existing kit, and if it seems to be a "goer" I'll buy a Legal Rig for it. 12 (17.6%)
I will use the allocation, with my existing non-'Type-Approved' FB/Amateur Equipment 21 (30.9%)
I will use the new allocation, but secondary to my main activity on established FB Channels 19 (27.9%)
I won't use the allocation. But I will continue to use T5 etc. for SSB 5 (7.4%)
I don't plan on using it. I have no interest in using SSB on 11m. 3 (4.4%)
Total Votes: 68
If or When SSB is Legalised in the UK; Survey / Poll
Topic Started: Thursday, 26. July 2012, 10:51 (1,752 Views)
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Further to various Posts and Threads relating to the EU Directive on CB SSB, here's a Poll to gauge what people think they'll do...
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Mark in Essex
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Steve, perhaps another option on the poll? ........................I already USE AM/SSB on the proposed frequencies from the EU directive / or 26.965-27.405, or something along those lines ;)
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Mark in Essex
Friday, 27. July 2012, 01:31
Steve, perhaps another option on the poll? ........................I already USE AM/SSB on the proposed frequencies from the EU directive / or 26.965-27.405, or something along those lines ;)

You're quite right Mark, there is another "Case" that would deserve a mention and an option: namely
  • I'm already using SSB on Mid Block frequencies (NOTE: i.e. illegally, pre-empting the Legislation)
I cannot add it to the Options above as they're fixed once the Survey is Posted. If someone wants to "tick that Option" perhaps they can mention it in a Post.
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Friday, 27. July 2012, 07:48
Mark in Essex
Friday, 27. July 2012, 01:31
Steve, perhaps another option on the poll? ........................I already USE AM/SSB on the proposed frequencies from the EU directive / or 26.965-27.405, or something along those lines ;)

You're quite right Mark, there is another "Case" that would deserve a mention and an option: namely
  • I'm already using SSB on Mid Block frequencies (NOTE: i.e. illegally, pre-empting the Legislation)
I cannot add it to the Options above as they're fixed once the Survey is Posted. If someone wants to "tick that Option" perhaps they can mention it in a Post.
As above :pirate: , and will carry on as long as I can
Edited by Nubster, Friday, 24. August 2012, 10:24.

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I have always used a multimode :rig: radio, from the late 70s and still using them today
and will continue to for as long as I can :cb: :dance: :dance:
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Andy 26CT029
Friday, 24. August 2012, 10:55
I have always used a multimode :rig: radio, from the late 70s and still using them today
and will continue to for as long as I can :cb: :dance: :dance:
There's no question of Multimode Radios remaining in use. After all, the term "Multimode" applies equally to Amateur Radios and will also apply to the new "Type Approved" legal radios that are on sale when the legislation is in place.

But I suspect you're specifically referring to "11m Multimodes" that are currently used on the High Band (and others frequencies). The legalisation of the CEPT/EU/FCC frequencies for SSB use in the UK isn't going to make any difference to the current Freeband. UNLESS Ofcom suddenly decide, after the implementation, that when the UK has legal 11m SSB they'll take a Hard Line against people using the non-legal frequencies and perhaps we'll go back to something approaching the old Buzby-nicking-CBers of the old days. But this time, instead of AM users, they'd be looking for Out-of-band frequency users.

BUT, what we hear indicates that Ofcom cannot keep up with its current workload and is like a drowning swimmer going under for the fourth time. So unless they suddenly have a massive budget increase (yeah right) or suddenly get a couple of thousand more staff (unlikely, highly, highly unlikely) they wouldn't be able to launch any pogrom against FBers.
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Cherokee
Friday, 24. August 2012, 12:40
they wouldn't be able to launch any pogrom against FBers.
And why would they really need to ? After all, we're hardly causing anyone any hassle, and there's little or no use made of the frequencies by any other primary user. In earlier times - when the Post Office, DTI etc had reasonable equipment and staff to pursue the old AM pirates, they did it with a 'dog in the manger' attitude, "You can't have it - despite nobody else using it" - but now they are (as the Injun says) in no real position to do anything about it... so SOD 'EM ! :D :D :D
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Back in the late 70s there was at least the excuse that some hospital paging systems were on CB Channels. I remember that, locally, Channel X (can't remember which one) was always avoided as it was used by the University hospital paging. If you listened on that channel you would hear the "Beeep beeeep Beeeep. Code Blue on A-7" and similar. Plus there were quite a few model aircraft on the frequencies too.

I think the Hospital Alerts and the RC Models have all moved on now, so even that excuse has dried-up
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Multimode :rig: all the way Ofcom should listen to us for once do mobile phone company's get refused 3G are Power line transformers band NO our Equipment Pioneered and set the whole communication industry let alone the social network sites!!
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if you have a cb and don,t need a liecence
how are you going to know, what is and what is not allowed
and allso not on internet ?
no liecence= no rules, cb / multi mode radios have been around for years
long time before cacky ukfm junk, no one is going to change, for this
goverment thats for sure,, as for OFCOM get real they don,t care about cb
its pain in there backside, just carry on as normall,,,,
ssb radio,s been around 40 odd years or more abit late to change ???
and only mid block ,, to be honest dont make it legal , we don,t want
the muppets down there, it works as it is fine ,, my little rant over? :ermm:
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Wednesday, 29. August 2012, 12:56
how are you going to know, what is and what is not allowed and allso not on internet ?
and only mid block ,, to be honest dont make it legal , we don,t want the muppets down there, it works as it is fine ,,
I THINK I understand your opinion John, and I do completely agree that without a licence we're relying on people buying a CB and READING THE MANUAL to find out what they can and cannot do. :rtfm: RTFM? Good grief! Real Men Don't RTFM!!

If they produce a type approved radio, it has got to be so simple that (unless the user has external knowledge) it can ONLY function legally. So that Joe-Public goes into CB-Fred's Radio Emphorium and buys an Intek-Super-Multi. He gets it home, rips open the box and discards the instructions and warnings and plugs it in (hopefully with SOME kind of aerial). Hopefully, he will find that he can operate on 4w FM on Muppet Band, and 4w AM/FM 12w SSB on CEPT and nothing else. If he wants to wideband it or something then he is going to have to seek further information and then, hopefully, he'll be learning what can and what cannot be done.

But I do not understand your bit about "we don,t want the muppets down there,".
Are you talking about the whistlers and noise-makers, the animal impersonators, the DJs and the Keyers that are on T5 now and saying you don't want those people "down" on CEPT SSB?
Or are you talking about the UK Band typical Channel 19 FM Muppets? and saying you do not want them moving over to CEPT and SSB?

I think that most of the real P-I-T-A Muppets already have Jumbos, Lincolns, 3900, AnyTones, or HF Sets and can disrupt anywhere on 11m they feel like as it is. So I cannot see Legislation making any real difference.
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So far the idiots have kept clear of cept fm (around my way anyway) but would it make any difference if the ssb mode was legal....

Would they keep away?

Im not sure,hopefully :shrug:



Edited by Cozzmik, Wednesday, 29. August 2012, 14:31.








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Nubster
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As it goes its the same around my way the idiots dont seem to go on mids (which is nice B) ) for some reason strange that "n"it, but if the legal radios will only have Mids & UK40 AM/FM/SSB on them it wont take long for them to appear Sam

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From over here in CZ land I can honestly say that I anm not hearing any bad operating behaviour on SSB since the regulations changed a few months back.

I understand the fears, but fully legal SSB in the UK is the goal we campaigned for at the outset. With its introduction I think a lot more people will get interested in the positive side of the hobby, and we may see a resurgence...... particularly so if OFCOM get their finger out and ratify before the sunspot cycle wanes!

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i see what you mean steve,, its that if you get a cb multimode a legal one
and no licence to read what you can and can not do , then how are they suppose
to stick to the rules, most cb operaters go straight out and buy 200-500w amps
and multi,s with diffrent modes and i am sure some dont even know its illegal, or
dont realy care? or play dumb if found out, i would imagine that the general fm cb
uk will not change much. even with new modes or bands added, just better for dxer,s who will stick to the gear they all ready have ,
lucky enough cb down here is so quiet at times for weeks , it must be bad in some built up towns and citys, thats were over crowding on 19 starts the cancer and
rows, so the new modes might be just the right kick up the backside to get the
hobby back in fashion,,
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