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So who is still going to use uk fm?
Topic Started: Tuesday, 25. March 2014, 16:03 (2,534 Views)
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Wednesday, 26. March 2014, 07:24
i will still be using ukfm 40 lets not forget, thats where most
of our interest in radio started out from i went from :cb:
and am still trying to be a :pirate2: now maybe i will succeed
and maybe i wont but i wont forget where my interest started
out from :thumb:
While i agree many did start their cb hobby with 27/81 i for one started with AM in the 70s and marched to keep AM and not FM but we lost and got the inferior mode and as stated earlier i do occasionally use it but i will be continuing to use midband AM as i have been for over 30 years.

Hopefully the legalisation of SSB/AM wont ruin what can be a very good dx and local set of frequencies but thats another topic... :pirate:
Edited by Cozzmik, Wednesday, 26. March 2014, 07:46.








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I havent used the UK 40 FM for quite some years...Not properly anyway... I sometimes have a quick flick through the channels but around here its a complete waste of time... most just sit on the 19 chatting to locals and swearing or playing music.... good bye to it i say..... It was a mistake in the first place... rushed through government without any thought for what people actually wanted... what did we want A.M / S.S.B ....... Looks like we will finally be getting it... :clap:


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Cozzmik
Wednesday, 26. March 2014, 07:44
Krazydog
Wednesday, 26. March 2014, 07:24
i will still be using ukfm 40 lets not forget, thats where most
of our interest in radio started out from i went from :cb:
and am still trying to be a :pirate2: now maybe i will succeed
and maybe i wont but i wont forget where my interest started
out from :thumb:
While i agree many did start their cb hobby with 27/81 i for one started with AM in the 70s and marched to keep AM and not FM but we lost and got the inferior mode and as stated earlier i do occasionally use it but i will be continuing to use midband AM as i have been for over 30 years.

Hopefully the legalisation of SSB/AM wont ruin what can be a very good dx and local set of frequencies but thats another topic... :pirate:
Same here Sam agree,also there is a lot that dont realise what we did in the 70's but CBers /Operaters like us have'nt changed since then anyway mate LoL so we dont know any different :pirate:

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I havent used the UK 40 FM for quite some years. good bye to it i say..... It was a mistake in the first place... rushed through government without any thought for what people actually wanted... what did we want A.M / S.S.B ....... Looks like we will finally be getting it... :clap:


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While i agree with most of this i will say much of it is used by responsible ops and for that reason i think it should stay,i often watch Gary`s (offplanet) vids and see the enjoyment many get from using 27/81 as a easy way to make long distance groundwave and dx contacts while keeping the right side of the law and not freebanding :thumb:









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ditto martin will continue to use ukfm even though it I full of( how can I say this in a polite way)bad operaters up here I just tend to ignore them now anyway it won,t change the way I use the radio!!! :pirate2: andy
Edited by quazar one, Wednesday, 26. March 2014, 12:16.
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UK40 is good :thumb:

If Germany can have its odd band (26.565 to 26.955), we have our even odder band and it's very odd offset (27.60125 to 27.99125) as part of British eccentricity ;) Even though I would prefer a proper VHF CB system, the UK40 at least provides some breathing space from the rest of the world. Having two CB allocations gives the user a little bit of a choice. May be we are more lucky than we think :dance:

Edited by Radio Pixie, Wednesday, 26. March 2014, 13:07.
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Another thing saying who is gonna useUKFM we all will still I think, but whos gonna use the mid bands apart from us old AM breakers on AM who now will be able to use it legally at last in July , but as I said who will use the mids cos people have been able to use them for a long time on FM only but its dead on there and has been for a long time so why aren't people using it now why is every one waiting till July to use the Mids
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Definitely still using the UK40 but looking forward to some good SSB nets on the mid band.
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Tuesday, 25. March 2014, 19:53


In fact, I can't see me using CEPT at all, I think it's going to be a complete mess, so good old UKFM for me !
it will be un-usable with ssb kiling any chance of any fm contacts on mid band :doh: (we will see)





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Not sure about the rest of the country but in the South West/Wales there are a large amount of operators still on and sometimes it is hard to find a clear channel.

Regular nets and decent folks on the UK40, of course 19 is garbage most of the time but whats new....

I cannot see the people using it now very successfully moving away just because of the new proposed legislation....

Some SSB nets will be good though and looking forward to that....

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Still use it...... Um.... I cant remember the last time i used it.... I on the odd occasion tune through on my way to 10 mtrs but thats about it...Ive never like the hash and noise thats FM..


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Personally I've had a great time on UK FM over the last five years and there are no plans, as far as I'm aware, for any of the established nets to move over to AM or SSB. No doubt there will be additional nets and activations on the new legal modes when, or if, they do actually become legal.

We did get hit quiet badly by Olga over recent months, but just a couple of weeks later and the Sunday DX has recovered with 25-30 stations calling in. In the South West/South Wales, the Mid-Week net is also prospering and the Saturday night Papa-Lima net is still going strong too.

On Sunday we saw two out of the three highest points in South Wales activated by CTX stations on UK FM and each week high ground stations are out - I've also done several IOTA and coastal activations too, so there's certainly activity out there :)


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There is Certainly activity on FM yes as Gary has said..And FM has a very good range due to the capturing effect...A S1 signal can sound as good as a S9 signal, This isnt the case for AM.....

Having said that.. Ive always had a love of AM...Like a lot of us, It was the Only CB band and mode at the time in the late 70's...Before FM was legal in 81...

I just like the 'Quietness' of AM.. the lack of all the hash, Sure theres a squelch to get rid of this hash but then you have the constant popping of the squelch as its broken..

AM is just quiet...Lovely and quiet.. :thumb:


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its a pity they hadn't made hi's legal in the first place
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I will still play with 27/81 channels.
I have all the ham bands and still use 27/81 so I cannot see getting the mids all mode legally will make much difference.
It will be nice to play mids legal though on all modes.
On the fm background noise I just use the aq, I do miss some stations but it's nicer on the ears.
Edited by Scruff, Saturday, 10. May 2014, 15:00.
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hi Richard I think the question on this thread was uk fm not eu the uk freq being in between the freq which I know you don't like but keeping in with the thread I will still use it cant wait for the the short skip roll on the summer
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Hi Robert

Not sure if we are talking the same thread here as ukfm is the 27/81 and is quite distinct from the mid (eu) channels.
I did mention 27/81 twice as that is how I define it from the mid (eu) band.

I am really confused with your answer but it's no great victory to confuse me.

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Myself and a couple of mates have only been using ssb for the last few weeks.
We reckon that the next time we're on ukfm will be when you guys in 26 div show up.
Good bit of dx into 26 is always worth the trip onto uk40.



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I will continue to use uk fm 27/81 for local ragchewing, although I know it can be good for dx too as Roy pops into our ch38 net regularly in the summer.
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