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| Tweet Topic Started: Friday, 6. May 2016, 08:30 (1,735 Views) | |
| Delboy | Friday, 6. May 2016, 08:30 Post #1 |
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Disturbing press release from the ECBF following their meeting last week: http://delboyonline.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/cb-radio-frequencies-under-threat.html |
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| Davethedog | Friday, 6. May 2016, 08:52 Post #2 |
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Hi Delboy, Is there any inclination of who they would sell / let the frequency too? Once they realise how many people actually use the frequency and probably will continue to, even if it's banned (just like the good old day's) the cost of policing that would be immense! surely? Dave |
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| Delboy | Friday, 6. May 2016, 08:56 Post #3 |
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Don't think there are any specific users in mind but if they were to sell off the band we simply may not be able to use it due to interference. There would be no need or cost to police it as the band could just become totally unusable for us! |
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| Davethedog | Friday, 6. May 2016, 09:07 Post #4 |
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Point taken indeed, I suppose that then pushes everyone into a ham licence. I can see the good in that as well as the bad, quite like the challenge of free banding it's how most started. Would be a real shame to lose 11m, I feel a revolution coming on. The Americans alone, they have bombed for less!! Only kidding, not looking for a rant response! See what happens, Thanks. Dave. |
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| Bean | Friday, 6. May 2016, 11:19 Post #5 |
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There is a lot of interferance now from some form of digi/packet transmissions most notably on a Sunday morning and if the interferance from any fotm of sell off is anything like that the bands would be unusable, pirate or not , and would expect any inforcement to be self financeing, wonder if ofcoms storing up youtube vids. Kevin |
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| Scruff | Friday, 6. May 2016, 11:21 Post #6 |
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There has always been other stuff on 11 sounds like scaremongering to me. All I read from it was buy more equipment and accessories ![]() |
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| 26PS001 | Friday, 6. May 2016, 11:34 Post #7 |
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It would be a shame to lose it but it has died a death. Remember last year my trip out from Tyneside to Yorkshire I hardly made any contacts. about 3 or 4 if I remember. I dont think it will be all bad, surely 11 metre ops would cause just as much interference to someone/company that has bought a section of the band. Look at the Olga and the likes. I find CB radio like Amateur radio, if conditions are right the band is packed, many DXing, if conditions are down the band is dead, not many are interested in local contacts, look at 11 metres and 2 metre band exactly the same. Im afraid no matter how much we advertise CB radio the young are just not interested now. Too many new things out, computers, mobiles etc. I would be at the top of the list for advertising it but we know of all the youtube videos showing what our hobby has to offer it doesnt seem to make a dent. |
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| Bean | Friday, 6. May 2016, 11:55 Post #8 |
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True Daz , the take up of younger OPs is going to be small and in all honesty I dont blame them ,its a different age now from what it was in the seventies but you only have to look at the intro section to see more and more old timers dusting off their radios , what the churn rate is I dont know ? Ive just been looking at my log from 27/06/2015 and from 32 contacts on that day ,I havent heard about a third of the 26/163 div ones in a long time. Kevin |
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| 26PS001 | Friday, 6. May 2016, 13:31 Post #9 |
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I really believe its just DX'ers these days that keep the hobby alive. Phones and facebook are there for local private conversations, we never had that opportunity back in the 70's/80's. Everyone knows what the band is like when we have that skip flowing its defo alive. The hobby must still be alive otherwise these companies would not be making radios for the 11 metre hobby. Look at all the bids you see on ebay for radios. Look at new companies selling radios such as radio zing etc. |
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| Sam WD40 | Friday, 6. May 2016, 13:31 Post #10 |
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They been on about this for years it will end up like the old 934MHz band with nothing on it after they shut it !! So I doubt it will be closed time will tell ! |
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| 26PS001 | Friday, 6. May 2016, 13:34 Post #11 |
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We will probably all be silent key before that time comes lol. It will be many years before the hobby dies altogether and it might spark interest again if its made illegal to use lol |
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| Cozzmik | Friday, 6. May 2016, 14:34 Post #12 |
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Once a freebander always a freebander,infact id go out of my way to cause interference to the new users to prove a point... Leave 11m alone you have been warned.. ![]() (i feel it may be time for a really big amp )
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| Nubster | Friday, 6. May 2016, 15:23 Post #13 |
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Life is too short, so ave a laugh now n then never know you might like it | |
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| 26PS001 | Friday, 6. May 2016, 15:54 Post #14 |
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Thats the spirit guys them
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| Cozzmik | Friday, 6. May 2016, 16:52 Post #15 |
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"During the 1970’s CB radio craze, citizens of Great Britain illegally used American made CBs. The British government told its citizens that the CB radio would never be legalized on the 27 Mhz wavelength and instead, proposed a different technology on the 860 Mhz “open channel”¯ instead. The citizens of the United Kingdom took to the streets in high profile public demonstrations and UK government officials bent to the will of the people". I was at these marches as a young boy and wont lie down now im a old git...........POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!!! Imho though i doubt things will change for a long time but i will be ready....
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| Oggy | Friday, 6. May 2016, 17:14 Post #16 |
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There have been threats of loosing the original CB27/81 channels for the last decade. I spoke with a contact I have within Ofcom and after some initial papers it was decided to run it along side the CEPT frequencies. So that never happened , even after the rumour mill got to work. I can talk from experience as I was present at the 2014 ECBF meeting in Brussels and this is a constant threat along with PLT devices that I strongly brought to the Chair. Remember we gained AM and SSB due to our status within the EU and I was informed as long as the MOD who currently are primary users of 11 meters (not that i've ever heard them) agreed Ofcom folow suit with the rest of the EU. As Delboy stated, everybody will still use 11 meters legal or not , but propagated interference would be the issue. I'm sure we will all do our best to fight for the future of our hobby. |
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| Tuco | Sunday, 8. May 2016, 12:12 Post #17 |
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Simon the Wizard did a page on this earlier in the week and the comments from England and Germany sum it up. First two comments are from Germany and England “Won’t effect England, we’ve a special status for CB Radio” “Hot air, no changes in Germany” |
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| Delboy | Sunday, 8. May 2016, 12:41 Post #18 |
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Whilst not an immediate threat people should take this seriously. CB radio doesn't have any special status in the UK or anywhere else for that matter, and if the frequencies were sold off to other users of course Germany would be affected as would every other CEPT/EU member. |
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| Scruff | Sunday, 8. May 2016, 13:23 Post #19 |
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Who wants to buy 11 mtrs it is unreliable and blotted by russians for 4 to 5 years out of every 11 years. Keep hearing all this nonsense about the ham bands as well, but no one can explain why 2 mtrs which is a dead band has been increased in size by 50%, 40 mtrs has doubled in size since I got licensed and 60 mtrs has been added so how does this fit in with the use it or lose it mentality ?. To be honest if the government has a buyer then they would not care about hobbyists regardless of how many were active. Modern culture seems to be find something to be offended about or something to scare people with ![]() |
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| John Cobra CT-039 | Monday, 18. July 2016, 13:41 Post #20 |
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no way im not going anywhere |
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