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Subject: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Sun Sep 11, 2022 8:51 am
On 2nd November 2022 we celebrate 41 years of legal CB radio in the United Kingdom.
In previous years a nationwide net has taken place on the corresponding channel number, however, we have now gone beyond channel 40 and need to decide which channel to use for this years event.
I suggest 2 options:
OPTION 1: Channel 1 - We start again at the bottom of the UK band, after all if you are on channel 40 and click up one channel you end up on channel 1
OPTION 2: We pick a fixed channel to use this year and in years to come, for example, we could use Channel 27 to signify 27Mhz
So please comment on how you think we should proceed...
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SangueG Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3971 / 2E0LMI Posts : 1158 Times Thanked : 68 Join date : 2021-01-30 QTH or Location : Cirencester, Gloucestershire Equipment Used : Little radios, home-made antennas
Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Sun Sep 11, 2022 9:00 am
I'd go for option 2 as the lower 27/81 FM channels tend to get hit more by the SSB users of the HI block.
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0zzy CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT556/26LR006 Posts : 27 Times Thanked : 1 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Home QTH: Redcar/portable QTH: Danby head Age : 42
Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Sun Sep 11, 2022 9:18 am
Channel 27 for 27Mhz, I like the idea. Option 2 for me.
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Victor CT Directors
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Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Sun Sep 11, 2022 10:31 am
Got to agree with previous input - Channel 27 for 27MHz celebrations sounds good.
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Alan Pilot Major contributor
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Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Sun Sep 11, 2022 10:55 am
+1 on 27.
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phicken1983 New Member
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Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Mon Sep 12, 2022 4:19 am
Channel 27 for 27Mhz, I like the idea. Option 2 for me.
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Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Mon Sep 12, 2022 6:01 am
also channel 27 for me
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glenn dog Major contributor
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Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Mon Sep 12, 2022 11:16 am
27 sounds good idea
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Simon473 New Member
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Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Mon Sep 12, 2022 8:59 pm
Yes I agree on option 2 also, I suffer a lot on the lower UK channels with SSB so ch 27 would be better
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Sharpshooter Major contributor
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Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Tue Sep 13, 2022 9:10 am
Brilliant, I've recently booked the 1st off which was my last night shift .
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Al21 Contributor
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Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Tue Sep 13, 2022 2:54 pm
Channel 27 gets my vote.
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Maverick New Member
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Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:04 am
I think channel 27 would be a good choice
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Uncle P New Member
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Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Wed Sep 21, 2022 1:00 am
I missed last years. I didn't get a rig again till following March. Hopefully I wont be missing this years celebrations. 27 gets my vote
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Delboy Senior contributor
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Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Wed Sep 21, 2022 3:20 pm
Looks like channel 27 is the favourite so far.
We'll make a decision by the end of the month.
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Essex Boie 52 New Member
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Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Tue Sep 27, 2022 10:46 am
27 sounds about right, Just dont forget to check that SWR!
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Red Rooster LN-4614 New Member
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Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Fri Sep 30, 2022 10:25 am
Another vote for 27 as if you need one. Looking forward to this event! Let's hope I have my Base Antenna up before then and I am not still sitting in my automobile. Wally
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stephen Gunrunner Major contributor
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Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Wed Oct 05, 2022 2:23 pm
chan 27 is good for me must get up on my hill and see what's about hope is a good day and the weather and lots of ground wave and a little skip to good luck to everyone will be fun will have a very nice mult freq stabo radio.
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Delboy Senior contributor
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Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Sat Oct 08, 2022 12:38 pm
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Tristar Senior contributor
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Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Sat Oct 08, 2022 6:14 pm
Hi There’s nothing on cb band now. All gone. Some side band on Sunday morning but nothing on the legal band.
Delboy Senior contributor
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Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Mon Oct 10, 2022 8:15 am
Tristar wrote:
Hi There’s nothing on cb band now. All gone. Some side band on Sunday morning but nothing on the legal band.
Depends where you are, here in the North East we have people on every day of the week. Indeed, we've had several stations come back on the air in recent months.
Legal CB radio is thriving in some areas.
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TG064 New Member
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Subject: Re: 41 Years Of Legal UK CB Radio 02/11/2022 Wed Oct 12, 2022 10:01 am
27 good for me I will pop a note on my calendar 2nd Nov
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