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New 80 Channel UHF radio network


Rod and Mavis

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Hope this helps everyone! :rolleyes:

Greetings all.

The new 80 channel UHF network has been released by the Government with implementation on the 27th of May.

Your 40 channel radios are still ok so do not disrepair.

Very basically what they have done is put a channel in between the existing channels to make up the 80 channels.

There are 77 channels in the new network that are available for use.

Channels 61,62and 63 are allocated for use in the future.

Channels 5 and 35 are only to be used as emergency channels so please do not use them for chats they are monitored 24/7 by volunteers to help us all.

Channel 11 is a call channel only used to initiate calls only.

Channels 22 & 23 are for data transfer only.

Channels 61,62 & 63 are not to be used. Reasons later as they are better explained.

The following are designated for specific purposes.

Ch 10 used Australia wide as 4WD and convoy channel.

Ch 18 Travellers channel ( 20 is no longer used for motor homes they are now on 18)

Ch 29 Road channel on Pacific Highway between Brisbane and Sydney.

Ch 40 Australia wide road channel mainly truck channel (expect lots of profanity in city areas from the trucks if you are in the sticks just mention their mothers and it might help :D )

Ch's 31 to 38 and 71 to 78 are input channels for repeater stations and 1 to 8 and 41 to 48 check these channels before using them for general coms.

Cheers to all from the travellinkyds .

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Hi all,

A foot note to The post from Rod.

It's no longer legal to import 40 channel UHF CB's into Austrlia.

You may continue to use your 40 Channel UHF for a limited time, I seem to recal it is something like 5 years, so you will need to upgrade at some point, even the little hand helds you have. I'm sure plenty won't espicuallly those hand helds we all carry for hiking and other jobs like reversing.

Another channel that is worth knowing about is 30 . This is used for broadcast by UHFCB in conjunction with EWN to broadcast emergency information in the event of storms, floods, fires and such like.

Cheers, John

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  • 4 years later...

I was told today at the Perth 4 WD show by a radio manufacturer that the use of 40 channel radios is banned by the government from July 2017.

Cheers

John

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Here is an extract from ACMA website dated 14/11/16 - 

"Review of Narrow Banding Arrangements for the UHF CBRS Band

One outcome of the ACMA’s review of the 400 MHz band was the introduction in 2011 of new arrangements for the UHF Citizen Band Radio Service (UHF CBRS).  The 400 MHz review sought to reduce congestion and support new technologies.  In the UHF CBRS, this resulted in the introduction of 12.5 kHz channelling arrangements that significantly increased the capacity available to the CB radio community.  This was because the adoption of 12.5 kHz channels allowed the use of 80 channel CB radios in contrast to the existing 40 channel (25 kHz) CB radios.  Introduction of the new arrangements required new licensing arrangements, changes to equipment standards and the availability of new 80 channel equipment.  As part of the transition to 80 channels, the ACMA announced in 2011 that the use of older 40 channel equipment would only be supported until 30 June 2017. The Class licence was amended to reflect this transition date. 

In 2016, as part of its commitment to evidence-based regulation, the ACMA started examining the impact of this transition date, including systematic monitoring of UHF CBRS channels in metropolitan and regional areas and direct engagement with frequent users of CB radio.  The results indicate that the continued use of 40 channel equipment is important to some CB radio operators but is not causing significant problems to users of modern 80 channel equipment.  The use of 40 channel equipment continues to decrease as older radios are replaced with new 80 channel radios (40 channel equipment has not been available since 2012). 

In light of this, the ACMA is now preparing to consult about changes to the CBRS Class Licence that would allow the continued use of 40 channel equipment after 30 June 2017.  The public consultation process is expected to commence early in 2017."

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