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UHF CB CHANNEL GUIDELINES
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS (CITIZEN BAND RADIO STATIONS)
CLASS Licence 2002
NOTE: The operation of your UHF radio in Australia and New Zealand is
subject to conditions in the following Licences: In Australia, the ACMA Radio
Communications (Citizen Band Radio Stations) and in New Zealand by RSM the
General User Radio Licence for Citizen Band Radio.
No Licence is required to own or operate this radio in Australia or New Zealand.
The Radio Communications (Citizen Band Radio Stations) Class Licence 2002
contains the technical parameters, operating requirements, conditions of Licence
and relevant standards for Citizen Band (CB) radios. CB radios must comply with
the class Licence for their use to be authorised under the class Licence.
Licences for Repeater Channels 44 & 45 will not be Licenced for an additional 6
to 12 months to allow extra time for owners of Channel 5 Emergency repeaters to
upgrade equipment to meet new standards.
Channels 1 to 8 and 41 to 48 – Repeater Channels. Enable duplex mode on your
radio to use any available repeaters.
Channels 5 & 35 – Emergency use only. Monitored by volunteers, no normal
conversations are to take place on these channels.
Channels 22 & 23 – Data transmissions only (excluding packet).
Channels 31 to 38 and 71 to 78 – Repeater inputs. Do not use these channels for
simplex transmissions as you will interfere with conversations on channels 1 to 8
and 41 to 48.
The Australian Government legislated that channels 5 & 35 on the UHF CB
Band are reserved for emergency use only.
If you do find you are interfering with another persons conversation, just select
another channel.
IMPORTANT CHANNEL INFORMATION
A list of currently authorised channels can be obtained from the ACMA website in
Australia and the RSM website in New Zealand.
Please note the following channel guidelines:
• Channels 01-08 (and 31-38), and Channels 41-48 (and 71-78) are repeater
channels.
• Channels 05 and 35 are emergency channels, do not use these unless it is an
emergency.
• Channel 11 is a calling channel.
• Channels 22 and 23 are for telemetry and telecommand applications (Data Only).
• Channel 40 - road channel (Australia).
• Channels 61, 62 and 63 are reserved for future use and TX is inhibited on
these channels.
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