UHF 40 versus 80 Channel

If you get a mounted uhf it will out preform most hand helds anyway.
You get what you pay for.
My GME 80 channel does not seem to have the range that my 40 had which tics me of a bit but it does pick up very clearly.

Bushy

I agree - if you have a 40channel already stay with it - if you have to buy a radio get a 80 channel.

Must have the wrong end of the pineapple,
The 40 channels will still exist, just the next 40 are between the existing channels 1&1/2, 2&1/2 etc.
Maybe interference is the biggest foreseeable issue, then we will have to go far an 80 channel.
If 2 40's are talking to each other or using the 1st 40 channels it shouldn't be a problem should it?

The word from Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)

"The ACMA intends to review the usage of CB radios (40 and 80 channel) around 2016. Depending on the results of that review the authorisation for use of 40 channel radios could be retained or revoked. If there’s still a significant percentage of 40 channel units in operation then I expect their use will continue to be authorized, but I reiterate that no decision has been made."

Motherhen

Thank you for clarifying MH. At the outset there was no evidence of such a plan to go more softly. I wondered at the time why some of the 40 channel frequencies weren't reserved for continued use as wideband. Changing them all to narrowband did double the number of channels using the same total bandwidth, but in the bush, who needs all those channels? Looks like we might finish up continuing to use our present radios after all! There's been no major change in the technology or any improvement in performance to justify changing radios. If it's not broke, why fix it?

Cheers

John

not legal now for retailer to sell new 40 channel units.