Friday, Feb 10, 2017 at 12:50
Tim, your understanding is correct.
The only way ACMA would know if a transmission was from a 40 or 80 channel set would be to monitor the signal's occupied bandwidth. And in the unlikely event there ever was an RI monitoring CB activity in your area, I'm sure there would be more significant issues detected out there than a wideband transmission.
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For those intending to continue using a 40-chl set in a narrowband environment, having someone with the proper equipment turn down the transmitted deviation to match the NB figure would remove (a) the risk of detection and (b) the annoying distortion and mute chopping that typically results in a NB receiver from a
WB signal. YOUR 40-chl receiver will still get crap from the 41-80 transmissions.
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