27MHZ SSB CB

nobody uses 27meg anymore...

27meg is still legal , but users are scarce. It's a commercial decision.

I monitor mine on occasions as I cruise around Adelaide - there are still some users chatting across Oz on SSB (house to house - not mobiles). As long as someone might be on there, I'll keep mine as a backup to the Barrett - In the centre of Oz it can be quite easy to get out to the coast in all directions if there is a bit of skip about - a 50/50 chance it seems - comes and goes. Not worth buying now but worth keeping an existing I think. Not forgetting that they run at around 12-15 Watts on 13/14 volts. Ulara to Hobart and Cairns at lunchtime, while mobile, is not bad for a CB ! As has been said, we do need someone on channel to be listening but !

The market has spoken on 27meg CB's, nobody was buying them new. The manufacturers aren't going to make something they can't sell.
If you own a HF, get it setup to receive the 27meg CB channels. (Yes, I do know if you don't already own a HF this is expensive)
Advantage of that is you can get a UHF, plenty of people to talk too and also the added advantage of the HF long range communications. Then you can monitor the 27meg band if you feel like it.

Geoff.

Thanks everyone.

I wouldn't be so quick to write of 27 MHz as quickly as some seem to.

Jeff