If you are thinking of buying a GME CB

It will have a sticker on the box.

Hi Guys,
I bought our 4400 about 24 months ago, I believe it can be upgraded to an extra 20, Hmm Mark G has looked into it. I'll message him and ask what the go is.

I think whoever posted that might have it wrong. ACMA, the govt department responsible hasn't even approved the 80 channels yet ( expected May) and 40Ch will still be legal for about 5 years.

You's want to be able to hold your breath for at least 15 years I would say.

Tell him to read their Marketing communication dated Feb 1 2011 called "Changes to the UHF CB standard"

Do you know how to use the scanner function Michael? You don;t have to go to 80 channels you know:-)

Yes i do, i have a remote head GME but the point i am making is that the channels are not used now so why bother, I wouldnt be racing out to buy a new one for no gain. The current 40 channels will be what everyone scans as there are so many out there,, If you can give me a valid reason other than for more sales, im open to hear it. Michael

OK!! I just read "Narrow band" so the Govt is narrowing the band to enable them to sell off the balance i gather. That would be right, there wont be too mich more to sell soon, Digital TV is another band narrowing ploy i presume!! Michael

"OK!! I just read "Narrow band" so the Govt is narrowing the band to enable them to sell off the balance i gather. That would be right, there wont be too mich more to sell soon"

No at the present time UHF CB uses 25Khz channel spacings and they are looking into going to 12.5Khz spacings still using the same band width to give you nearly 80 channels.

This is going to cause problems with older radios that don't have good filtering, when someone with a nearly 80 channel radio is on ..say channel 41 (channel 41 may be in between channel 1 and 2) you may get interference on channel 1 and channel 2 on your old radio, on the new ones they will have narrow band filtering to overcome this.

Most UHF CB radios except commercial based ones were only ever designed for 25Khz channel spacing and had very basic band width filters as they had no need for frequency rejection lesser then -+25Khz.

Not all GME radio's will be able to be upgraded with software, some of the older ones (TX3200, TX3400, TX4200 , TX4400) may need components added to provide better filtering and a software upgrade, GME is still looking into this for the older radios.

This is no differant the the mid 80's when the went from 18 channel to 40 channel 27Mhz radios.

Regarding you comments about nobody uses UHF and there a heaps of spare channels..... try Sydney or Melbourne during the day with business using them for general communications or major road projects where they may tie up 10 channels in a 15 kilometre radius.

The nearly 80 channels is not for the bush people but the city people.

Michael, word of advise.... you might want to delete some of the stuff on your "My Profile" page.

Mate I could open up a credit card account in your name, find out private information and steal your tax file number with the information you've provided.

I would of PM you but the gods of EO don'r allow plebs like me to communicate with members!

"The nearly 80 channels is not for the bush people but the city people"
Not quite the case. As channels 1 to 8 & 31 to 38 are tied up for repeaters, even up the High Country you often have to change frequencies with farming districts, CFA, SES, traffic control groups, truckies etc all having their own channels competing for air space. It will certainly free up the air waves & minimise overlapping conversations.
A good thing.....Cheers Craig..........

Craig the main reason for the increase is mostly city related and yes it does get busy in the country.

Who cares anyway!

Hi all,

To me I think it's all rubbish changing from 40 to 80 channels.
If the UHF CB Radio Frequencies were used as they were allocated for there would not be a problem.
CFS, SES, TRUCKING COMPANY'S, MINING COMPANY'S, COUNTRY TAXI COMPANIES ETC should do the right thing by the Government and obtain their own VHF licences and leave the CB spectrum for what it is designed for: CITIZEN'S BAND RADIO.

C YA had my 2 bob's worth. P&J

Good point P&J.

Looking at Melbourne's Taxi drivers, not many are Australian Citizens, so how do they get to use Citizen's Band Radio?

He he

:-)

Boobook,

Whilst they may not have been born here, they do happen to live here so they can use a CB Radio. Those sort of taxi drivers are all over this country now.

One said something to me once it sounded like " QUACK QUACK "
Cheers