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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 MED 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 Com-
munications (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 general 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 transmis-
sions 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.
As at January 2007 the maximum penalties for the misuse of the legally allocated CB emergency
channels are:
•For general misuse – if an individual 2 years of imprisonment, otherwise
$165,000 (a $220 on-the-spot fine can be issued in minor cases); or,
•For interference to an Emergency call – an individual, 5 years imprisonment,
otherwise $550,000.
IMPORTANT CHANNEL INFORMATION
A list of currently authorised channels can be obtained from the ACMA website in Australia and the
MED website in New Zealand.
Please note the following channel guidelines:
If you do find you are interfering with another persons conversation, just select another channel.
• 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.
• Channel 40 - road channel (Australia).
• Channels 61, 62 and 63 are for future use and TX is inhibited on these channels.
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