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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 Communications (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
transmissions 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.
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.
UHF CB CHANNEL GUIDELINES
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS (CITIZEN BAND RADIO STATIONS)
CLASS Licence 2002
IMPORTANT CHANNEL INFORMATION
