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CB or Citizens Band Radio & the India Whisky DX Group Citizens Band Radio in the UK is on FM transmission of 4 watts power. It was legalised on the 2nd of November 1981. We have the UK band 27.60125 to 27.99125 Mhz, 40 channels and also the CEPT, or MID band as most breakers call it of 26.965 to 27.405 Mhz, 40 channels. We have the 80 channel rigs in the UK. Or separate rigs for each band, home modified rigs are not legal. The licence cost £15 per year. C B Radio was meant for short range communications, normally 10 to 15 miles. But when the SKIP or sporadic-E is running it brings the 27 Mhz band alive. It can come & go very quickly or last for days. It can also mean that local communication can be very noisy or impossible. My call sign is 26 India Whisky 223 used for DX contact. My handle is SCANMAN used for local contact. (Handles are used because when C B started in England it was illegal, a handle covered your true identity!) Members of the India Whisky DX Group use a Post Office Box Number: P.O.Box 16, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 9WF
************ Please insure you are using the correct envelope size & postage! To use a first or second class stamp the envelope size is 240 X 165 mm MAX. (Just under Nine & a half inches by six & a half inches)
Check online from the Royal Mail web site, click here.
The Royal Mail are now imposing large surcharges! The group cannot bear the cost of these, such mail will not be collected.
Most DX groups use a Post Office Box number. This is used so that we do not have to give out our home address over the air. (You never know who is listening on the side) It can also help because overseas operators get to know the P.O.Box address and if conditions are difficult it can make the difference in getting that QSL exchange.
Those using Amateur Radio can join the RSGB and use their QSL bureau, If you are not a member of the RSGB you can receive QSL cards but not send them through the RSGB. ************ Deregulation of CB radio, as from 8th December 2006 Citizens’ Band (CB) Radio – Measures to remove the need for users of CB radio, of which there are currently 20 thousand, to obtain a licence from Ofcom. The necessary regulations have now been authorised and signed. Therefore, Ofcom is pleased to tell you that the proposed amendments to UK regulations have come into force on the 8th December 2006. http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/wtexemption/summary/ The deregulation of Citizens' Band services could also support the growth of Community Audio Distribution Systems (CADs), simple and inexpensive wireless public address systems which are used to transmit local community services. Ofcom recently consulted on CADs and announced trials in Northern Ireland and West Yorkshire in April 2006. |
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CB badges & Books, Special offer! India Whisky DX Group Information. Truck King Annual Challenge Shield. (All past winners now listed here) The I.o.W’s Channel 3 history from 1984. NEW (with C B Eyeball Photos) Past & present DX Groups on the Isle of Wight,
Past & present DX Groups Southampton and Hampshire
Other useful web site links. Ofcom is the regulator for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services The UK citizens Band Radio Website
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Web site updated: 3rd January 2009 |
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OCEANIA 2009 CONTEST RULES now on the above web site. |