Aaron H. Voobner wrote in message
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"Bert Craig" wrote in message
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England has no distance limit on their 11-meter CB allocation.

They are only allowed to use FM,

True, athough they keep saying they are "testing" SSB and considering
allowing it.
Still, there's nowt wrong with FM... it is less prone to impulse type
interference.

If I had the choice of having two modes for UK CB, it would be FM and SSB.
Forget AM, as FM is great local and SSB is better for distance and
bandwidth.

and they must have a license.

Not for much longer.
There are plans to remove the licence. If it goes ahead, from later this
year, new licences would not be issued but existing licences will be valid
for their full year. Although, existing licences will not be worth the
paper they are printed on - as they would no longer be needed. It's just to
stop people moaning about getting their "money's worth" from the fee paid
just before that date and asking for the unused part of their fee to be
returned.

Really, the "consultation" process is just for show - they must be seen to
be giving people a chance to speak up. Unless someone can give very good
arguments why it should not happen, then the licensing for CB and use of the
old UK only frequencies will be finished.


How did they end CB licensing in America... Did they just stop issuing them,
did existing licences become worthless, or did they phase them out in some
other way?



-B

Aaron H. Voobner wrote in message
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"Bert Craig" wrote in message
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England has no distance limit on their 11-meter CB allocation.

HF DX is not intended to be a feature of the service.

It was not intended to be, but it often is.
What they did at the beginning, to try to stop DX without outlawing it, was
restrict the antenna length, type and height with power.

So, the antenna could not be more than 1.65m in length, had to be base
loaded, had to be omnidirectional... and if you mounted it more than 7m off
the ground, you could only use 400mW.
However, they found that encouraging the use of small antennas, close to the
ground, with 4 Watts of power caused too much interference to TV and radio.
As those who kept to the rules causes interference, while the "law-breakers"
were running cleanly, the rules were changed.

They allowed 1/2 wave dipoles and 5/8 wave monopoles at any height, but
still kept the restriction on beams. Yet, they never added a DX rule, but
they clearly state that there is no restriction.

I cannot imagine them trying to add a "No DX" rule"... they already tried
setting unenforceable rules, and simply made a rod for their own backs.
The enforcement side of the RA (the RIS), have not the time or funds to be
chasing things that are not causing problems, so they are unlikely to bring
in any rule that will just cause them more wasted time and money running
about.

Also, the UK have made the CB rules short and simple... with the purpose of
limiting the chances of interference. If you add too many rules, or write
it in "legal language" (like so may legal agreements), making it heavy
reading... people just wont read it.



Brainbuster.

"Mike Oxharde" wrote in message
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No ****, so how all of a sudden are you the NG Historian. ?

You said it. Not me. But I'm not. I just tell you what I see. TROLL


You don't know the truth. LOL

Oh I know. Its just sad that you're too blind to see it. TROLL


yes Rasta assclown

Nope... just RASTA.


You fat-fingered TROLL.

ouch

Hurt to hear (see) the truth don't it? Fat-fingered TROLL

"RASTA" wrote in message
.. .
"Mike Oxharde" wrote in message
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No ****, so how all of a sudden are you the NG Historian. ?

You said it. Not me. But I'm not. I just tell you what I see. TROLL

Yes you are here to Troll thats the first corrrect statement you made.
assclown.





You don't know the truth. LOL

Oh I know. Its just sad that you're too blind to see it. TROLL

Again yes I see the truth you are here to troll





yes Rasta assclown

Nope... just RASTA.


You fat-fingered TROLL.

ouch

Hurt to hear (see) the truth don't it? Fat-fingered TROLL

whats a chickenchocker? LOL your a pathetic putz and a troll as well. lets
see you have made how many posts with your new name? And they all have been
troll posts ..LOL yes I like to hear the truth as well as speak it...
chickenchocker LOL

From: (Aaron=A0H.=A0Voobner)
Scott Unit 69
Date: Wed, Jul 16, 2003 5:02 PM
Message-id:
Do you complain when other people quote the entire post?
Only when they get a yahoo groups digest, repost the whole thing, and
make one top posted comment. WTF are they responding to?
But here you are, whining about someone else's post. Try a killfile.

BTW, nice post about the use of sideband.

Let's ban A3E from CB.
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Better idea, let's ban Twistedhed from the newsgroup.
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LOL,,,if I did leave,,your infatuation would only dictate you pretend
to be me again,,,,your addy matches the same 64.12 IP that forged me and
wrote "Respect for Freebanders". This email addy your are using now has
two separate points of origination...the one you are using now, where
you have forged me (64.12) and the 152.163 addy that posted the forge "I
am outlaw CB Genius".
Never have I seen your ego at all time low like it is now. Feeling bad
about yourself is a terrible thing...maybe you should turn off the cb
and get some fresh air,.come back when you are happy with yourself and
not interested in assuming another's identity......LOL.