Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: claris!netcom!onymouse@ames.arc.nasa.gov (John DeBert) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: A "Forgotten" CB Band... Message-ID: Date: 6 Sep 89 05:58:27 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: NetCom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 997-9175} Lines: 26 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 350, message 6 of 9 In article , mhw@wittsend.lbp.harris. com (Michael H. Warfield (Mike)) says: > In article Edward Greenberg > writes: >>There are no frequencies between 1 and 30 MHz in which you can >>transmit without a license. ..... > >>CB Radio doesn't need a license these days. ..... > I hate to pick nits but ..... > CB is in the 27MHz band, which is (last I looked) somewhere between > 1 and 30MHz. Therefore, I would guess, you contradicted yourself. However, > this would be more appropriate in rec.ham-radio. CB is not limited only to 11 meters, aka 27 MHz. Don't forget the other bands, particularly the GMRS, aka class A band in the UHF Land Mobile Service band. ---------- J. DeBert onymouse@netcom.UUCP ...!apple!netcom!onymouse [Moderator's Note: Yes, there is a CB allocation up around 430-440 megs somewhere. It has been *years* since I heard anything about it or bothered to monitor it. (Never had equipment to actually use it.) PT]