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On 2nd November 2022 we celebrate 41 years of legal CB radio in the United Kingdom.

In previous years a nationwide net has taken place on the corresponding channel number, however, we have now gone beyond channel 40 and need to decide which channel to use for this years event.

I suggest 2 options:

OPTION 1: Channel 1 - We start again at the bottom of the UK band, after all if you are on channel 40 and click up one channel you end up on channel 1

OPTION 2: We pick a fixed channel to use this year and in years to come, for example, we could use Channel 27 to signify 27Mhz


So please comment on how you think we should proceed...

We vote for Option 1, makes sense to keep it the same each year

Andy.

andy@thunderpole.co.uk wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:34 am We vote for Option 1, makes sense to keep it the same each year

Andy.

That's option 2 then?

Haha! Yes!

Well, it's nearly that time of year again when CB radio operators across the UK get on the air to celebrate the anniversary of legal CB radio in the UK.

41 years have passed since CB radio was legalised here in the UK and the celebrations will take place on channel 27 on the UKFM band (27.86125Mhz) - (Please QSY if channel 27 is busy in your area).



In previous years the channel number has matched the number of years - Why channel 27 this year?

As we have now surpassed the 40 available channels, we had a choice of either clicking round to channel 1 or selecting a fixed channel from now on. A discussion took place online and the vast majority of people wanted to use channel 27 this year and in the coming years, 27 signifying 27Mhz of course.

So, get on the air and give out a call, see how many contacts you can make!