>-=> Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-   
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    >-=> JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-   
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    >JA> Here in the US it's still 40 channel CB's sold in truck stops, etc. I   
    >JA> assume that's a local thing?   
    >   
    >TL> Yes, UHF CB was one of those uniquely Aussie things.  Other countries   
    >TL> now have UHF CB or similar, but ours is still very unique - we have   
    >TL> repeaters, for one thing. :)   
    >   
    > Repeaters for CB! WOW!   
      
      
   Stop thinking about 11 metre CB frequencies, instead think of 450MHz UHF ones.   
      
   The cost of an 11 metre duplexer would be horrendous, not so with a   
   70centimetre one, not to mention the physical size and gain of the relative   
   antennae.   
      
      
      
      
      
                          .....Bob   
      
      
   --- GEcho/32 & IM 2.50   
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