CB Radios

CB Radios , come in very handy when i go laning with Discobasher and friends and they make for great banter ..
Also help if your lost or giving a heads up on situations ,, Love using mine ...

Also came in very handy this year in Croatia with 13 landrover convoy .. When the convoy broke up we were able to keep in touch and get back together .. convoy rule that we used . Were that the lead car would eye the one behind , if a turn was coming up and sight lost you would stop til the other caught sight of you , so that they would know which way to go .. In theory it worked ,, LOL of course somtimes it dont ...

LB

Got one of a mate a while back thats got eu on it and uk so that will be getting a home in the not to distant future, whole truck is getting a rejig especialy the comms feeds as I have cb, vhf lo, vhf hi, and 2 hand held charges to contend with

this is item 2 on my long list of "I needs" for next year!!! first is a new car!!

Mine's been in for ages but needs to be SWR'd. I also still need to earth the antenna.

To do list....

A big YES to CB's - you'll find them very useful!!!!! Make sure it has the EU option on it - once off the ferry you'll need to switch from UK to EU frequencies.

evo4x4 wrote:

A big YES to CB's - you'll find them very useful!!!!! Make sure it has the EU option on it - once off the ferry you'll need to switch from UK to EU frequencies.

question CBs are illegal in france. . . . . ?? cant remember where i read this but i think i did

They're fine in France, but only if you have an EU set. They did away with their licence some years back and replaced it with a sales tax. Not sure about Germany, Belgium and Holland. Having a dig around t'interwebs at the moment to see if I can find anything that looks like something better than guesswork.

This information taken from Allbrecht, manufacturers of especially fine CB radios:





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Belgium	40FM 40/40	Free for short-time travellers up to 1 month Home country licence /Circulation Card accepted for travellers
France	40/40 and 40 FM	Free of licence and charges for all users
Germany	80/40, 40/40, 40 FM	Free of licence and charges for all users except in some border regions for base stations using channels 41-80
Great Britain (UK)	40 FM UK and 40 FM Europe	Free of licence and charges for all users
Netherlands	40/40 and 40 FM	Free of licence and charges for all users

More on page 8 at:

http://www.alan-uk.com/cb/manuals/ae6690%20manual.pdf

Another thing to add to the list

I only have an old UK 40 channel outfit that travels between the boat and the Jeep.

Always had a cb in my truck, good for staying in touch, directions, and some good banter etc... etc...
As said, EU channels needed outside the UK.
Did a 12 car convoy arcoss part of Europe a while ago and it was great giving guidance to those who had never done such a trip before. Also helped while away the long distance boredom.
Pretty much a dead means of comms in this country now, except for specific uses such as ours, for laning etc...
Tried mine on the M6 the other day (long time since I bothered for "normal" driving) and had nothing for mile after mile, then when close to a built up area, nothing but complete drivel. .... oh and some plonker who insisted in drowning out all the other lunes with some horid music - some things never change.

If you're thinking of buying one, give Jim a call at http://www4x4cb.com and see if he can help out (mention that you saw his details on the H4H 4x4 Rally Forum as well, you never know he might be kind to you )