Is CB Radio ear-marked for destruction in ten years?

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Is CB Radio ear-marked for destruction in ten years?

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I came across this post from the 'European CB Federation' today, which states the following. I'll quote it, as it's a facebook link and not a website.....

Last week, a meeting of the European Communications Committee (ECC) was held in Vilnius (Lithuania). The ECC Decision (11) 03 which recommends the free use of CB and the application of the standard EN300433 (AM-FM 4W and 12W pep SSB) has been revised. (Link to document: http://www.ecbf.eu/Docs/ECCDEC1103.PDF)

The ECBF participated in that meeting, (In the photograph, Mr. Oscar Espallargas, President of the ECBF and Mr. Martijn Verhoef, Member of ECBF in Netherlands) denouncing the non-application of the Decision (11)03 in several countries member of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT).

The most surprising thing was that some participants warned us of the "off the record", that the countdown had started to make disappear the CB 27 MHz in less than 10 years.

The first step has been to delete the record of users.

A series of groups have forced several administrations to stop: to register, to issue licenses and authorizations. Several manufacturers and importers, influenced by these groups and with the belief of increasing their sales, have supported these measures.

As a result, if before CB had little or no protection from administrations against interference from other services being in industrial scientific and medical band, now that the administrations no longer know the number of users, what will happen in the future? If the users are no longer protected, it means more QRM in the 27 MHz band.

The next step will be in five years or sooner (every five years, decisions are revised by ECC). They will start to propose other uses of the 27 MHz band (it is already happening), and as there are no users and as it is an ICM band, they can easily declare the free frequency for any kind of use. In the next revision of the ECC Decision (11) 03, the little support to CB can simply be cancelled and disappear.

How can we avoid it? It has been suggested us that only the figures can stop this process; number of users, number of CB transceivers sold and manufactured, number of accessories, etc. We must provide these figures to the CEPT in order to justify the existence of a real market.

The administrations can’t facilitate the number of users, only the federations can provide this type of information. We must provide these numbers to the CEPT.

The other numbers belong to private industry, which datas are confidential and hard to get. We should try to get this type of information to continue giving life to the CB.

The ECBF has a lot of work ahead.
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I know it seems numbers are on the decline in the UK, but I know in Europe they are still quite boyant. Have the wheels been set in motion for the removal of 27 mHz CB? Discuss....
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Spoke to a guy in Germany last week,he said it is dead there for local users,so it ain't just over here,even when conditions are good T5 seems quieter than it used to & as for the calling frequency on super low band nobody seems to use it anymore,I think this is an international problem & not just contained to the UK itself,technology has killed off cb radio worldwide & is also catching up with amateur radio,only a matter of time now.
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Another brexit thread?
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Just had a phonecall from the European CB refund folk (like ppi) :)
Plenty are talking worldwide on 27.555 usb,
Some are too far up their own @rse to admit it,
Many happen to know otherwise dx-ing test free,
Showing a complete lack of respect for the law.

27.555 Usb
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108EH002 wrote:Just had a phonecall from the European CB refund folk (like ppi) :)
We can all claim money back on our licences? haha. Brilliant.

(sings along) Have I, got CBI....lol
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Hope its fleabay prices :) CB lived longer than most thought,"do folk still use them" is still in use but when folk see the twig haha.
Plenty are talking worldwide on 27.555 usb,
Some are too far up their own @rse to admit it,
Many happen to know otherwise dx-ing test free,
Showing a complete lack of respect for the law.

27.555 Usb
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Yeah, my missus moved in a while back and I am pretty sure she's got an evil plan to have rid of my antennas.... also when we move I think I'll have a fight on my hands to get some on the new house!
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To think 30 odd year went past before THEY made it legal to use am/ssb,and in a few year they come out with crap like this,hope Oggy is going to tell them where to stick their proposal,they don't want freedom of speech,waiting on a phonecall from the human rights office for CB :lol:
Plenty are talking worldwide on 27.555 usb,
Some are too far up their own @rse to admit it,
Many happen to know otherwise dx-ing test free,
Showing a complete lack of respect for the law.

27.555 Usb
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Master stroke really. Take away the requirement for a licence, no numbers of users can then be measure. Give us SSB ad AM, So further diluting the user base amongst the other modes. They can then easily say the band is under-used and can be re-allocated (SOLD) to someone else.
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