Irish CB frequencies

Dublinflyer

Hey, would anyone have a list of the frequencies for CB that would be common in Ireland. I have done a few searches and the results are a bit confusing so if someone has a definitive list they can point me towards I would be very appreciative! I am pretty sure they are not used much but i want to out them into the scanner anyway
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brownmini

Dublinflyer wrote: »

Hey, would anyone have a list of the frequencies for CB that would be common in Ireland. I have done a few searches and the results are a bit confusing so if someone has a definitive list they can point me towards I would be very appreciative! I am pretty sure they are not used much but i want to out them into the scanner anyway
ta

Have a look at page 6 of this:

http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/300400_300499/30043302/01.03.01_30/en_30043302v010301v.pdf

watty

Similar to UK CB freqs are used for Community radio, mostly Churches.

The definitive list of legal (as opposed to used) are on comreg.ie not ETSI

Dublinflyer

Interesting that there is a difference between what is legal and what is used! that may explain some of my confusion around this. Is there a list of what is used, or would that be naughty to publish ;-)

TomasH

From the comreg site:

"Operational modes are AM (1W erp), FM (4W erp) and SSB (4W pep). CB is from 26.96-27.41MHz where forty 10 kHz channels are available."

brownmini

There is a link on another thread about CB radio in Ireland to a COMREG presentation.
Some of the frequencies that you were probably thinking about are marked to be used for a sort of community radio and between them and the normal/official CB frequencies is supposed to be left free (in the presentation labelled as a 'guard band').

73

sensormatic

scan from 26 to 28 mhz if your scanner has fm or usb

martinsvi

I'm not really involved in cb but wasn't the calling channel on 27.555 USB?

watty

Not legal, there is a legal calling channel

OldRio

martinsvi wrote: »

I'm not really involved in cb but wasn't the calling channel on 27.555 USB?

If my memory serves me right. You are indeed correct. The Alpha Tango DX group did use that frequency as a calling channel. But to be honest the normal practice was of finding an unused frequency and putting out a CQ.

As for the bog standard CB rig channel 19 was used AM of FM. (Though it did vary town to town)

sensormatic

27 555 usb,,,,international call ch
27 385 lsb usa call ch
27 390,,,,27 385,,, lsb,,,,usa call ch.
26 205 call ch as well usb

watty

It's totally illegal of course to Transmit on
27 555 usb,,,,international call ch
27 385 lsb usa call ch
27 390,,,,27 385,,, lsb,,,,usa call ch.

Listening is fine.

OldRio

watty wrote: »

It's totally illegal of course to Transmit on
27 555 usb,,,,international call ch
27 385 lsb usa call ch
27 390,,,,27 385,,, lsb,,,,usa call ch.

Listening is fine.

Of course. Also illegal to transmit on 6.670 and 3.475.

watty

The charter here forbids promotion or endorsement of illegal Radio activity.

OldRio

watty wrote: »

The charter here forbids promotion or endorsement of illegal Radio activity.

Indeed it does. Also some mention about back seat moderators in the general rules as well.

PauloMN

Please refrain from the bickering guys. I think it is clear to all at this point that there are official CB frequencies and unofficial frequencies. All we can do is provide accurate information, after that it's down to personal responsibility.

There's a fine balance between allowing and stifling discussion. Boards cannot be used to promote illegal activity, but being over-zealous about these things isn't helpful either.

Antenna

interesting historical piece on the link below from RTE TV in 1981 about the 'illegal' CB radio activity in Ireland back then. It seems there was concern from the amateur radio community in Ireland about CB back then

http://www.euscreen.eu/play.jsp?id=EUS_08CAAE16CB004DE5B71D37A7254E42EE

The TVI issues mentioned must have been by far mainly an issue in the mid-west of the country, as there, RTE1 TV from Maghera used to be on a Band 1 channel on which second harmonic (double the frequency) of CB band fell!

PauloMN

Antenna wrote: »

The TVI issues mentioned must have been by far mainly an issue in the mid-west of the country, as there, RTE1 TV from Maghera used to be on a Band 1 channel on which second harmonic (double the frequency) of CB band fell!

Believe me, they were a very big issue in Dublin and any other city/town with a Cablelink system. Every CB user will remember the problems with Channel 4 (which also sat in Band I on the Cablelink system).

"Paul, get off that bloody radio.... I'm trying to watch Brookside" etc.

humaxf1

"calm down, calm down"

Shpongler

Thank god for the new digital tv..

watty

The picture just freezes and they don't hear your voice

Greenman

Antenna wrote: »

interesting historical piece on the link below from RTE TV in 1981 about the 'illegal' CB radio activity in Ireland back then. It seems there was concern from the amateur radio community in Ireland about CB back then

http://www.euscreen.eu/play.jsp?id=EUS_08CAAE16CB004DE5B71D37A7254E42EE

Great link thanks.


Don't you just love the Cobra 2000 GTL ,it was a radio to die for when I was a lad.

telecinesk

Funny I had one of those Ham International power supplies like in that clip. I can see the cobra had been wire jobbed too, look at the freq counter .)
QTH Electronics had one in the left hand corner of the shop in Dunlaoghaire (Former VRT office), anyone remember that running? Turner Mic too..
I also had my fair share of tvi headaches,no thanks to cablelink dublin & their hideous vhf band1 tv services and "choice" wideband amplifiers.Disaster waiting to happen back then.
Irony now is all those cheap pc & chargers and wifi routers have destroyed shortwave to the point where I cant operate below 21mhz as the RFI is from modern technology. Payback?

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1982/en/si/0008.html Did anyone get one of these?

pixbyjohn

telecinesk wrote: »

QTH Electronics had one in the left hand corner of the shop in Dunlaoghaire (Former VRT office), anyone remember that running? Turner Mic too..

I remember that shop so well, it started off in Dun Laoghaire Shopping Centre and then moved down the street . I bought my first amateur band transceiver there, a Yaesu FT 707 and still have it. I remember the Cobra inside the door and the PDLII on the roof.
Armstrongs in Blackrock had a great stock of CB radios, I remember myself and 2 others bought a Superstar 360, a Stalker 9 and a Ham International Multimode 2 there during the height of the CB days (and nights).