Conference terri::cars_uk

    I haven't been a CBer for several years, & I regret selling my rig.
    (anyone got one for sale,(cheapish) ?
    So I guess Cats Whisker, Chatham St precinct, is no longer there, but I
    have seen a good range of CB in Jones Radio, Oxford Rd, Reading.
    They're near Riley's Snooker Hall, far as I can remember, certainly on
    that side of the road. More old info, there was a shop at Spencers
    Wood, at the A327 triangle, I think they sell videos now.
    
    	Tony.
    

    
    I noticed that the Tandy in Newbury have a few, I guess Reading's 
    would too.
    
    Mark

    Now you mention it, so have I.

    
    I have a CB unit and ariel (never used or taken out of box), and am
    prepared to sell it for the price of a couple of full price CD's.
    
    Anyone interested?
    
    (Tel: (7830)1409
    
    Richard

    Jones Radio has a good selection of CB stuff... Tandy will order what
    they have in the catalogue (but don't have in stock.. or at least they
    didn't in Newbury).
    
    Mag mount aeriels aren't cheap, I bought the least cost one at Jones
    and the mount and stickyupintheair bit set me back �27.....

    
    I'm sure I saw mag mount aerials in Newbury Tandy for about �25 only
    last week.
    
    Mark

    RE: .4
    
    >>> I have a CB unit and ariel
    
    I thought this topic was about radios, not washing machines...
    
    ;-)
    
    /Ben

Does anyone know if UK CBs are legal in France?

Jc

    I'm pretty sure the answer is NO!
    
    	Last I looked at taking radio equipment , legal, into france it was
    one hell of a performance , so much so that I gave the idea up. It may
    have changed as this was some time ago. But we are talking about
    france.
    
    	Garry

    I think the CEPT complient ones are.
    
    Simon

    Last time I checked, definitely not!
    
    As always, French and British standards are different, and you could be
    faced with having to remove the equipment from your car on entry and
    collect it again on the way out.
    
    They're getting touchy about UK car-phones "sur le continent", these
    days, too.
    
    ...and as for sitting in that little bit of coverage overlap in Calais,
    using your Vodafone, well....  ;-)
    
    Ian

CEPT is the european standard. You can get CEPT complient radios in the UK.
I believe they are the same as the old AM frequencies, but using FM.  I can't
remember what CEPT stands for but can find out.

Simon - G6ZTZ

    .12�remember what CEPT stands for but can find out.
    
    Communaut� Europ�enne des Postes et T�l�communications
    
    European Forum of Postal and Telecomms Agencies

Thank you.

Simon

    Does anyone know the official answer to the question I asked in .8 (a
    long time ago, but I found this old note by accident )
    
    Jc
    

John,

	i don't think (.8) so at the moment, but very soon the UK will
be "coming in line with Europe" and adopting the CEPT standard (or
something), so the old 27/81 (or whatever it was) UK frequencies will
eventually be replaced be pan-Europe stuff. Thus the new UK CBs will
be legal!!!

mb

p.s.

Are there any CBers out there in UK_CARS?

    Today in the UK you can buy two types of CB
    	- UK only frequencies
    	- Europe-wide frequencies (CEPT as mentioned before) for UK & Eur
    Both are readily available.  The CEPT stuff is valid in France.

    What sort of prices ???  Ball Park fugures ??
    
    Are there many people into CB still ?

Dave,

you can pick up a basic CB from Tandy for about �70, plus another �25
for a mag-mount antenna, and that should be enough to get you on the
air.

The CEPT versions tend to be a little cheaper because i don't think
that they are (yet) legal in the UK. Besides, if you use a the CEPT
frequencies then you won't have many people to talk to!

Most truckers have CB, which is useful for traffic conditions, but
around towns most of the channels are clogged with "kids" pretending
to be DJs.

Judging by recent activity in this conference, there are not many
people into cars, never mind CBs ;-)


mn

    FWIW, I went in to Tandy in Basingstoke on Friday to buy some cable
    ties (99p) for the PC, and came out with a "paint damaged" CB fror 25
    squids, a "paint damaged" SWR meter for 3 squids and 15 for a mag-mount 
    antenna (with no paint!).  Now I've some new toys to play with and if I
    don't like what I hear on the radio, I can answer back :-)
    
    The paint damage was minimal - they had the shop re-fitted by some
    cowboy decorators and they left a fine white mist on most bits of the
    stock!
    
    All I'm short of is a lead from the rig to the SWR meter! (the radio
    equiv of a null-modem cable).
    
    Jc
    
    P.S.  I had to go back on Monday to repcale the handset which had a
    dodgey wire - no problems with the exchange.
    
    P.P.S.  I forgot to buy the cable ties :-) 

    For say, 30 meters of Tandy coax suitable for HF (ie CB).
    
    Make me an offer you can't refuse.
    
    Simon 
    830 3122

    CEPT (i.e. Euro-wide CB radio sets) are valid in the UK.  They were
    introduced/legalised at least 4 years ago.  However, it is quite true that
    all the chit chat is on the UK only sets.  If you know who you want to 
    talk to, and need some clear airways all to yourself and your contact, 
    CEPT can be an advantage since it is in effect more quiet/private.