03-08-2016, 12:46 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
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Originally Posted by kurtschachner
Is that true? I have a couple old Transrocs and a friend mentioned that the CB bands can't be used for data transmissions anymore.
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I'm not sure if there were ever any such rules (yea or nay) concerning data transmission on CB Channels 1 to 23 (which were later increased to 40 channels). It was once necessary to take an FCC test and get a CB operator's license. This requirement was dropped in the late 1970s or the early 1980s, and it became a license-free radio service (my father got one of the last CB licenses). Also:
At least in microphone mode, the Transroc is--electronically speaking, due to its output power and modulation mode--just a rocket-borne walkie-talkie. But as a practical matter, the CB channels are pretty empty today because drivers and truckers now have other options (cellphones, smartphones, tablet computers, and satellite phones). Even walkie-talkies now have access to (and are made to operate on) another, higher-frequency band, the FRS (Family Radio Service) band. |