Taking care of your radio & rules to know
Your radio will continue to be a valuable work tool with care and attention�
Some general rules are:
Don’t leave your radio in very hot areas like on the car dashboard in summer�
Keep the battery charged when not in use�
Don’t drop or immerse into water - resulting damage can be expensive�
Plan on replacing your battery about every two years�
(Li-Ion batteries usually can only be re-charged about 400-500 times maximum)
Don’t carry the radio by its antenna�
Don’t use as a hammer or a weapon�
Never yell when transmitting�
(Just talk about 2-3cm from microphone in a normal street level voice)�
If you share a channel, never talk over the top of someone else�
Never joke about safety on the radio, nor use words like “mayday” flippantly.
(ACMA or others may pick it up and mount an emergency response)�
Use of Australian UHF CB unlicensed channels:
Users of radios operating on Australian UHF CB channels including On-Site 16 are required by
Government regulations to adhere to a set of requirements when operating on these public
shared radio channels� You should know:
- the citizen band radio service is licensed in Australia under an ACMA Radio communications
(Citizens Band Radio Stations) Class Licence and operation is subject to conditions contained in
those licences�
- in Australia, except in an emergency, a CB transmitter shall not be operated on UHF emergen-
cy CB channels 5 & 35 (note: this is not channel 5 on a GT Radio)� Furthermore, no voice transmis-
sions are permitted on data (telemetry/telecommand) channels 22 and 23�
- always monitor a channel (or observe a channel-busy indicator) to ensure it is not already be-
ing used, before transmitting�
-To prevent interference and congestion on UHF CB repeater channels avoid operation on
channels 1 to 8, 31 to 38, 41-48 and channels 71 to 78 channels unless long-distance communica-
tion via an available UHF CB repeater facility is specifically required.
NOTE: In Australia, channel 11 is the customary calling channel for establishing communication
and channel 40 is the customary road vehicle channel�
- Australia is currently changing from 40 wide band CB channels to 80 narrowband channels�
You may hear partially distorted audio if talking with users of old wideband CB 40 CH equip-
ment and they may complain that your voice sounds soft� These situations will decrease as UHF
CB equipment changes from the old 5kHz to the new 2�5kHz modulation� If you own wideband
equipment, we suggest you upgrade now to narrow band and recommend to others to do like-
wise to further expedite the changeover process for the benefit of all users.
- the list of currently authorized UHF CB channel frequencies can be obtained from the ACMA
website in Australia� - www�acma�gov�au�
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