Tait TP8110 User Manual - (476.4 To 477.4Mhz)

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Frequency band reserved for distress beacons

Frequency band 406 to 406.1MHz is reserved for use by distress 

beacons. Transmissions should not be made within this 

frequency band.

Australia and New Zealand citizens band 

(476.4 to 477.4MHz)

AS/NZS 4365 deals with the use of frequencies in the 476.425 to 

477.400 MHz band. Products capable of operating in this band 

have been approved for operation in the UHF Citizens Band Radio 

Service which is licensed in Australia by the ACMA 

Radiocommunications (Citizens Band Radio Stations) Class 

Licence and in New Zealand by the MED General User Radio 

Licence for Citizens Band Radio. Operation is subject to conditions 

contained within those licences.

Repeaters operate by receiving a transmission on one channel and 

re-transmitting it on another. Operators are required to avoid 

using local repeater input channels, which will be in the range of 

31 to 38, unless it is intended to use the repeater facility, and to 

avoid using local repeater output channels, which will be in the 

range 1 to 8, at any time.

No voice transmissions are permitted on data channels 22 and 23. 

Equipment meeting this standard will inhibit voice operation on 

channels 22 and 23.

In Australia:

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Except in an emergency, a CB transmitter must not be 

operated on UHF channels 5 and 35.

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Channel 11 is the customary calling channel for establishing 

communications.

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Channel 40 is the customary road vehicle channel.