Re: [talk-au] Recommended CB radio channel for road

I wonder if this could be expanded to also capture the relevant emergency use channel for the area.   The use case in mind, is in relation to the pastoral leases, in outback SA, operate repeaters for their own use, but are also there for emergency use. See page 9-12 of this PDF (noting that

Re: [talk-au] Recommended CB radio channel for road

On Tue, 22 Mar 2022 at 13:44, Brendan Barnes wrote: > Absolutely agree with you Bob. I'm just talking about specific "hazardous" > roads where the jurisdiction's Roads Authority has put up a permanent sign > advising road users to operate on a specific channel for that road. I'm > cognizant not

Re: [talk-au] Recommended CB radio channel for road

Absolutely agree with you Bob. I'm just talking about specific "hazardous" roads where the jurisdiction's Roads Authority has put up a permanent sign advising road users to operate on a specific channel for that road. I'm cognizant not to encourage use of 5/35, unless in an emergency. And Graeme

[talk-au] New OSM Discourse site: community.osm.org

The new community.openstreetmap.org site is up and running. It's going to replace the old forum, including the users: Australia subforum. I'm not sure if we should ask for an Australia category to be

Re: [talk-au] Recommended CB radio channel for road

Keep in mind to also not run afoul with legislation. That might seem to be about emergency use (UHF 5/35) or telemetry (UHF 22-23), but using simplex on the input frequencies of UHF repeaters (31-38 & 71-78) that one is within the operational range of is not allowed. Many contract roadwork

Re: [talk-au] Recommended CB radio channel for road

On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 at 18:42, Brendan Barnes wrote: > > Other than a one-off traffic_sign=*, is there a relational way to advise > which CB radio channel to use on a specific road? > Interesting idea, Brendan! I've often thought it would be a handy thing to have, rather than just working on

[talk-au] Recommended CB radio channel for road

Hi all, Other than a one-off traffic_sign=*, is there a relational way to advise which CB radio channel to use on a specific road? For example, Great Alpine Road advises users to operate on UHF 29 (verifiable at https://kartaview.org/details/3545149/1056/track-info) and I was just curious to see