• In the United Kingdom, CB radio was first legally introduced in 1981, but had been used illegally for some years prior to that. In December 2006, CB radio...
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  • 27 MHz CB27/81 Bandplan (category Mass media in the United Kingdom)
    The 27 MHz CB27/81 Bandplan is a list of the channel frequencies for FM CB radio in the United Kingdom. Unlike CB usage in the United States, and subsequently...
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    Citizens band radio (CB radio) is a land mobile radio system, a system allowing short-distance one-to-many bidirectional voice communication among individuals...
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  • Look up CB, C.B., or C.-B. in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. CB and variants may refer to: CB postcode area, British post code for eastern England served...
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    and many other nations by the United States Air Force. Illegal use of licensed radio spectrum (also known as bootlegging in CB circles) is fairly common...
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  • Sally Boazman (category British radio presenters)
    reports from motorists on mobile phones and lorry drivers on CB radio. Boazman has presented Radio 2's weekend travel bulletins since 2014, alongside Orna...
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  • Midland is the oldest U.S. manufacturer of CB radios.[citation needed] In the 1990s, CTE International acquired a significant share of Midland Radio Corporation...
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    Postal codes used in the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown dependencies are known as postcodes (originally, postal codes). They are...
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  • events in the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in the United Kingdom. There is evidence that LGBT activity in the United...
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  • Electrical wiring in the United Kingdom is commonly understood to be an electrical installation for operation by end users within domestic, commercial...
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    Cell Broadcast (redirect from SMS-CB)
    Broadcast (CB) is a method of sending short messages to multiple mobile telephone users in a defined area at the same time. It is defined by the ETSI's GSM...
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  • CBI (redirect from The CBI)
    established in 1934 of the Washington Commonwealth Federation Confederation of British Industry, an organisation promoting United Kingdom businesses Cardiff...
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  • Retreat (film) (category Citizens band radio in popular culture)
    the island. A few nights in, the generator in the cottage explodes, injuring Martin's arm and leaving them without electricity. They use the CB radio...
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  • Call sign (redirect from Radio call sign)
    international regulations. In addition, in some countries lawful unlicensed low-power personal and broadcast radio signals (Citizen's Band(CB), Part 15 or ISM bands)...
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    such as CB radio and the United States MURS allocation) and forbidding modified radios. Most personal walkie-talkies sold are designed to operate in UHF allocations...
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    to unlicensed personal radio services (such as CB radio, FRS, and PMR446), which require type-approved equipment restricted in mode, range, and power...
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  • suffixes, even where the base call sign is a CBC/Radio-Canada O&O in pattern "CB(insert third letter)T", "CB(insert third letter)ET" or "CB(insert third letter)FT"...
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  • ITU prefix (category Amateur radio call signs)
    the ITU prefix rules: Since 1936, it has used CB for its own Canadian Broadcasting Corporation stations, whereas Chile is officially assigned the CB prefix...
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    components. At its peak in 1999, Tandy operated over 8,000 RadioShack stores in the United States, Mexico, and under the Tandy name in The Netherlands, Belgium...
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    Jam sandwich (police car) (category Law enforcement in the United Kingdom)
    popularised on TV shows such as The Bill, The Sweeney and Minder; as well as spreading through the use of CB radio. The "jam sandwich" first came into...
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  • introduced for the harmful impact from high frequency.  Canada – CB-02 Radio Equipment  Russia – ГОСТ Р 50829-95 for radio Communication safety  United States...
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    (Birmingham CB, Coventry CB, Solihull CB, Sutton Coldfield MB and Meriden RD), Staffordshire (Wolverhampton CB, Walsall CB, West Bromwich CB, Dudley CB and Aldridge-Brownhills...
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    102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire, 97.1 Radio Carmarthenshire, 97.5 Scarlet FM and 106.3 Bridge FM in the T&CB portfolio. In 1999, Win 107.2 (later 107.2 Win...
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    power limit for the other 26-28 MHz frequencies) but is shared with CB radio channel 23 and is not protected from interference from CB radio transmissions...
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    2024 FA Community Shield (category August 2024 sports events in the United Kingdom)
    Gillett The match was broadcast on television in the United Kingdom on ITV and its on-demand streaming counterparts, ITVX and STV Player. On radio, it was...
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    broadcasting in the United Kingdom. In 1922, he was employed by the BBC, then the British Broadcasting Company Ltd., as its general manager; in 1923 he became...
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  • own call signs. Call signs are allocated to ham radio stations in Barbados, Canada, Mexico and the United States. Many countries have specific conventions...
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  • p. 55-70. Lossing, Benson John (1863). The League of States. C.B. Richardson. p. 22. "By the United States in Congress assembled, September 13, 1788"...
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  • two-way radios, in use by the armed forces, in civil aviation, police and fire dispatching systems, citizens' band radio (CB), and amateur radio. Voice...
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    available during the popularity height of CB radio in the 1970s. The first scanners often had between four and ten channels and required the purchase of a...
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