I usually travel on channel 18 which is the caravanner's channel and have it displayed on the back of my van, recently on a couple of occasions whilst travelling at around 90 kph I have had big trucks sitting close behind me and have called them up to talk about passing but got no response.
Can someone please let me know what channels trucks use on the open road.
CK56 said
03:29 PM Jun 6, 2014
Channel 40 inland.
NeilandRaine said
03:48 PM Jun 6, 2014
Channel 40 most places except on the Pacific highway from Sydney to Brisbane then it's 29
Oma said
04:25 PM Jun 6, 2014
Tell the truckies to let you know when they are ready to pass but do not slow down drastically as they just have to get their power up again to pass you. Flick your lights to let them know when safe for them to pull back to correct side of road & they are fully past your vehicle. The majority of them will acknowledge with a flick of their lights. After all they are trying to earn a $.
aussietraveller said
05:27 PM Jun 6, 2014
Thanks for the advice I will switch to Roaming between 40 and 18 and the majority do say thanks with their indicators if you let them know when its safe to pull back in and it also reduces the risk to your vehicle.
Dougwe said
06:38 PM Jun 6, 2014
I scan 5, 11,18, 22, 29, 35 & 40. Talk to truckies on 29 or 40 and the odd traveller on 18.
What annoys me the most is the people that abuse 5&35 (Emergency Channels) and the companies that use 11 (Call Channel) also the drop kicks that abuse 40 mainly in the big Towns and the Cities.
It was all much better 40 odd years ago when I had to hide my CB when the RI's were snooping around. It was even worse if I was in the middle of a "Skip".
We are lucky though really cos we don't need or have to pay for a UHF licence.
03_troopy said
07:27 AM Jun 7, 2014
Or people that chat to each other using simplex, on the duplex channels.. that can be annoying too.
kiwijims said
09:40 AM Jun 7, 2014
Dougwe wrote:
I scan 5, 11,18, 22, 29, 35 & 40. Talk to truckies on 29 or 40 and the odd traveller on 18.
What annoys me the most is the people that abuse 5&35 (Emergency Channels) and the companies that use 11 (Call Channel) also the drop kicks that abuse 40 mainly in the big Towns and the Cities.
It was all much better 40 odd years ago when I had to hide my CB when the RI's were snooping around. It was even worse if I was in the middle of a "Skip".
We are lucky though really cos we don't need or have to pay for a UHF licence.
Now you're bringing back some great memories Doug,
How well I remember working "Skip" I think the best skip I ever latched onto was on an old 18ch A.M. set way back in the mid 70's
I was sitting in my old E.J.Holden when I picked up this strong Yankee voice, I did a "Breaker" on him and started to talk, "Boy" did I get a surprise when I ask his location, ( or 1020 ) he answered ..... I'm Mobile in Southern California in the U.S.of A, driving an 18 wheeler, Where are you Boy, "Come-on!!!
It took me another 10 min to convince him that I was in Aussie.
Not bad contact, for a standard C.B. set which only poked out 2w on a standard 1/2 D.B. gain antenna
K.J.
Red Dog said
11:22 AM Jun 7, 2014
Remember if you are very close they will not hear you because the way the signal travels
Dougwe said
11:24 AM Jun 7, 2014
Yep, great memories for sure back in them thar days, We may have even chatted at some stage KJ. Think I would have remembered an "eyeball"
In some ways this forum is similar as we all chat and sometimes get to meet up with great members.
This might give me away KJ but my call sign those days was, "PV 1". ( pa pa victor 1).
kiwijims said
12:48 PM Jun 7, 2014
I'll have to look up my old Call Book Doug, that could take some finding.
My old Call sign ( and still is ) Whisky Alpha 863
I've still got the 35 ft aerial mounted on the workshop and very occasionally turn the old 40 ch SSB on.
K.J.
aussietraveller said
06:30 PM Jun 7, 2014
some 25 years ago this month I was doing a trip with some mates in 4x4s most of us had arrived in Broken hill and we had one bloke missing so I called him up on agreed channel and got an answer and when i asked where he was he said approaching the Sydney Harbour Bridge again had some difficulty convincing him where I was and obviously not the mate I was trying to call who arrived while I was talking to the other guy with excellent clarity.
Dougwe said
06:36 PM Jun 7, 2014
Sorry AT but we seem to be hijacking your thread a little here.
KJ, after being trained in Caulfield, Melbourne I set up and ran "Westerport Crest" (Citizens Radio Emergency Service Team) (those days, channel 9) in Tyabb near Hastings, Victoria, Westernport Bay area. I ran that for 6 years until my first daughter arrived in the world. I have great memories of the "old" CB radio days.
Keep talking to those truckies AT.
cultana said
07:20 PM Jun 7, 2014
Dougwe wrote:
"PV 1". ( pa pa victor 1).
Dougwe, naughty! its papa victor 1..
You don't split the PAPA into 2 words.
Yes the old 27 MHz was good and funnily enough I felt safer on the roads with that, with the combination of AM and SSB, than UHF.
Idiots were there as much as on UHF now.
As for UHF I just dislike caravaners who display ch 18 & 40 on the van but don't respond to calls. Worse are vanners who have UHF and don't turn it on.
-- Edited by cultana on Saturday 7th of June 2014 07:21:34 PM
Dougwe said
09:16 PM Jun 7, 2014
I am naughty, you are correct but it was my iPad's fault
Santa said
09:50 AM Jun 8, 2014
cultana wrote:
Dougwe wrote:.
As for UHF I just dislike caravaners who display ch 18 & 40 on the van but don't respond to calls.
-- Edited by cultana on Saturday 7th of June 2014 07:21:34 PM
We only ever monitor ch 40, 98% of truckies monitor the frequency and will talk to you about road conditions, safety etc, all you need to know.
Tried listening to ch18 for a while years ago, except for the odd group traveling in convoy (and they won't talk to you) waste of time.
I usually travel on channel 18 which is the caravanner's channel and have it displayed on the back of my van, recently on a couple of occasions whilst travelling at around 90 kph I have had big trucks sitting close behind me and have called them up to talk about passing but got no response.
Can someone please let me know what channels trucks use on the open road.
Channel 40 inland.
What annoys me the most is the people that abuse 5&35 (Emergency Channels) and the companies that use 11 (Call Channel) also the drop kicks that abuse 40 mainly in the big Towns and the Cities.
It was all much better 40 odd years ago when I had to hide my CB when the RI's were snooping around. It was even worse if I was in the middle of a "Skip".
We are lucky though really cos we don't need or have to pay for a UHF licence.
Now you're bringing back some great memories Doug,
How well I remember working "Skip" I think the best skip I ever latched onto was on an old 18ch A.M. set way back in the mid 70's
I was sitting in my old E.J.Holden when I picked up this strong Yankee voice, I did a "Breaker" on him and started to talk, "Boy" did I get a surprise when I ask his location, ( or 1020 ) he answered ..... I'm Mobile in Southern California in the U.S.of A, driving an 18 wheeler, Where are you Boy, "Come-on!!!
It took me another 10 min to convince him that I was in Aussie.
Not bad contact, for a standard C.B. set which only poked out 2w on a standard 1/2 D.B. gain antenna
K.J.
Remember if you are very close they will not hear you because the way the signal travels
In some ways this forum is similar as we all chat and sometimes get to meet up with great members.
This might give me away KJ but my call sign those days was, "PV 1". ( pa pa victor 1).
I'll have to look up my old Call Book Doug, that could take some finding.
My old Call sign ( and still is ) Whisky Alpha 863
I've still got the 35 ft aerial mounted on the workshop and very occasionally turn the old 40 ch SSB on.
K.J.
KJ, after being trained in Caulfield, Melbourne I set up and ran "Westerport Crest" (Citizens Radio Emergency Service Team) (those days, channel 9) in Tyabb near Hastings, Victoria, Westernport Bay area. I ran that for 6 years until my first daughter arrived in the world. I have great memories of the "old" CB radio days.
Keep talking to those truckies AT.
Dougwe, naughty! its papa victor 1..
You don't split the PAPA into 2 words.
Yes the old 27 MHz was good and funnily enough I felt safer on the roads with that, with the combination of AM and SSB, than UHF.
Idiots were there as much as on UHF now.
As for UHF I just dislike caravaners who display ch 18 & 40 on the van but don't respond to calls. Worse are vanners who have UHF and don't turn it on.
-- Edited by cultana on Saturday 7th of June 2014 07:21:34 PM
I am naughty, you are correct but it was my iPad's fault
We only ever monitor ch 40, 98% of truckies monitor the frequency and will talk to you about road conditions, safety etc, all you need to know.
Tried listening to ch18 for a while years ago, except for the odd group traveling in convoy (and they won't talk to you) waste of time.