ACBRO Team Inc (CB Radio)

Australian Association Of Citizens

And Band Radio Operators Inc 1980

CB Rally of 1980

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On July 1st 1977, when CB Radios and the Citizens Band Radio Service (CBRS) become legally recognized, the Government of the day proposed that there would be a cessation of the 27 Mhz HF band in 1982 in favour of introducing the 466/477 Mhz UHF band as the preferred medium. 

By 1980 the 27 Mhz HF band service was grounded into Australian culture and this proposal was met with outrage by the newly formed and legally recognised CB radio fraternity. CBers considered the cessation of the 27 Mhz HF Band was not an option. In fact, the fraternity decided that a dual band service should exist, that the 27 Mhz HF band should be retained to compliment the introduction of the 466/477 Mhz UHF band in 1982. 

Faced with the very real possibility that the 27 Mhz band would cease to be legally recognized, CBers in every state began to organize themselves in large numbers to protest and lobby the Government for the retention of the 27 Mhz HF band. In 1980, demonstrations, rallies and motorcades were the order of the day...and the rest is history.

A "scrap book" of letters, documents, newspaper clippings and photos of the Adelaide chapter of the rally of 1980 has been generously forwarded to ACBRO with reprint permission by Pioneer Radio 671 Joe, of The Pioneer Radio Club Australia & New Zealand (PO Box 1 Para Hills SA 5096) who was a rally organizer at the time.

 

Thank you Joe, The ACBRO Team is appreciative of your generosity in allowing for the publication of your "scrap book" on the ACBRO website. 

(to view the scrap book click the following link)

Rally Of 1980 Scrap Book

Please allow time for the pages to completely "open up" as some of the files are large.