A CB website is warning trucker CB'ers and Freebanders to keep out of the 10 meter ham band. The home page post on LiveCBRadio.com tells readers that mobile ham operators all over the United States are now observing and reporting truckers talking above 28 MHz. The website notes that the hams will not just report the truck and its company to the FCC, but that they often include video and audio as evidence with their complaints.

The website goes on to note that the FCC contacts the trucking company warning them of potential fines. It says that already there have been cases where both truckers and trucking companies have been fined.

The website warns readers, especially truckers with modified export type CB sets that what is called CB channel 19 High is actually 28.085 MHz. When someone with one of these illegal export radios tunes to 19 High he or she is transmitting full carrier AM in the Morse only area of 10 meters.

The website warns that is best to stay within the common CB channels from 1 to 40. It notes that trucker CB'ers using the 19 High frequency might think that they are gaining extra privacy. In reality what they are doing is drawing national attention from the United States ham radio community and through them from the FCC.

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