European CB Federation

The ECBF inside of the CEPT.

Continuing with the works that the ECBF, and not others, has started several years ago, inside of the ETSI, one document that, been real, it has demonstrated that it is satisfactory for the technicians, users and Administration, and it shows what we have defended for many years: “The CB does not interfere, “per se””.

Finished this step, the definitive document has been send to the FM38, CEPT’s committee, for discussion.
Been included in the agenda of the meeting for September 4th, celebrated in headquarter Estonian telecommunication administration in Tallinn.

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The modification of the European CB Standard, the EN 300433 is in right progression.

The modification of CB rules of the play in Europe, progresses suitably. The ECBF are promoted the modification of the CB standard, mainly the increase of AM power level from 1W to 4W and from 4Wpep in SSB to 12Wpep SSB.

In the last meeting, from 16 to 20 March, of the committee Electromagnetic & Radio Matters(ERM) from European Telecommunications Institute (ETSI) in Mainz –Germany, was show to the committee the draft of System Reference document (SR doc) TR 102 626 that prove that only high levels of RF in 27MHz can disturber other radio communications services or devices . At this meeting was attend by the vice President of ECBF Alfonso Medina.

The SR doc show the result of several test, made in Kolberg(Germany) the last December, in TDT TV receivers and tests made in January in UK, by an independent laboratories in several radio devices, like DAB and analog broadcast receivers, HIFI tuner and amplifiers, baby alarms, LAN and WIFI computers.

All test prove the CB 27MHz working at the levels proposed by the ECBF and supported by several ETSI members, and legal in some European countries like Spain, Italy and Poland, can’t disturb other radio electric devices. The next ERM meeting will be in June in the main offices of ETSI in Sophia Antipolis (France)

In the next month of March the ECBF will be 20 years like member of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). In the next lines, we described of summarized form, all these years of activity.

Everything began, in the last 1987, in the disappeared “Salón de la Imagen y el Sonido” SONIMAG in Barcelona, Spain, where took place the I Congress of the actual ECBF with the fusion of the two European Federations in this time, the European Citizen’s Band Federation and the “Confederation Internationale de la Citizen Band Libre (CICBL). Read more info

The ECBF president Mr. Löchter attend a meeting in the office of Federal Network Agency ( BNetzA) in Mainz-Germany.

The past January 21 the President of ECBF, Dieter Löchter, attend a special CB meeting in the offices of Federal Network Agency ( BNetzA) in Mainz-Germany. This meeting is an extraordinary meeting of Technical Group Digital Mobile Radio (TG DMR) on drafting the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) CB radio SRDoc (TR 102 626). In the also announce that results of practical testing between CB radio transmitters and DVB-TV receivers performed on Dec 22-23 in the labs of BNetzA in Kolberg near to Berlin. Read more info

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Legalise Single side band (SSB) and AM CB radio in line with other European countries and the USA

In most countries around the world AM, FM and SSB are legal modes for use on CB radio. The frequencies used are the same as UK legal CEPT channels. There are already many hundreds of CB radio users who are using illegal equipement in the UK, which is capable of being used to transmit in these modes. It would make perfect sense for UK to de-regulate CB radio and bring it inline with other countries world wide. There is little or no reported interference problems with ANY other radio frequency users. Europe and the USA do not have massive interference issues so why should the UK? Surely this is now only a paper exercise to make these radios legal for use in the UK?

Source: www.cb27.com
More info to the e-petitions system from UK

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Arguments for requesting the modification/unification between Standards EN 300 135 and the EN 300 433

In September 1990, during the third meeting of Radio Equipment & Systems (RES) (predecessor of the current Electromagnetic compatibility & Radio spectrum Matters (ERM)) the definitive draft of the standard ETS BA- CB equipment was approved. This Standard, definitively approved in 1991 under the name ETS 300 135, only included frequency modulation (FM), leaving aside amplitude modulation (AM), the most commonly used modulation system in the world in the 27 MHz. sector.

Oscar Espallargas is a Technical Advisor of the Federació Catalana de CB and ECBF.
Vice-President of EEM-TG17WG5 group to ETSI.

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Read this interesting article in Spanish

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Signed an agreement for a future co-operation

The President the German organization of Cb-radio DCBO (Thomas Pfannebecker) and President of India fox Germany (Dieter Löchter) have signed an agreement for a future co-operation with the 03/03/2007 in the ECBF.

Thomas Pfannebecker (left) President of Cb-radio DCBO and Dieter Löchter (to right) President of ECBF

Great decision for all impassioned radio CBier’s, it will give only one future to the co-operation on a European level. This meeting with Thomas Pfannebecker was prepared since already months ago, this is why it signature was easy within the framework of this contract of co-operation. Industry will have to be induced to really bring the new one within the framework of a free correct communication out of licenses.

Here DCBO indicated inter alias the new one in the 2.4 gigahertz by the Motrola company, with 100mW completely new on the market. Its personal desire is a better vocal transmission without breakdown with small devices, numerical technology. DMR446 is a beginning and PMR149 (freenet) which it could promote.

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ETSI. Works to CB

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is an independent, non-profit organization, whose mission is to produce telecommunications standards for today and for the future.

Based in Sophia Antipolis (France), the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is officially responsible for standardization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) within Europe. These technologies include telecommunications, broadcasting and related areas such as intelligent transportation and medical electronics.

Access to ETSI Section.

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New CB - DX Zone Section

El DX -Comunicaciones a larga distáncia- es una actividad que tiene miles de seguidores entre los cebeístas de toda Europa. No obstante, es una actividad que no está reconocida oficialmente por ninguna de las legislaciones CB en Europa.

Uno de los objetivos de la ECBF es trabajar junto a las muchas asociaciones de DX para obtener en el futuro el reconocimiento de ésta actividad. A través de ésta sección iremos analizando las diferentes actividades y grupos que intervienen en éste fascinante y desconocido mundo dentro de la CB.

Access to CB-DX Section.

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The ECBF Members.

In this section you can see the different members that compose the E.C.B.F and the services that they offer. Contact address, web page, if they prepare, e-mail, activities information, information about the CB of their countries, norms and links of general interest.

Information facilitated by the own E.C.B.F.members

Access to E.C.B.F Members information.

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PRESS ROOM. <--- XII Extraordinary ECBF Congress--->

The 12 ECBF Congress taken place in the city of Brussels, during the month of October of 2006, chose to its Directive Council, with the presidency, Dieter Löchter, german, that takes the relief to the italian Enrico Campagonoli who directed the ECBF destinations during the last twenty years. The relief was not easy, since had to be an Extraordinary Congress who, after the negative of Mr. Campagnoli to summon democratic elections in the ECBF, it organized the mentioned Extraordinary Congress. After not accepting the democratic decision of the ECBF members, Mr. Campagnoli continues his particular battle with a parallel organization to the official ECBF.

Access to Press Room.

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LEGISLATION OF CB.

This section is picked up all those laws that make reference to the CB use, normative, frequencies, powers, etc. Encourages to our visitors to that they send us those texts or laws that, direct or indirectly, have relation with the CB in theirs countries.

If you wants to enlarge the information that you can find in these web, you can consult to the official Telecommunications Administrations web of the different European countries.

Access to Library of CB Laws.

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50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome

The European Union (EU) is set up with the aim of ending the frequent and bloody wars between neighbours, which culminated in the Second World War. The signature of the Treaty of Rome on 25 March 1957 created our European family. Fifty years later, we are coming ever closer together and we have a lot to celebrate.

Celebrating Europe!

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