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Promote the use of Channel 9
How did
you enjoy your Christmas and New Year holidays? Have you gone
for hiking or wild-camp? In recent years, many Hong Kong
people enjoy hiking in our country-side during holidays.
However, due to the geographical constraint and hilly terrain
of Hong Kong , mobile signals are weak and network coverage
may not be available in certain rural areas. As such, hikers
may not have an effective communication tools or even not able
to make calls to seek help if they were in danger.
To enjoy a
safe trip and to keep effective communications with the
partners, other than mobile phones, we may also bring
walkie-talkies (effective radiated power not 0.5 Walt)
operating within frequency band of 409.74-410 MHz for two-way
communications. If the OFTA decided to open up frequency band
of 26.96-27.41 as the "Citizen Band" for the public after they
finish the current consultation exercise, we may also bring
the portable Citizen Band radios which provides about 5 -6 km
coverage.
I support
to open up the Citizen Band. Moreover, in order to provide the
hikers an effective channel for seeking assistance during
emergency situation, I also support to designate both Channel
9 of 409MHz band and Citizen Band for emergency communications
only. In December, I raised two council questions on this
topic for urging the administration to promote and educate the
public on using Channel 9. For administration's response,
please refer to the council questions below. If you have
something to share with me on this topic, please drop me a few
lines (cksin@sinchungkai.org.hk)
CK
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