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The Citizens Radio Emergency Service Teams is a voluntary emergency organisation. CREST commenced operations in September 1976 in most Australian capital cities and major towns.

The initial role of CREST was to monitor the emergency frequencies on the Citizens Band Radio Service (CBRS), relaying calls for assistance from the public to the relevant emergency service. This role has since grown to include many forms of specialist communications support for other emergency service and community organisations. CREST members are often called upon to provide valuable safety communications for schools and sporting clubs for events such as fun runs, bicycle rides and the like.

"Remember: CREST Victoria supporting the Community - through Communication
 

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2011 UHF CB Changes

The Australian Communications and Media Authority today announced important changes to the allocation of frequencies available for use by UHF CB Radio operators
Changes from a 40 channel system to a new 80 channel system are expected to occur in two stages over a five year period
Stage one effective from January 1st 2011 will see
  • The frequency allocation extended upwards by 6.25 kHz to accommodate an additional 12.5 kHz channel
  • All simplex voice channels will transition to 12.5 kHz bandwidth
  • Repeater channels will transition to 12.5 kHz bandwidth, to create space for additional repeater channels to be added in stage two of the changes
  • Telemetry channels 22 & 23 remain unchanged
  • Licensing rules regarding repeaters will be relaxed
The changes will give UHF CB Radio operators access to 38 simplex channels
It is expected that by January 1st 2016 all repeater owners would have updated their repeaters to 12.5 kHz capable equipment, then stage two will take place and an allocation of an additional 8 repeater channels increasing the total number of channels for repeaters to 16
 

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CREST Victoria is a fully Volunteer Organization, and relies on the public's kind donations to perform it important role in the community.