[talk-au] Recommended CB radio channel for road

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 at 18:42, Brendan Barnes <brenbarnes at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Other than a one-off traffic_sign=*, is there a relational way to advise
> which CB radio channel to use on a specific road?
>

Interesting idea, Brendan!

I've often thought it would be a handy thing to have, rather than just
working on the standby of 18 / 40 for caravans, + 29, but which then
changes depending on the highway you're travelling.

For example, Great Alpine Road advises users to operate on UHF 29
> (verifiable at https://kartaview.org/details/3545149/1056/track-info) and
> I was just curious to see if that data has ever been mapped before.
>

As far as I can see, no, it hasn't?

I can find a few mentions of "radio" & such like, but they're not what
we're talking about here:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:communication:radio

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:communication:amateur_radio

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Communications

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/radio_communication

TI isn't much help either:

https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=radio

https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/communication%3Aradio#values

https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/radio_frequency#values

https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/communication%3Acb_radio#values

So lot's of negative results :-(

Maybe modify https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:communication:radio so
that it's not just talking about radio towers, but also other types of
radio comms?

then possibly have something like
communication:radio=CB + CB_channel=*, possibly attached to the relation
for the particular highway you're on?

Thanks

Graeme
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