In Greece, since December 31, 2021, freebanding is legal !
Accrding to the current frequency allocation tables, CB radio uses the regular 40 US channels: 26965 - 27405. In addition, CB is allocated on a secondary basis 27415 - 27885 kHz without channelization !
Awesome. So Greece currently has...80 channels? 26.965 MHz to 27.855 MHz? Or Band D + Band E? Or is it just 26.965 MHz to 27.405 MHz (40 channels) + 27.415 MHz to 27.855 MHz (or 27.885 MHz?) in de facto 5 kHz steps?
Pretty cool either way. Seems like this is the direction many countries are taking:
UK has 80 channels - 40 standard EU or CEPT "mid band" or US CB channels 26.965 MHz - 27.405 MHz (AM/FM/SSB permitted) + the 40 UK FM "27/81" channels (FM only) 27.60125 MHz - 27.99125 MHz
Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic have 80 channels - 40 standard EU or CEPT "mid band" or US CB channels 26.965 MHz - 27.405 MHz (AM/FM/SSB permitted) + 40 additional channels 26.565 MHz to 26.955 MHz (straight 10 kHz channel steps, no skips, with 26.565 MHz being Channel 41, 26.575 MHz being Channel 42, up to 26.945 MHz being Channel 79 and 26.955 MHz being Channel 80). Channels 41-80 are FM mode only (or FM like data modes, FSK, AX.25 packet radio, etc.)
Russia has two sets of 120 channels
The European band plan or "raster" - the "fives" with the channel frequencies ending in 5
26.515 MHz to 26.955 MHz - Band B
26.965 MHz to 27.405 MHz - Band C - standard CB band
27.415 MHz to 27.855 MHz - Band D
And the Polish band plan/original Russian band plan or "raster" - the "zeros", identical to the standard CB radio channel plan but -5 kHz so
26.510 MHz to 26.950 MHz - Band B
26.960 MHz to 27.400 MHz - Band C - standard Polish zero raster CB band
27.410 MHz to 27.850 MHz - Band D
It's easy to see "Band A" - 26.055 MHz to 26.505 MHz and 26.050 MHz to 26.500 MHz
The band identifiers are sometimes moved "up one" (to match the standard A-B-C-D-E-F band 25.615 MHz - 28.305 MHz export radio band plan).
Russia effectively has 5 kHz steps. Channels are given an alphanumeric designation to indicate
Band (B, C, D)
Channel (1-40)
Band Plan (Zeros or Fives) or Channel Raster - European (standard) is "E" and the Polish CB channel plan is "P"
Mode - A for AM mode or F for FM mode (some radios show AM for AM mode and FM for FM mode)
So
27.185 MHz AM would be Channel C19EA or Channel C19EAM or Channel C19E AM
27.180 MHz FM would be Channel C19PF or Channel C19PFM or Channel C19P FM
27.635 MHz FM would be Channel D19EF or Channel D19EFM or Channel D19E FM
The skipped "A" channels (RC and data channels) are also heavily used. Radios sold for that market will have a +10 kHz switch and a -5 kHz switch. This means that the top frequency 27.855 MHz actually is 27.865 MHz (or 27.860 MHz) because you could go to Channel 40 on the high band and then flick the +10kHz switch.
Confusingly, these have an "A" added to them (3A, 7A, 11A, 15A, 19A) for the three bands:
European channel plan
Channel B03A - 26.545 MHz - Channel 3A "down one band" (on regular export radios, this would be Band C, Channel 3A) - on the "zero" raster - 26.540 MHz
Channel B07A - 26.595 MHz - Channel 7A "down one band" (on regular export radios, this would be Band C, Channel 7A) - on the "zero" raster - 26.590 MHz
Channel B11A - 26.645 MHz - Channel 11A "down one band" (on regular export radios, this would be Band C, Channel 11A) - on the "zero" raster - 26.640 MHz
Channel B15A - 26.695 MHz - Channel 15A "down one band" (on regular export radios, this would be Band C, Channel 15A) - on the "zero" raster - 26.690 MHz
Channel B19A - 26.745 MHz - Channel 19A "down one band" (on regular export radios, this would be Band C, Channel 15A) - on the "zero" raster - 26.740 MHz
Channel C03A - 26.995 MHz - Channel 3A (on regular export radios, this would be Band D, Channel 3A) - on the "zero" raster - 26.990 MHz
Channel C07A - 27.045 MHz - Channel 7A (on regular export radios, this would be Band D, Channel 7A) - on the "zero" raster - 27.040 MHz
Channel C11A - 27.095 MHz - Channel 11A (on regular export radios, this would be Band D, Channel 11A) - on the "zero" raster - 27.090 MHz
Channel C15A - 27.145 MHz - Channel 15A (on regular export radios, this would be Band D, Channel 15A) - on the "zero" raster - 27.140 MHz
Channel C19A - 27.195 MHz - Channel 19A (on regular export radios, this would be Band D, Channel 15A) - on the "zero" raster - 27.190 MHz
Channel D03A - 27.445 MHz - Channel 3A "up one band" (on regular export radios, this would be Band E, Channel 3A) - on the "zero" raster - 27.440 MHz
Channel D07A - 27.495 MHz - Channel 7A "up one band" (on regular export radios, this would be Band E, Channel 7A) - on the "zero" raster - 27.490 MHz
Channel D11A - 27.545 MHz - Channel 11A "up one band" (on regular export radios, this would be Band E, Channel 11A) - on the "zero" raster - 27.540 MHz
Channel D15A - 27.595 MHz - Channel 15A "up one band" (on regular export radios, this would be Band E, Channel 15A) - on the "zero" raster - 27.590 MHz
Channel D19A - 27.645 MHz - Channel 19A "up one band" (on regular export radios, this would be Band E, Channel 15A) - on the "zero" raster - 27.640 MHz