Help with new CB Radio Please!

[fireman ben]

I have seen on ebay a Cobra 19 Ultra III Citizen Band Radio 40 channels up for auction.
In trying to find further info on it i found the product available from Wal Mart stores in the US, much cheaper actually but i wondered it the frequencies are going to be the correct ones for use in the
UK?????
Any help please
Many Thanx
Ben

[stampman]

ok if you want to use in the states its an am set

[fireman ben]

Ive now bid on this item and it looks like ive messed up. The seller suggests it as a nice little radio to keep in touch with. CB is 27 28ish MHz i think???? So this item is a damn waste of time then????
I think the write up is very misleading. You i know i should have just bought a set from u guys. I had noticed your advert on the M1 some months ago. Im in the Philippines just now but will contact you when i return, but just to confirm this set ive bid on is a waste then. What frequencies does it use and what does that relate to in the UK, caus im guessing it would make the set illegal????
Your help is very much appreciated.
Ben

[Eviltwin]

Whats the auction number?

The very fact that its being sold as "a nice little radio to keep in touch with", yet it only works on frequencies that are illegal to use over here, is reason enough to pull cancel your bid.

[stampman]

yes it is on the am frequancies which is the system everbody used before 1981 when the goverment gave us a cb system which is illeagle throughout the rest of the world

[andy.73]

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... id=4642484

think this is the cb in question.

would it be compatible with the am used in ireland (or in south west scotland) ?

[stampman]

yes it will be compatible with the south of ireland