-=> Bob Seaborn wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

 >> Originally it was 23 channels.  When the 40 channel sets came in, it
 >> became
 >> illegal to sell the older sets.  Not sure why.
 >
 > Really? Wow! I remember when I was a kid that 23 channel CB radios were
 > 'the thing' - then 40 channel came out. You might be talking to someone
 > who couldn't move to channel 30 32 etc. Never thought about it being
 > 'illegal' though.

 BS> This would be better asked of Joe.  As I recall, there were few 23
 BS> channel sets commonly available, and when 40 chan models came, nobody
 BS> wanted to pay for a 23 channel set when they could get a 40 for about
 BS> the same price.  At the time, I was working for an electronics shop in
 BS> Ontario, and we did sell CB's.

I seem to remember 23 channel being popular for quite a while before 40
channel units came out, but my dad was an early adopter of things that he
'got into.' :-)

He was also a 'metal detector' kind of guy - aka treasure hunter. His
handle on the CB was Gold Digger. :-)


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