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echo: amateur_radio
to: JIMMY ANDERSON
from: Bob Seaborn
date: 2016-09-16 14:00:00
subject: Wannbe HAM

>-=> Bob Seaborn wrote to Joe Delahaye <=-
 >
 >> 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.

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





                       .....Bob


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