Re: Re: Wannbe HAM   
     By: JIMMY ANDERSON to BOB SEABORN on Fri Sep 16 2016 13:19:00   
      
    >> Originally it was 23 channels.  When the 40 channel sets came in, it   
    >> became illegal to sell the older sets.  Not sure why.   
      
    JA> Really? Wow! I remember when I was a kid that 23 channel CB radios were   
    JA> 'the thing' - then 40 channel came out. You might be talking to someone   
    JA> who couldn't move to channel 30 32 etc. Never thought about it being   
    JA> 'illegal' though.   
      
   If you owned one, you could continue to use it, and obviously they were sold   
   privately.  Back then you also needed a license to operate a CB.   
   --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32   
    * Origin: The Lions Den BBS, Trenton, On, CDN (1:249/303)