-=> 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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