-=> Joe Delahaye wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-   
      
    JD> If you owned one, you could continue to use it, and obviously they were   
    JD> sold privately.  Back then you also needed a license to operate a CB.   
      
   A lot of 23 channel CBs found their way down here too.  Technically illegal I   
   think, but once the 40 channel band plan was adopted, authorities pretty much   
   turned a blind eye, as they were operating within specs on the 23 channels they   
   were capable of.  The 18 channel sets were officially phased out within a few   
   years, but remained on air for many years afterwards.  Probably some still out   
   in the wild now. :)   
      
   The latest round of obsolescence occurs when the 40 channel UHF spec sunsets in   
   2017, leaving only 80 channel radios legal for use on the UHF CB band, but I   
   suspect we'll see old gems like the Philips FM-320 on air for many years to   
   come. :)   
      
   And we also needed a licence in Australia to operate a CB until 1994.  I did   
   have a licence, two actually - one for UHF, one for 27 MHz.  We were supposed   
   to licence each individual radio, though I went with one per band, since I had   
   at least one radio on each band.  For most of thoe years, I had at least 2 CBs   
   on each band.  All licences held by the one person generally had the same   
   callsign, so it was hard to tell.   
      
      
   ... All wiyht.  Rho sritched mg kegtops awound?   
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