{"id":1713,"date":"2017-02-20T05:25:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T12:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/?p=1713"},"modified":"2017-02-20T08:55:34","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T15:55:34","slug":"remember-citizens-band-boys-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallows.ca\/wp\/radio\/ham-radio\/remember-citizens-band-boys-toys\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember Citizens Band – Boys and their Toys"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"remember<\/a><\/p>\n

I remember citizens band. CB was a huge amount of fun for many of us when we were kids.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the 1960’s my first radio transmitter was a CB walkie talkie. Named after the large handheld radios from World War II, these small devices were a marvel. I could talk to my friends all over the neighborhood. Sort of like how kids lie in bed texting these days. When we played “army” along the streets, my team had a secret weapon – radio communications.<\/p>\n

CB has a long and storied history, mainly about truckers in the 1970’s. But actually, Citizens Band was created by the FCC in 1945. Unfortunately, they assigned UHF frequencies in the 460-470 MHz region. Equipment for these frequencies was very hard to make and very expensive. It never caught on.<\/p>\n

So, in 1958 the FCC swapped some frequencies around. Hams got a new band at 21 MHz but gave up 27 Mhz to CB radio. This “11 meter ham band” had been underused for a number of reasons. Mainly, because it was shared with paging services, industrial and medical equipment. Diathermy and plasma machines used 27 MHz and caused great interference.<\/p>\n

Remember Citizens Band – More Useless Frequencies<\/h2>\n

CB was supposed to be for local communications. Regulators around the world followed suit. The theory was that despite interference, citizens would find clear channels for local chats.<\/p>\n

Remember sunspot cycles<\/a>?\u00a0The policy decision to assign 27 MHz to CB took place during a sunspot minimum. A few years later, higher sunspots led to long distance communications on these supposedly local frequencies. Thus, the skip came rolling in and CB was never the same.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, CB has been replaced in most countries by GMRS and FRS. General Mobile Radio Service has slightly higher power (2 watts) than Family Radio Service (half a watt.) Both use the same frequencies that were originally assigned for CB radio back in 1945!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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