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From: wn9nbt@ecn-ee.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Subject: Re: Amateur.vs_CB
Message-ID: <2396@pur-ee.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 21:40:17 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 28 21:40:17 1984
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Nf-From: ecn-ee!wn9nbt    Nov 28 11:42:00 1984

Also, Childrens Band (sorry, C.B.) was intended to be a "Business"
radio system at it's creation.  Units could only talk to other
units under the same license, except for a few circumstances such
as asking directions, emergencies, /etc.  Now CB licenses aren't
issued (or required) any longer, and a sizable number of CB'ers are  
running considerably more than 5 watts, illegally of course.
Most Police cars with CB's listen to channel 19 (or the local 
"highway" channel) to find out when their hiding places are 
given away by "Bear" reports when running stationary radar.
Most other times they are off or squelched tight enough that
they don't have to listen to the constant garbage on the
channel.
.....Dave