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The forgotten era of factory-installed CB radios
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, factory-installed CB radios became a staple in many vehicles, reflecting a unique cultural ...
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CB radios: From '70s sensation to modern niche essential
In the 1970s, CBs were hugely popular, and they are still popular today, though the user base is much smaller. The global CB ...
On this date 65 years ago, the FCC established what became known as citizens band — or CB radio. We reflect on how it rose to immense popularity and the ways the radios are still in use today. On this ...
A CB radio is often one of those items that you don't feel you need until you are the one guy on the trail without one. Everyone is having a great time chatting on the road, and you are left out. Not ...
It’s hard for me to believe, but it has been 40 years ago today that “Convoy,” by C.W. McCall, was the number one song on the U.S. pop charts. Citizen’s Band radios were flying off the shelves and ...
Trail communication is key, whether your spotter is telling you where to put your tires or when you are trying to reach base camp to tell them you are upside-down. That is why we require a Citizens ...
Do you remember the heyday of citizens band radio in the mid-1970s, when that communications craze had much of the country talking in a Southern drawl, using 10 codes (as in "10-4" to mean ...
Citizen band radio, more commonly known as CB radio, was first developed in 1945, but took a while to reach the truck-driving masses. By 1958, the FCC had established the first regulations and 23 ...
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