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==Frequencies and channels==

==Frequencies and channels==

CB radio frequencies run between 26.965 MHz and 27.405 MHz. They are organized into 40 "channels." Channel 9 is reserved for emergency communications and traveler's assistance.<ref>"[http://www.reactintl.org/rules-cb.htm FCC Rules for CB Radio]" on REACT Web site</ref>

CB radio frequencies run between 26.965&nbsp;MHz and 27.405&nbsp;MHz. They are organized into 40 "channels." Channel 9 is reserved for emergency communications and traveler's assistance.<ref>"[http://www.reactintl.org/rules-cb.htm FCC Rules for CB Radio]" on REACT Web site</ref>

CB (class D) started with 23 channels ('carved' out of the 11 meter Amateur band in 1958).  At the height of the popularity of CB in the 1970s, the band was expanded to 40 channels, taking effect in 1977.  The FCC dropped its requirement that CB operators be licensed in 1980, (because the FCC could not handle the number of license applications being sent - sometimes as many as 1,000,000 per month), and many CBer's ignored the licensing requirements anyway. There were so many requests, and such a long wait before your license arrived in the mail, that the FCC allowed you to use the letter 'K' followed by your initials and your zip code, until you got your license. This hodgepodge & lack of control of the licensing, also contributed to the end of the license requirement.

CB (class D) started with 23 channels ('carved' out of the 11 meter Amateur band in 1958).  At the height of the popularity of CB in the 1970s, the band was expanded to 40 channels, taking effect in 1977.  The FCC dropped its requirement that CB operators be licensed in 1980, (because the FCC could not handle the number of license applications being sent - sometimes as many as 1,000,000 per month), and many CBer's ignored the licensing requirements anyway. There were so many requests, and such a long wait before your license arrived in the mail, that the FCC allowed you to use the letter 'K' followed by your initials and your zip code, until you got your license. This hodgepodge & lack of control of the licensing, also contributed to the end of the license requirement.

However, cell phones require a monthly fee - whereas with a one time purchase of good CB equipment (some times cheaper than a cell phone), one can reliably talk from one side of the town (or county) to the other to one's family and/or friends.

However, cell phones require a monthly fee - whereas with a one time purchase of good CB equipment (some times cheaper than a cell phone), one can reliably talk from one side of the town (or county) to the other to one's family and/or friends.

==See Also==

==See also==

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