And the FCC broke the international rules or agreements about operators
knowing CW below 30mc....yes megacycles.
Tom W8JI wrote:
>> Hal's question: "Why in the Hell was 11 meters ever
>> taken?"
>
> The 11 meter band was used for commercial 2-way and radio
> control also, but the "I can do anything I want" CB
> mentality ruined that also.
>
> The FCC's original intention was good. CB was intended to be
> a cheap simple replacement for farmers, service, and others
> requiring necessary personal or business communications to
> have access to a cheap and easy to license service. When CB
> started the only exception to this were people who used CB
> as a hobby by building legal CB transceivers.
>
> In the neighborhood where I grew up there were two CB'ers
> who both built their own legal 5 watt transceivers and used
> callsigns, and three amateur operators. It wasn't until the
> 70's that CB fell apart and became a gathering place for the
> "I can do anything I want" crowd. The FCC's real error was
> in assuming people would follow rules. They were used to
> that happening and it was a surprise they couldn't deal with
> when the morons surfaced in mass.
>
> 73 Tom
>
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