History of Citizen's Band Radio!

[IMD262]

What about class A radios?

Class A CB is now known as GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service).

 

[GLR]

All I can say is: WOW....they sure did leave a lot of stuff out.

Please tell us everything they left out.

thanks in advance

 

[dudmuck]

Thanks for the link. Were those Vocaline radios a 1 channel only? I didn't see a channel selector. Also were there other brands other than Vocaline for the class B radios?

What about class A radios?

vocaline information
Vocaline JRC-400, JRC-425


according to this:
27 Megacycle History in the U
UHF CB languished for about ten years, then it was killed when 27MHz CB became available in 1958.

UHF radio really didnt comercially exist in the 50's. PLL circuits werent in production until early 70's. So any tube UHF radios made in the 50's were drifting 100's of KHz at least.

 

[Turbo T]

Class A CB is now known as GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service).

Understand this, my understanding is in the beginning you had two types of radios....class A and class B. I've always wanted to see a class A or B radio...it appears the Vocaline JRC-400 is a class B radio, was wondering what a class A radio looked like.

vocaline information
Vocaline JRC-400, JRC-425


according to this:
27 Megacycle History in the U
UHF CB languished for about ten years, then it was killed when 27MHz CB became available in 1958.

UHF radio really didnt comercially exist in the 50's. PLL circuits werent in production until early 70's. So any tube UHF radios made in the 50's were drifting 100's of KHz at least.

Thanks. Of interest, I did some research on the Vocaline and came across a website that indicated it was made about 1960. The link you provided shows the owners book was copyrighted 1961. So it almost sounds as if class B actually existed after 1958. Although from the sounds of it, it wasn't a very good service then.

 

[KF6IRK]

I guess I got into 'CB' pretty early (1962), but I obtained a pair of NOS Vocaline radios several years ago. Never powered them up, they're just for my small collection of old radios.

CB was pretty cool back in the 60s and early 70s, before it got too crowded - had a lot of fun times.

 

[Turbo T]

Yeah...sadly I often hear people talking about how CB is now a dying breed