Growing up with CB in the late 60's/early 70's I had a plethora of magazines and catalogs (i.e. -"wish" books) to choose from, the most popular wish books being the ones from Echo and Henshaws. I spent a lot of time looking at these, as well as memorizing radio specifications from various yearly Buyer's Guides. Getting married I took a brief break from CB so other than a cheap Midland I kept in the trunk for road trips, I was out of the loop from '78 to '83. Imagine my surprise when I returned to the hobby:
- CB Magazines had virtually disappeared from news-stand shelves
- CB shops were very few and far between
- CB Buyers Guides had very few pages to them, if they existed at all
- And CB Radio, as a topic, was relegated to "Fad" status.