I hope you CB experts can help me: I'm writing a book about car culture, which of course includes the CB radio craze of the 1970s (we bought ours in 1976!).
I know all about the external reasons -- 55 mph, Jonathan Demme film, etc. -- but I hope I'm not missing some technical change that might explain this sudden explosion. All I really know is that the FCC added to the 40 channels in 1977.
Did radios suddenly become cheaper thanks to some technical change?
Did they suddenly get easier to use?
I know all about the external reasons -- 55 mph, Jonathan Demme film, etc. -- but I hope I'm not missing some technical change that might explain this sudden explosion. All I really know is that the FCC added to the 40 channels in 1977.
Did radios suddenly become cheaper thanks to some technical change?
Did they suddenly get easier to use?