You don't have to have a license or licensed transmitter. It must, however,
be FCC type accepted. "Converted" 10 meter radios (which seem to be the
thing these days) are not type accepted for CB use. If you have a legal CB
radio and do any modifications to it, it is no longer type accepted and is
illegal to use.

"HPDSCTraining" wrote in message
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Subject: FCC fines CBer $10K even though no license needed
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Did you read the letter? It sounds like dude built his own transmitter,
and for
whatever reason someone didnt like it (interfered with their TV during
Survivor?) and complained. I didnt know you had to use a licensed
transmitter
either.
We used to have problems in my area with a guy that had a CB and a
1500watt
amp. He lived just down the block, and the RF was so strong, you could
unplug
the stereo from the wall, and still here the guy faintly through the
stereo
speakers. He messed up TV reception and cordless phones, and forget
listening
to shortwave. No one called the FCC though. A neighbor who knew a bit
about CB
ran a big safety pin through his antenna coax one evening while the guy
was at
work. He got the hint and switched to a 200 watt amp, after his 1500 watt
tube
job burned out, which didnt bother the rest of us at all.