William Warren ""w_warren_nonoise\"@comcast(William Warren).net" wrote:

Don't forget: the class A & B Citizens' Bands had been authorized for
many years, with dismal results: since class A & B CB radios used 460
MHz, users had to pay for the same Motorola or GE or Johnson sets that
telephone, utility, taxicab, and others with deep pockets were using.

Actually there were some cheap two-tube units out there, which used
a single device as a regenerative detector or as an oscillator, combined
with an audio amplifier tube. The performance was very poor, however.
"Vocaline" was the manufacturer that I remember.

Long story short: experience had shown that the cost of UHF units was
too high a barrier for farmers and other rural users, and IMHO, _that_
was the reason for choosing 27 MHz.

Yes.
--scott
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