Twistedhed wrote in message
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They made them legal again? Relegalized?

LOL.
I think they realised that they couldn't stop the things coming over, they
could only stop themselves from getting their "cut" of the action.
Money talks.

On top of that, to make the systems cheaper,
PLLs were designed to be capable of any CB
standard so that one IC could be mass
produced. This means that some legal UK
sets can now be opened up as never before.

What a deal!!

When CBs were first legal over here, nearly all our sets used BCD type PLLs.
Not because of rules here, but because that is what was available.

As the PLLs were based on the USA PLLs, piggy-backing has been used
quite a bit. There is a UK PLL that will piggy-back on an old Sanyo BCD PLL
used in the old USA 40 channel sets... giving our 40 channels on top of the
USA 40.
Not that I would give out the info and wiring diagrams to anyone, just
because they e-mailed me asking for it... that would be naughty.

Am I right in believing that America forced manufacturers to use the more
secure chips? We had no such rule - type approval is based on what it does
as standard, not what it can do once some smart-@r$e gets inside.

There are now legal marked CBs with more bands than the users know what do
do with... just extra dead channels.


Ahh,,the only ones who would flame you would be those who have inner
problems with themselves and a difficult acceptance of reality. Why else
would one flame you for merely telling it how it is?


Beats me why they bother. Clearly, with all the sexual crud they post,
legality is not their real issue.
I'm going to be a bit busy for a week or two so I may not be about much on
here. E-mail will still get looked when I get time.


Regards.

Peter.