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Cadilac
Intermediate Member
Username: Cadilac
Post Number: 177
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 7:30 pm: | 
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Hi, I've got one for you. I've had no less than five cb walkie talkies. Three of them were crystal models. All of them, whether they were the the two three channel models or the one six channel model came with channel 14. How did channel 14 get chosen? I thought at one time maybe it was because that frequency was in the middle of the band before 40 channel radios came out, but thats not right either. Does anyone know why 14 was chosen for walkie talkies?
CADILAC |
Watt
Junior Member
Username: Watt
Post Number: 37
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 10:39 pm: |
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I dont really know but I do remember back in the 70s it seemed every christmas you could turn on the base radio and listen to all the neighborhood kids talking on their new walkie talkies. Also remember the recievers were so loose on those things that you could recive all 23/40 channels. |
Tech833
Moderator
Username: Tech833
Post Number: 1490
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 9:58 am: |
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Answer- Because 27.125 is a common clock crystal, and the lest expensive to buy due to the quantity in which they are produced. The radio makers had to include at least one channel so the radios would work right out of the box, so why not install the frequency where the transmitter crystal would cost less? |
Tech237
Moderator
Username: Tech237
Post Number: 557
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 9:58 am: |
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Frequencywise is 14 is around mid CB band back in the 23 channel days. |
2ec837
Intermediate Member
Username: 2ec837
Post Number: 117
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, October 14, 2006 - 12:39 am: |
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If I remember right, channel 14 was was a license free channel with a 500 milliwatt power limit. |
