> Looking back through my old (late 1950's and 1960's)ARRL
> handbooks, the 100watt rig was pretty standard - Heath,
> Hallicrafters, Collins. So I think it would have stayed
> pretty much that way, rather than a high gain amp.
That's absolutely true. There is little doubt all radios
would remain about 100 watts. The bulk of radios always were
in that range, and as many people or more didn't use amps as
who do use amps.
The only thing the FCC is to blame for is thinking US
citizens would not misuse CB when it was created as a cheap
alternative for necessary personal communications that
didn't quite fit into full blow commercial assignments, and
for putting the stuff on 27 MHz.. They should have put it on
UHF.
73 Tom
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