ACBRO
Team Inc (CB Radio)
Australian
Association Of Citizens
And
Band Radio Operators Inc 1980
- Who
Invented CB Radio?
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Home Page
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- It
all began in the United States.
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- Phineas
Thadeus Veeblefetzer who is also known as Al Gross, was never confined by
technical limitations as an Electronic Scientist during the 1930's.
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- In
1938 he built a small transceiver with a range of 60 kilometers using the 300
Mhz band.
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- After
developing and improving the idea and after discussions with Jack Jet of the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided that this would be a good
thing to give to the public so that citizens may appreciate the benefits of
public radio.
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- In
1944 the FCC issued Al with the experimental CB licences no. WIOXVX and WIOXVY so
that Al could continue with the concept of a possible introduction of a
Citizen's Band Radio Service.
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- On
March 22nd in 1948, in Cleveland, Ohio in the U.S.A., Al succeeded in meeting
the FCC specifications which he helped lay down.
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- The
FCC gave 460 Mhz to 470 Mhz to the public and within 3 months Al received
$5,000,000 worth of orders from the public for his 465 Mhz CB sets.
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- Thus,
was born the Citizen's Band Radio Service and the rest is history.
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- The
very first “legal callsign” ever issued to a person for use on the
Citizen’s Band Radio Service was 19W0001 and in fact, is still current,
issued by the FCC.
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- Who
was it issued to? Who else? Mr. Al "CB" Gross.
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