. While definitely not current, there was the publication of S9 which was popular. unless I'm mistaken, I think Tom Kneitel was the editor. I'll bet there's still some copies lurking around. Popular Communication came after and covered Cb and everything else.
. 73, n9zasAmerican Radio History: Documenting the History of Radio TV and FM broadcasting has an electronic magazine archive! It includes Popular Electronics, Electronics Illustrated, and many other magazines, with loads of articles and projects about CB radio!. While definitely not current, there was the publication of S9 which was popular. unless I'm mistaken, I think Tom Kneitel was the editor. I'll bet there's still some copies lurking around. Popular Communication came after and covered Cb and everything else.
Anytime! On that site you can actually look up magazines from the '60s and ''70s, when CB was first starting out in the US!!
. 1958 or '59 if I recall is when 11 meters 26.955 to 27.255 was swiped from the hams and authorized as a Citizens band. Been a little long in the tooth since then... 73, n9zas
Yep, and if you check the archives for electronics magazines after CB was created, you'll see the original radios and articles describing how the CB craze took off and progressed.
Somewhere in the mid 70's I had my subscription to S9 and Pop Electronics but I wasn't into the craze like the rest of you. There were 3 of us who would talk split on Ssb in the evening on 20/39 Usb, til ham sounded like a better idea. I do miss my tube chrome Regency Romper and my SBE Console II. 73, n9zas
I jumped up to ham as well, but there's no reason you can't drag those old radios out of the attic, dust them off, and fire therm up! I was surprised to hear some people back on the air that I haven't heard for years!!
I'd like to thank you for this link. I'd been looking for a good online archive of Popular Communications magazine and this site had exactly what I was looking for. I used to pick those up at the local newsstand as a teen in the late 80s. It's 1988 here all over again - good memories!American Radio History: Documenting the History of Radio TV and FM broadcasting has an electronic magazine archive! It includes Popular Electronics, Electronics Illustrated, and many other magazines, with loads of articles and projects about CB radio!
You're welcome! I loved Electronics Illustrated and Radio TV Experimenter from the same era. They had tons of articles and projects that one could build, for both CBers and amateur radio ops! Some of those older issues from back in the '60s and '70s were really amazing!! .
