Before CB licensing was ended in 1982, records of CB licenses were publicly available on microfiche published by the National Technical Information Service. I recall it was a large and expensive dataset, some 450 fiche. For a research project, I'm wondering whether anyone has an old microfiche set of the CB license database — I'd like to look up some old callsigns. Thanks.
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Historical CB License Research
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I wonder how hard/expensive it would be to scan those and catalog alphabetically by callsign or name?
I wish I remembered where I put my late father's CB license (KBK6871), and eventually, I got my own (KJV7703).
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It would be cool to make reproductions from that period.
It would be interesting to know callsigns of Celebrities like Johnny Cash, etc..
It would be interesting to know callsigns of Celebrities like Johnny Cash, etc..
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Several years back I was in a thrift shop that is now defunct and they had a paperback that had handles callsigns and regional groups / channels.
I did not buy it at the time and have kicked myself a couple times. Gone forever.
I did not buy it at the time and have kicked myself a couple times. Gone forever.
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How I wish that I had my first license that my dad had to apply for since I was only 12 in 1965... KOG 0554... CB was so popular then and was a part of my adolescence.
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I tried to get a copy of my old CB license (early 1970's) from the FCC several years ago, but they told me all those files are long gone. I've never heard of the NTIS, nor their having copies of CB licenses....
It would be nice to be able to search it. I remember my Dad having a CB call sign in 1977-78. He had it on a magnetic strip attached the the CB in the car. Neither of us could remember what it was, though.
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