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Lafayette ran into major financial difficulty when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expanded a new citizens band radio ("CB") spectrum to 40 channels in 1977. Lafayette's buyers had firm commitments to accept delivery of thousands of older design units capable of only 23 channels, and were not able to liquidate the inventory without ...
In the days when CB required a license, some low-powered or toy walkie-talkies were exempt because they operated within Part 15. However, in 1976, the FCC phased in a shift of these 100 mW [12] devices to the 49 MHz band, with operation on the CB frequencies to cease in 1983. [13]
After the 1973 oil crisis, the U.S. government imposed a nationwide 55 mph speed limit, and fuel shortages and rationing were widespread.Drivers (especially commercial truckers) used CB radios to locate service stations with better supplies of fuel, to notify other drivers of speed traps, and to organize blockades and convoys in a 1974 strike protesting the new speed limit and other trucking ...
Georgia State Route 17 passes through Martin, leading northwest 11 miles (18 km) to Toccoa and southeast 6 miles (10 km) to Lavonia. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town of Martin has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.6 km 2 ), of which 0.02 square miles (0.06 km 2 ), or 0.85%, is water.
Barney is an unincorporated community in Brooks County, Georgia, in the United States. The community is located at the junction of state routes 76 and 122 , 4.6 miles (7.4 km) north of Morven . Barney has a post office with ZIP code 31625.
ZIP codes: 39862. Area code: 229: FIPS code: 13-45600 [2] GNIS feature ID: 0332194 [3] Leary is a city in Calhoun County, Georgia, United States. The population was ...
Mechanicsville is a neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. It sits just south of downtown Atlanta. The neighborhood is bounded by: I-20 on the north, across which is Castleberry Hill and Downtown Atlanta; the I-75/I-85 Downtown Connector on the east, across which are Summerhill and Peoplestown
ZIP code: 30619. Area code: 706: FIPS code: 13-03124 [2] GNIS feature ID: 0354397 [3] Arnoldsville is a city in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, United States. As of the ...