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Radio call signs are a globally unique identifier assigned to all stations that are required to obtain a license in order to emit RF energy. The identifiers consist of from 3 to 9 letters and digits, and while the basic format of the call signs are specified by the ITU-R Radio Regulations, Article 19, Identification of stations, [5] the details are left up to each country's radio licensing ...
During the 1970s and 1980s peak years of CB radio, many citizens band-themed magazines appeared on newsstands. Two magazines that dominated the time period were S9 CB Radio and CB Radio Magazine. S9’s successor was Popular Communications, which had the same editor under a different publisher beginning in 1982. It covered hobby radio as well ...
World Radio Laboratories, WRL, was a major supplier of amateur radio equipment from the 1950s to the 1970s. WRL was located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA, and run by Leo Meyerson, amateur callsign W0GFQ, and his family. Gray Instrument-Globe Scout Cluster. WRL manufactured some of its own products, notably under the Globe and Galaxy brand names.
Examples of standardized services include PMR446 and FM Citizens Band Radio (CB) in the EU and several other countries/regions. 26–27 MHz CB radio is the oldest personal radio service and is used in nearly every country worldwide, with many countries and regions copying the United States 40-channel frequency plan. In many countries, CB radio ...
A battery-powered portable CB radio, such as that Larry was speculated to have used. The "Lost Boy Larry" signal was first reported at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 7, 1973, by Darlene Ross of Fontana, California. Ross had been listening to her CB radio when she heard a young boy cry out, "Help! Please help me!"
1962: A sick infant, a disabled car on a Chicago freeway, and a January blizzard prompted Henry B. (Pete) Kreer to envision using CB radio to get help in such emergencies. Hallicrafters Radio sponsored the founding of REACT in April, with Kreer serving as its executive director. 1967: REACT approached the FCC for a designated CB Emergency Channel.
Midland Radio is the official communication sponsor of Jeep Jamboree, which now is in a transition to switch from CB to MicroMobile Radios. [2] CB Radios. Midland offers classic and portable CB Radios; Business Radios. Midland Radio has three product lines within their business sector - Heavy Duty, Medium Duty and Light Duty; Portable Power
ACP 125 is the short name for Allied Communications Publication 125: Communications Instructions—Radiotelephone Procedures, developed and published by the Combined Communications Electronics Board, for use by the Five Eyes nations and the rest of NATO.