And besides, it's called pandering to the lowest common denominator. I'll 
bet you a nomth's Social Security check that there are more people with an 
interest in monitoring CB than in monitoring, for example, 2 meters, so they 
make a point of seeing that those freqs are included.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: just an item of interest and an observation


something wrong with CB frequencies?
Just cuz they're not hams doesn't mean they should automatically be blocked
from general coverage receivers....
Same reason many general coverage receivers have the 45-50MHZ band in
them...not because there is much there, other then baby monitors and some
older cordless phones but because its just part of the general coverage...

regards
Colin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 2:35 PM
Subject: just an item of interest and an observation


> Hi everyone, I have noticed that a lot of the radios I have gotten have
the
> CB channels as coverage.  I don't listen to them that much, and haven't
> operated on CB for years, but I have noticed that with my DX-390 and my
F6a,
> and my scanners I have CB coverage.  I am just wondering why so many
radios
> have this?  I happened to tune by someone on the CB band this afternoon
and
> shall we say he was conducting himself in a way that the ham community
would
> frown on.
>
>