SouthDakotaRadio ...

^ When skip conditions are in, all 40 channels will be full of
^ noise and distant signals.

OK. I don't listen to my CB often, only during emergencies, but when I do I
usually scan all 40 channels and I only notice the noise on the old 23. I
assumed that this is because the old 23 channel radios were more easily
modified than the newer radios.

Frank