"Robert Casey" wrote in message
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Tom wrote:

You are mistaken. CB radio is a legal hobby and so
is packet radio.

But not packet on CB.

This is true in the U.S., but in other parts of the world CB packet is
completely legal, and very popular. FBB BBS software was altered about eight
or nine years ago to make it usable with CB callsigns, because of that
popularity.

There are dozens of European CB packet web-sites... Where have all you guys
been the last decade or so?

If it was legal here in the U.S., it would be popular here, too. Personally,
I do not see any harm in it, but the law is the law. It can't be done here
in the U.S., but we cannot assume that everybody in this newsgroup is in the
U.S.. For some of the readers here, CB packet is a legal, legitimate hobby.

Charles Brabham, N5PVL