New FM mode channel plan!

Yes, that's a great point.

 

I am thinking cobra had issues that needed to be resolved that delayed them, plus for cobra, cb and consumer radios are a secondary revenue stream for them, they make more money on their branded crap then their actual cb and consumer radio streams so … priorities matter.

 

Yep and I was able to get one of the first Presidents made with FM four days before I got shot. The day after it arrived at my house I got shot. I still haven't opened the box.

 

I've got several old radios that have FM on the mode knob / switch. I know my General Lee and Galaxy DX 66V both do for sure, some of my others may as well.

 

I believe Russbrill was talking about CB radios like the President Thomas.

President Thomas AM FM CB Radio

 

Is there some difference in the way that radio and similar units transmit / receive an FM signal versus older units like the ones I mentioned?

 

No, the only difference would be what frequency the radio is designed to communicate on. The actual FM (frequency modulation) mode itself is the same. FM is more popular on VHF/UHF frequencies rather than on HF frequencies like the CB 11 meter band. Except for the folks in Europe, FM is their main mode for CB radios.

 

I think the deviation on the “export” radios is too wide for the new regs.

 

I hadn't thought about that. The export radios deviation is 5khz maximum, which is no surprise since they are really sold as a ham radio. I can't find anything on the CB radios.