Sixty years ago this month, the October 1964 issue of Radio Experimenter reviews the large number of 6 and 2 meter transceivers available to the ham. The article is penned by Tom Kneitel.  He begins by noting that even those who view CB radio as a blight on society have to admit that there was a bright side.  The concept of the transceiver–a combination transmitter and receiver–predated the CB craze.  But the idea really caught on after CB manufacturers started cranking them out.

Hams were the beneficiaries, since the article gave details of many such units in production, from manufacturers such as Clegg, Gonset, Heath, Lafayette, Olson, Utica, and World Radio.