The Midland 13-882C was introduced in the summer of 1976. It looked like it’s predecessor, the 13-882B, but was completely different inside. Whereas the 882B used a crystal synthesizer to generate the 23 CB channels, the 882C used a PLL, or phase lock loop. Because of this, the 882C was a much more “capable” radio.
As mentioned on the main page, this was my first CB radio. Without any modifications, I was able to get “22A” and “22B.” These frequencies later became channel 24 and channel 27 under the new 40 channel band plan. Not only that, I was also able to get the RC (remote control) frequencies which were located between channels 3 and 4, channels 7 and 8, channels 11 and 12, channels 15 and 16, and channels 19 and 20. Again, the Midland 13-882C had these capabilities right out of the box! All you needed to do was carefully slide the channel selector in between channels.