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   AMATEUR_RADIO      Ham radio for when Armageddon strikes      2,531 messages   

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   Message 1,290 of 2,531   
   Bob Seaborn to Joe Delahaye   
   Wannbe HAM   
   15 Sep 16 11:20:00   
   
    >   Re: Re: Wannbe HAM   
    >   By: Tony Langdon to JIMMY ANDERSON on Thu Sep 15 2016 09:27:00   
    >   
    >JA>> Do people still use them at all? Or just truckers?   
    >   
    >TL> I don't know about over there. In Australia, UHF CB is heavily used for   
    >TL> all sorts of things, and there has been a revival of 27 MHz in recent   
    >TL> years, with a Facebook group dedicated to CB. Might be something similar   
    >TL> for the US.   
    >   
    >   
    > You dont see them as much any more.  Some still have them of course.   
    > However,   
    > here in Ontario Canada, it is illegal to use them while driving (Hams   
    > have   
    > an exemption (for now))   
      
      
         In Saskatchewan, we have a permanent exemption, thank's to the former   
   jutice minister who (co?)authored the bill, who also happenes to be a ham.   
      
      
      
      
      
                          .....Bob   
      
      
   --- GEcho/32 & IM 2.50   
    * Origin: DE VE5XEF (1:140/12)   

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