Subj : Wannbe HAM
To   : Joe Delahaye
From : Bob Seaborn
Date : Thu Sep 15 2016 11:20 am

 >   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


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