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The Acton Free Press Wed December 1976 Tiger Paw The CB language your 20 BREAKER ONE O this is Spartan Base Art of Acton mans his home base unit several hours each morning dispensing information and cheenng travellers Although he has used his General Service radio for emergency situations he finds it an absorbing hobby radio shouting securing or monopolizing channels- ill against regulations and subject to fines Towards this purpose the have been mental in inaugurating the Hillbilly Club fledgling organization designed to aid police and the community by Jennifer llarr Breaker 10 Breaker 10 This is Red Baron calling Tiger Paw Do you have a copy What Canada seems to be accepting easily specially when the second language is the idiom of Citizens Band radio enthusiasts or While re Irving to figure out what the Red Baron his friend he ashed permission to on channel 1U for Tiger Paw asked if he was stood and requested Tiger Paw Tiger I is apt to come villi lOi lied Ibis is Paw wist bound on the 1 nothing id for a ik it mill mil nun in idi According to tions inert are ltiooo rcLjs ridios m an including Kitchener I ills is men the last months 1 inures slim close to with tinted idditioni lOUWX ind illef ll users Hie Kitchener process it ions i month irul to less thin m not long Whore s it ill gome If we knew Mr the depTrtment wed know to pi in in the way of iff dreamed it would tike off like this Jusl whit is the for the sudden popularity of the truckers me ins of com Why seemingly sine people gone i mike in their hand spewing unintelligible jargon over the air and calling them selves names like in and illow borne claim the two w ridio people to and take on an alternate im ige University of Witerloo professor says he thinks is an ego booster for the shy or timid person Most CB ists in quick to tell you they have a radio in if emergencies llhe is not supposed to be used for according to doner i Radio Service regul ilionsi But it still for the parly line slate of pre sent day Citizens Band the airways cluttered with gossipy chatter terminology To Art if his radio is hobby An ex radio who the ly Cowboy to liirrie residents in the early looks on CB is a chance to use his previous experience while of to travellers Although he has i mobile unit in his ear Art communicates mainly from his home unit ind is to fir and v is Bise His present job as night watch in in for Id enables him to man the radio for a few hours every morning dis inform itioii and commuters He lenev ind en helped save a in s life the second he id his tells the story rcmcmbcrinc she w t her instilled lus IB ind himself Huffy i fiuuly the up to i Beach It lo other the General Service its torrtit in is an emergency aid rather than pie and lymond loth of Motors use their three mobiles and base in low trucks and snow plow for emergency communications They can time when out on a ill by proceeding to another trouble spot without to come bick to the THE REDCOAT alias Hardware finds his CB invaluable in running his lh it d i s she wjs mry when she talk while listened to the But thev heard a distress from the wife of man who hid cut himself idly with i saw in the bush Art was the first to act Mary thought more lenced CB should answer the hut sped to the irest house and phoned for the police His efforts the life of i who required more lh in 101 stitches lo put him hack together The mans wife told is Thank to the Lord one knew what he wis doing Huffy feels the H00 he invested in equipment so far has been worth it He enjoys the hobby and tries to keep the airways of the occasional user who misuses Mike Kmal of Home base and mobile units business garage They found CB wis cheaper and had a wider range than the business radio they previously used But as far as using the radio for pleasure Hay says It would drive you crazy He deplores the number of people filling the airways shooting the breeze and says you as well have phone However Butch Cissidy and the Sundance Kid as they eall themselves over the radio seem to enjoy Bine and are happy with its help in the business culls who depends on his radio for emergencies is fcasy better known to his customers as I of l expensive mobile in his truck unit and a talkie unit in his snowmobile all terraine vehicle help Lome keep contact with his house He says when he s in the bush lus snowmobile and has engine trouble he in cull for without having to struggle seven miles through deep snow He did it once he and that is enough though the radio is purchased for emergencies says it been v in business en his st iff to him on urgent matters no m ittir where hi lied ilso like to list the 1 ilkie PA system connected with the B unit to coordinate the ictivities f Track Thru skiing in organization for the indi capped with which is connected commuter from Kit win works it Dills 1 rintmL and died in his and home bee lit to travel daily ind appreci lies the in he receives from other CB of miles ire travelled at night ind he frequently motors lo Quebec sofeels the idiowill be useful this winter in the event of snow emergencies He Some people get a CB lo talk but I listen He hasn joined any yet but is interested in out Itt the Citizens Teams of Kitchiner nimdtiiis Mike Km of Home bird ire who his two ises in home store anil mobile ridio in his truck fids the time to bin r is With the advent of channel coming in January 1 1977 the soon to- be obsolete channel sets are being sold off at dous reductions Its now possible to get a mobile unit for as low as Mike doesn t stock what he considers inferior radios His higher quality units are not moving as fast as the cheaper units such as those on sale currently and Marl stores Hie hardware store pro prietor says the CB is a fibulous invention and he will soon put one in his station wagon for use when he travels to the cottage He feels people are most ilive on CB although there ire too many gabbers in town fcven the f is getting into the act President of Ontario of Agriculture Gordon Hill commenting on John Br CI- KB radio show Business of arming said many far mers ire finding useful for field home cation when inst died in trac It paysoff he stated when long trip to the farm m be have to adjust new conditions and new technolotv so wt don t fall behind he reported I s or of tenses Bind radios are new having been since the early 60s tint earliest users ml Br who purchased in However Paul musician with Sheets to the Wind is disgusted with is now into Ham radio r control models lie feds there ire loo many people cops and the si days and l i id name He is tin of i lot of loe il people filling into CB he used help install idios but he he sorry now It it of hand many people are breaking the regulations without lining the penal ties hi He read about Iw re of fines fer such offenses as working skip to the St and bad mouthmt or using illegal power boosters for a wider rmct Ik remembers one user pulled i years jail sen tenet for Irvine to set up an ilhgil mobile transmitting st ition When he wis an ardent use he s tried to DO YOU WANT ACTION for ACTON GORD DAWE MOBILE RADIO UNITS like this one used by Mike Silk of Ospnnge are popular with com muters to alleviate the monotony of the trip Mike whose handle is the Coachman is a bus driver who travels the highway at all hours of the night fr REGIONAL COUNCILLOR WARD I ACTON work with the police As a member of the Radio Club he assisted in several policing actions on en night for years In an effort to with police work again the Milton detachment of the Provincial Police will shortly be installing base station in cooperation with London Woodstock and Kitchener in order to monitor Highway 401 between those points They feel CB users can report accidents and trouble spots direct on the emergency channel and save minutes in Warnings help Serious CB main concerns seem to be the amount of misuse of a useful communication system of the Acton Monitor Station admits a few people north of town are causing problems but feels with so many users you re bound to get a few The Station takes transcripts and tries locate the trouble spots All reports of regulation breaches are sent lo branch of Iederai cations concerned go to Kitchener Mr Voung of the Kitchener i branch said they Iry to visit anyone having trouble and apprise Ihem of Ihe image they re presenting lo other users He says all it lakes but warnings sent by registered letter arc sent to persistent abusers Therse are followed by more drastic measures but per cent of misusers only need a warn says Young With sales climbing out of sight and license offices swamped with applications no one foresees the saturation point Already the channel radios are obsolete having become too crowded boon the new channel sets won be enough What then Well this isn I loo worried channels arc enough for her to monitor In the meantime I hear a good buddy over our ise set so this is Tabby Cat happy wheeling and signing off LIVE and COOKED LOBSTERS AIR FLOWN ALSO 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