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THUNDERPOLES ARE GOI Read what "Citizens Band" magazine says about the fantastic Thunderpole: "A well constructed, easIly assembledanderected, excel/ent ~W,4 performance legal antenna with the addedbonus that it is pre· GC 7 fEPIJtL. 10 1HE tuned. " ME7AL POWN70 YOIJR "The Thunderpole was the best aI/-roundbase station antenna tested, looking andperforming almost the RIG {f1W7G SIlO?F(JI(' 7}{E. same as the famous Illegal Starduster. " BIJPER-EXPlOGIVE R:JH.fR OF liThe Thunderpole being a top performance legal -ru ,£J -I'M antenna at the competitive price of£25has proved to be a very popular choice for base stations. " ... , n'Ur/PERl'OiE1L. "The Thunderpole is pre-tuned, as allgood home-base antenna shouldbe. You simply stick it up on a pole andplug it in to the rig. " FOR MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE INSIST ON A GENUINE THUNDERPOLE THUNDERPOLE ANTENNA U.K. LTD. la subsidiary of Freeman & Pardoe Ltd.) Tything Road Arden Forest Industrial Estate ALCESTER Works. B49 6ES. Phone: 107891 762 673 Ask at your local CB stockist now. The Thunderpole design and name are registered trade marks of Freeman & Pardoe Ltd © Freeman & Pardoe 1983 Advertisement Director: lain Herbertson Classified Advertising: Editor: Julie Bates Sue Sharp Design and Origination by MM Design and Print Consultant Editor London WC2H OEE Chris Adam-Smith Chief Executive Managing Editor: T J Connell Cliff Wilson Cover this Month On the cover this month in all it's NOVEMBER 1983 VOLUME 3 NUMBER 12 seasonal glory is the Westward P.T. 2. After considering it's versatility, you might want to consider this (but then again, you might not) . In days of yore, Vikings were well Update ; 6 known for their antiwsocial habits, but What's new on the CB scene they had their problems too. Eric,. for Twang ..................................•••.........•••..... 9 example, had a nagging wife who was Watch out. he·s. aahhl very keen on home improvements and he had hardly put his feet up after a CB 0& A 10 raid before being pressured into Is Alae smarting? refitting the kitchen. When Eric's next trip to Britain came around she gave Listen Who Dares ......••••.....••......••........•.•........ 12 him strict instructions that, since Andy Giles does Britain led the field in kitchen design, he needn't bother coming home My Rig 15 Brian Wright tells all unless he had a kitchen sink with him. After six days in a drunken stupor 934MHz Frequency Counter 17 celebrating the spoils of war, Eric You can count on it suddenly remembered that he hadn't yet got a sink and the long boat was Back Chat 21 due to leave in an hours time. Rushing Where you belong up to a medieval Barettes building site, he asked for a sink unit. "No can do, Copy. Copy? 23 squire", said the labourer, "they've all The genuine article been installed". "What's that then?" said the panic stricken Eric. "Well" Rig Check 26 said the labourer "you're welcome to Chris Peterson continues with the second instalment that if you want it." on 934MHz Three sea sick days later, the Viking Antenna Review - Modulator OX .....••••.........•......... 30 presented his wife with her new sink Reach for the sky , unit. She was delighted. which all goes to show that A HOD'S AS GOOD Rig Review .........................................•...•.... 32 AS A SINK TO AN UNKIND NORSEllli The Westward P.T. under the microscope OSLs 35 Mike the Card strikes again The contents of thiS publication including all ar­ ticles, deSigns, plans, drawmgs and programs and Competition , .. , , , 39 all COPYright and other intellectual property nghts The Oscar for best entrant goes to - could it be you? therein belong 10 Argus Specialis\ Publications Limited. All rights conferred by the Law of Lady Breaker 41 Copyright and other mtellectual property rights and by virtue of international copyright conventions are Judd a song a twilight. specifically reserved to Argus Speclalisl Publica­ tions lImited and any reproductIon requires the Mack Chat 43 prior written consent of the Company. © 1983 Hacking about Argus Specialist PublicatIOns Limited. Clubs ....................................••........••....... 45 CITIZENS' BAND IS normally published on the third Fnday of each month prior to cover date. We seek 'em here, we seek 'em there CITIZENS' BAND. 145 CharingCrossRoad. LondonWC2H OEE. 01·437·1002. Published by Argus Specialist Reference Section ........................•... , .. Publications Ltd. Distributed by Argus Press Sales & Everything you need to know DislribUlion Lld" 12·18 Paul Street, London EC2A 4JS. Primed by KnOllP. Drewelt & Sons Lld. Kingston-upon­ Thames, Surrey. 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CITIZENS' BAND NOVEMBER 1983 5 The Citizens' Band oHice matters, you will be pleased business practices, a has been the scene of great to hear that this change in section of society that upheaval lately. with editorship doesn't signal regards CB as a private arrivals and departures. any significant change in plaything and an NEWS Departing has been David the magazine. Hedgehogs unsympathetic government Lawrenson, man about will be able to sleep at have combined to make town, sometime CB editor. night, secure in the even the most ardent CBer rugby player and known to knowledge that CB watches heave a sigh of dispair. But FROM his friends and enemies over them and those (quite now, two years after the alike as 'Piggy Lawrenson'. rightly) in fear of an legalisation of CB we do Arriving has been Sue imminent attack from have a workable and Sharp, woman about town. Twong will be relieved to working system. There are soon to be CB editor, know that I have been not nearly as many THE definitely NOT a rugby granted custody of the complaints about 'wallies player and we won't go into 'Twong Gun' and the hot and bucketmouths' (even what she is called as she's line is waiting for reported more encouraging, positive writing this editorial! sightings. steps are being taken in WORLD David has taken his I'm glad to include an some areas of the country bruised and scarred body off optimistic note in my first to counteract them), there to a rugby magazine to editorial. I've been doing my are many dedicated people write for those already homework over the past who give up their time to OF initiated into this fearsome week or two and reading monitor the emergency sport - unfortunately past issues of Citizens' channel (and there's a lot less before he could show me Band.