Why have all these ariels? (1 Viewer)

[Charlie9038]

 

[tonka]

Radio ham most likely..

Says G1FTJ

 

[Charlie9038]

Saw this in Croydon a few years ago on someones motor and found this photo whilst looking at old pictures, always wondered why you need all these ariels, any ideas and is it legal

 

[Larrynwin]

Looks like a radio ham, is it short wave communicating worldwide.......I think.

 

[Winger]

Working for the Russians or N Korea?

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[M-J]

HAM

 

[Just smiffy]

And a weather watcher....

 

[Figaro]

Wow, that`s a bit extreme

 

[Richard n Ann]

Well each to their own ? and if they aren't hurting anybody else?? I always think the Internet killed CB radio, so I don't know why they bother but it's a passion I suppose.

 

[jollyrodger]

Scanmast on the back ,ain't a lightweight. Must play havoc with payload. Plus a compressor to lift it hidden somewhere .
C
GCHQ holiday hire

Jaws on tour

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[jollyrodger]

Well each to their own ? and if they aren't hurting anybody else?? I always think the Internet killed CB radio, so I don't know why they bother but it's a passion I suppose.

Lack of skip helped kill CB but still in contact worldwide with other contacts made back then . Via Skype etc
CQ CQX 27.485 lsb JR1944

 

[daveandsan]

Saw this in Croydon a few years ago on someones motor and found this photo whilst looking at old pictures, always wondered why you need all these ariels, any ideas and is it legal

It’s legal if you have a license.

 

[jollyrodger]

It’s legal if you have a license.

Bit of a giveaway if your a pirate and the mast is 35' plus in the air

 

[TinaLes]

Its one of those TV detector vans, checking all addresses for non licence holders
To think all these years later, how we fell for that TV licencing advert
My late mum, never bought a colour license either, the B&W one was dear enough she thought
LES

 

[tonyidle]

Well each to their own ? and if they aren't hurting anybody else?? I always think the Internet killed CB radio, so I don't know why they bother but it's a passion I suppose.

CB may have died but Amateur Radio preceded it and lives on. Radio Amateurs have access to much more of the available spectrum than CB has and at (legal) power levels 100x greater on many bands. The Internet is incorporated in many transmission modes used by Amateurs. You can't bounce CB off the moon or talk to an Amateur on the ISS with a mobile phone.

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[XxAnthxX]

Possibly to try to find a channel with something remotely interesting to watch on the telly....

Probably need a bigger set up than that tho!

 

[pappajohn]

Well each to their own ? and if they aren't hurting anybody else?? I always think the Internet killed CB radio, so I don't know why they bother but it's a passion I suppose.

Nah, making CB radio legal killed it.
Too many restrictions like power output.

 

[pappajohn]

It’s legal if you have a license.

Legal if you don't.... As long as you don't use it

 

[Podney]

Probably set up so that he can see the parking attendant approaching,and escape rapidly before he gets fined for taking up 4 spaces.

 

[Realist]

All legal providing it’s all well secured, no part of the antenna/s are protruding beyond the widest part of the van otherwise it’s classed as an unsafe load.

Yes it’s Amateur Radio and I used to be one years ago.

Started off in 1979 on the CB when it first started out in the UK and after a few years progressed to Amateur Radio with a full call sign A class.

Regards.

GW0WGW ?

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[daveandsan]

Legal if you don't.... As long as you don't use it

Well I wouldn’t spend that sort of money on equipment if I wasn’t going to use it.

 

[Bustup15]

Its an early version of the scanners currently in use at airports.

He can watch people walking past the van and see them without clothes ?

 

[Coolcats]

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No that's not a Radio Ham, that's a TV licence detector van.......they only have one person employed these days and it has to cover the whole of the country (Scotland, Wales and NI) ?

 

[IRHP]

Anemometer with direction indicator on the roof so he can work out the most efficient direction to travel.

 

[thebriars]

Wonder what size genny he needs to run that lot?

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[Vanderek]

I saw that motorhome yesterday.. gave him a long wave ..... he returned with a short wave.

 

[Stealaway]

Call that an aerial --- Nahh - This is an aerial.

In a shopping car park in Doncaster.