"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Trevor Wilson <trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote
>
>> Just got back from a drive to Bilpin (yes, I bought some apples from
>> a roadside vendor). Saw lots of cow cockies driving their utes.
>> Amongst the usual pithy and amusing stickers plastered on their
>> vehicles (such as: "Give a horse a rest, ride a cowboy" (girls must
>> really love that stuff - I think I'll buy one for the Dunnydore)) I
>> saw a large number of antennae on their vehicles. The record was 7.
>> What gives? I worked out a few:
>
>> 27MHz CB
>> 44MHz CB
>> Car radio
>> Mobile 'phone
>
>> What the Hell are all the others for?
>
> Amateur radio is the most common extra. Number of bands, 3-4 isnt
> uncommon.
>
> HF radio for some of the hayseeds too.
>
>
They ain't Cockies they is city cowboy's (wannabes) and all those
antennae, I bet aren't even connected. By the way Bilpin is a long way from
the bush if you want to see some real Cockies, go a lot farther west.