And that CB could well have had a 150 (?) watt linear added to it and then it might well scramble the pumps memory and at 27 MHz induce voltages in all and sundry metalwork.
My uncle ran a petrol forecourt in the early days of self service pre 1970. Electro-mechanical registers in the pump drove a slave display in the kiosk. The local scallies would draw a gallon or two and "flash" the switch hook that held the nozzle. This would reset the registers back to zero. It's not clear to me now whether the pump would restart without being re-authorised from the kiosk or they'd just argue the toss with uncle that they'd not drawn any fuel.
Using my mobile in a filling station. 671Alasdair It's not law AFAIK, and it's also immensely unlikely to cause an explosion. Think about it: you have cars with many electrical contacts and a HT system *specifically* designed to...
Anyhow it used to result in them and their vehicle being banned from the forecourt. They all think they are the first to try it on.
I had to turn mine off at a ceremony this afternoon and found to my cost just as everyone was entering the church that I couldn't remember how. It's a new handset and the function is not annotated anywhere.
Such anti-social usage has encouraged those prejudiced against the technology.
DG
