Page 4 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, OCT 15, 1975
CB forecasts Smokey Bear
By DON MIDDLETON
Battalion Staff Writer
“Breaker one-nine for a south-bound
eighteen-wheeler.”...
“You got one, good buddy, come on.”. . .
“Yeah, how’s it look back over your shoulder,
come on. ” . . .
“You got a Smokey the Bear sittingback at that
two-eight-five marker taking pictures, come
“We appreciate the info, good buddy, you got
a clean shot all the way into that Big
D-town.” . . .
“Ten-four, thank you good buddy. You got
that Texas Driller, we’re gonna be ten-ten and
southbound with the hammer down.”
For many motorists the language of the Citi
zen’s Band Radio Operator is almost foreign, if
not unknown. But for the thousands of CB-ers on
the roads today it is a second tongue.
Communicating with other drivers helps to
break the monotony of cross-country travel and
provides valuable information about road condi-
negative contact.
When an operator’s radio is receiving but not
transmitting he is 10-10, and when he has his
unit turned off he is 10-7. j
The code 10-100 is sometimes used to inform
others he must answer the call of nature.
A manner of communicating unique to the
CB-ers has evolved. Every operator has a
“handle” that he uses to identify himself when
transmitting. Handles express the personalities.
on a channel and a person monitoring the broad
cast has “got his ears on.”
For the most part, CB-ers are courteous, giv
ing information in exchange for information and *
taking care not to “walk on,” or interrupt, other
operators. Vulgar language is seldom used. It is
frowned upon by veteran operators.
The use of CB radios has mushroomed in the
last three years. The Federal Communications
Commission has gone from processing 3,000
tions.
The use of CBs has been extensive among
truckers since the advent of the mobile wireless
system. Its primary use lies in dispatching trucks
and communicating with home base.
Since the effective range of a citizen’s band
radio is normally six miles, a CB’s use on the
open road is practically unlimited.
Passing information about highway patrol
men, known as “Smokey the Bear” to CB-ers, is
one of the more common uses of the radio. Re
ports are relayed in both directions on the high
ways. Priority is given to definite sightings of a
patrolman “taking pictures and giving green
stamps.” Or in ordinary English using radar and
ticketing speeders.
The CB is used to give local information,
emergency reports and warning of emergency
vehicles needing right-of-way.
To provide a brief, standardized method of
communication, CB-ers adapted the “10-code”
established by the police. The code assigns a
number from one to 99 to phrases used most
often during transmission.
Some of the more common 10-Code designa
tions are: 10-4, message received; 10-20, loca
tion is; 10-27, changing channels to; and 10-77,
geographic regions, idiosyncracies and interests
of the operator.
Buffalo Bob, The Duffer, Tally-Ho, Cheetah,,
Fighter Jock, Texas Driller, Rodeo Kid, Aggie
Clipper, and Honeybee are all handles heard if
traveling the “Super-slab”, a CB-ers term for an
interstate highway.
An “Eighteen Wheeler” is a semi
truck/trailer, considered by most to be an im
peachable source of information. A “Smokey
Report” is a confirmed sighting of a highway
patrolman.
When an eighteen wheeler gives you a “clean
shot”, meaning that the road is clear of “bears,”
you have the green light to travel with the
“hammer down,” or the throttle wide open.
A “break” is permission to begin transmitting
license applications per month in 1973 to
200,000 applications per month in 1975, said
Carl E. Pyron, Federal Communication Com
mission’s head-engineer in Dallas, Tuesday.
CBs can be purchased in the appliance de
partment of most major department stores and in
electrical equipment specialty shops.
Prices range from $69 for a small three-
channel unit to $400 for a 23-channel unit that
comes with a digital clock, digital read-out met
ers and sophisticated circuits for blocking out
interference.
Any person can buy and use a Citizen’s Band
radio. However, operation is subject to Part 95 of
the Federal Communications Rules.
All radios must be licensed by the FCC, at a
cost of $4 to the operator, Pyron said. When the
license is approved, the operator is given a set of
call letters to be used at the beginning and end of.
each transmission.
“Operators are allowed to chit-chat on any
channel except nine and eleven,” Pyron said.
“Nine is for emergencies only, and eleven is
used for contacting another operator. After con
tact is made, the operators should change to
another channel.”
Units are authorized to broadcast four watts of
power. Devices amplifying power are prohi
bited. Most units sold in the Bryan-College Sta
tion broadcast five watts of power, but this dif
ference is rarely detectable by FCC enforce
ment equipment.
Penalties for violation of FCC rules are tough
with a fine of $10,000 and a one-year jail sen
tence maximum. Pyron said the normal penalty
includes a $1,000 fine and a suspended sentence.
Penalties usually result only after an operator has
been warned more than once for a particular
violation.
The FCC uses a variety of detection equip
ment to pinpoint the location of a violator. Tape
recordings are made of conversations suspected
to be transmitted illegally and the operator, if he
can be found, is warned that further violations
will result in punishment.
Minor violations are handled by the regional
office with major infractions routed through the
courts.
Pyron said that of 40,000 transmissions moni
tored in the first three quarters of 1975, 27,000
were in violation of at least one rule.
Common violations are neglecting to use call
letters, operating without a license and using
amplification devices.
"Break one-nine."
“Go ahead and breaker. ”
“Yeah, how bout you Buffalo Bob, you got
your ears on?”
“Ten-four, you got the Buffalo Bob, come on. ”
“Yeah, this is The Duffer, we’re gonna be
ten-100 for a short-short here at this fill-em-up
station. You truck ’em easy, truck ’em safe and
we’ll catch up with you later on that super-slab. ”
“Ten-four, this is Buffalo Bob, we re north
bound with the hammer down.”
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Kiss is basic
By JOHN VANORE
Battalion Staff Writer
Don’t let the album jacket scare you off. Tell
the record salesman "Kiss Alive!” is for your
punk kid brother. Ask for a discreet brown
wrapper, go home, lock your door and turn up
the stereo. What you will hear are four sides of
exciting heavy metal music.
“Kiss Alive!" is the culmination of three studio
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Remember the Alamo?
New view seen
By DON MIDDLETON
Battalion Staff Writer
IN NEW BRAUNFELS
A chance to camp, like Kim Feazle and Alicia Moise, at Canyon Reservoir by day and
enjoy New Braunfels' Wurstfest by night is being sponsored by Outdoor Recreation. The
sign-up board is posted in Room 216 of the MSC. Sign-up closes Oct. 30. Travel is spon
soring an $8 round trip ticket to the fest for Nov. 1. Further information can be obtained
’ In Room 216 of tht‘ M-SC. Photo by P rank Martin
WITH SANTA ANNA IN TEXAS, A personal
Narrative of the Revolution, by Jose Enrique de
la Pena, translated by Carmen Perry (Texas
A&M University Press), $10.00.
Another book about the Alamo?
. Well, yes and no. Yes, WITH SANTA ANNA)
IN TEXAS is about the Alamo; and Goliad, San
Jacinto, Houston, Travis, Crockett and Fannin.
In fact all the names, places and events so famil
iar to Texans are described. But no, it is not just
another book about the Alamo.
Why? Simple. The book was written by Jose
Enrique de la Pena, Lt. Col. of the Engineering
Battalion attache^ to the Mexican forces that
invaded Texas in March, 1836.
WITH SANTA ANNA IN TEXAS is the diary
de la Peiia kept throughout the campaign, faith
fully recording in it the events which led to Texas
independence.
The lack of bias which characterizes de la Pe
na’s account of the revolution is surprising. At
times it is almost unbelievable.
With unwavering determination, de la Pena
condemns the inept leadership of Santa Anna
and the traitorous acts of the Texans. Yet he
doggedly defends the honesty and good judg
ment of several of Santa Anna’s subordinates as
albums and two years or so on the road.
For the benefit of the unwashed. Kiss is a New
York-based rock quartet. Decked out in macho
black leather and seven-inch platforms, they
seem intent on piercing a hole in the ozone layer.
I saw Kiss two years ago, and watched them
get booed off the stage after playing a half-hour of
mediocre neighborhood garage band rock and
roll.
But they’re learning. True, they still base a lot
of their music on a few basic chords, but that's
how Grand Funk pushed record sales into the
millions.
They’re far past the Lou Reed detachment
syndrome. They get wrapped up in their music
and they can communicate this.
On first listening. Kiss comes off as pagan-cult
rockers who worship the inviolable chord. After
repeated listening, Ace Frehley’s articulate lead
guitar playing becomes crisp enough to take your
breath away.
Drummer Peter Criss and Gene Simmons on
bass are a heavy yet incredibly fluid duo. Paul
Stanley’s razor-sharp rhythm lines go back to the
pre-Eric Clapton virtuoso days when life was
simple. Together, these three musicians create a
wall of sound that drives Kiss.
well as the bravery shown by the defenders.
De la Pena s scathing description of Sant An
na’s brutality led him to an early death, but his
diary survived to be published finally. Carmen
Perry has done a masterfid job of translating the
original hand written manuscript into English.
The reader will at different times be shocked,
amazed and awed by the young Mexican offi
cer’s candor in recording his observations. The
diary is a more provocative chronicle of the Texas
Revolution than you are likely to find on the
bookshelves today.
One listening to “Kiss Alive!" shows win Kiss •
is acknowledged to wield the true stun guitar of
rock and roll.
Sides One and Three vie for the honor of
containing the best stuff.
The best song Kiss has ever done, “Black
Diamond,” has a very soft, delicate intro. But,
excellent stun guitar crashes through the tran
quility with a pace so brutal, so frenetic, they
resemble a perilously overheated chopper.
A solo by Frehley in the break keeps them
from going up in flames, but keeps the momen
tum at its high level nonetheless.
Frehley fingeV-picks into “Watchin You," the
opener on Side Three. They chug afonghere;
manner reminiscent of the old Steppenwo#
The staccato guitar intro to "lOO.OOOYe*
leads into an extended drum solo, a lowpoinii
the album. When 1 want drum solos, I’lllistai
Ginger Baker.
The cuts on Side One are shorter, essentii
slightly expanded versions of five oftheiM
popular songs from their studio alhutm.
"Strutter" is off the first album, andwasont
Kiss's first songs to get much radio airplr
Frehley and company burn through theirpaa
and electrify the audience on that one.
The title track from their second LP, "Holt
Than Hell," features Kiss's pulsing, throbb
rhythm section. They grind out the inusic«i
precision and expertise, never letting theber
metal concept get dull. Aside from ashortgoii
sting by Frehley, it shows their heavy reliant
on the chord.
The boys really sizzle on "Firehonx
Frehley’s wailing guitar blends with the dm
rhythm to make a total band sound.
The remainder of "Kiss Alive!” sustains4
level, but, after some of these gems, it’s anti
limactic.
“Nothin’ to Lose, ” a standard punk ra
number, doesn’t do much to distinguish Si
Two. "C’Mon and Love Me opens with aw
ing lead/rhythm trade-off, and levels off nit
some spirited guitar playing.
More staccato guitar riffing by Frehley ope
“Parasite.” Definitely one of the four-starcutsi
the album.
"She plods along in the tradition of Cn
Funk, unfortunately. Even F’rehley’sleadpiilr
doesn't pull it out.
Side Four fares little better at first, “fai
Bottom" opens softly like “Black Diamond,"b
continues less dynamically. "Cold Gin’’isstra
on instrumentals, but the vocals are a letdow
“Rock and Roll All Nite" gets off thegrouii
Everything meshes smoothly, and Preble
guitar is right on cue for a crisp sound.
Excellent guitar work makes a fine se<M
encore out of "Let Me Go Rock and Roll
After years of not being taken seriously byra
critics, Kiss is now a band to be reckonedw5
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