Topic: CB Radio Jargon and Codes

[BigMike]

Welcome to the new CB Radio Forum. I'll kick it off with a list of useful CB Radio talk codes!

Please note, this is copied without permission from http://home.att.net/~wizardoz/cbmw/cbphpatch.html

A
Advertising: Description of a patrol car with its lights (including the "Bubble Gum Machine") operating: "We've got a Smokey advertising at marker one-two-seven."

A little bit of help: Extra Power, running an amplifier.

Affirmative: Yes, 10-4.

Alligator: Refers to a retread which has come off a tire and is lying on the roadway. "Watch out for the alligator in the granny lane by the one five six mile marker!"

Alligator station: All mouth and no ears, a yapper.

Anchored modulator: Base station operator.

Appliance operator: An in-experienced CB operator.

B
Back: Term used to tell another you're ending your transmission and want him to begin transmitting to you: "Come back."

Back Door: Behind a vehicle. "You're at my back door" or "I'll cover the back door." Used on highways to establish relative position. Also the designation of the station at the rear of a highway caravan of trucks watching for Smokies coming up behind. See also "Front Door" and "Rocking Chair."

Back Down: To slow down your vehicle's speed by removing or easing up your foot on the accelerator (hammer). "Back down, rocking chair, we have a Smokey coming up behind us."

Back'Em Up (Off): Slow down by pulling one's foot off the accelerator.

Back Out: One of a number of terms used to announce that you intend to stop transmitting and therefore conclude the conversation. "Let me back out of here for now."

Bad Scene: A term borrowed from the youth culture and applied to a crowded CB channel subject to many overlapping transmissions (layers). A real bad scene occurs during periods of high sunspot activity when skip conditions bring in stations hundreds of miles away.

Ballet Dancer: A swaying antenna, usually a bumper-mounted whip or fiberglass ears.

Band Bender: Side Band operator

Band Aid Wrapper: An ambulance. Also see "Wrapper."

Barefoot: Using only legal transmitter power: "I'm barefoot." Barefoot or "clean-cut" (the FCC is ruthless about the use of linear amplifiers ‘snowshoes’).

Barley Pop: A beverage made from barley and hops - beer.

Base (Base Station): A CB transceiver located in an apartment, home, or business that is a fixed location, as opposed to a mobile unit installed in a vehicle.

Basement: Channel one.

Bear: Police.

Bear cave: Police station.

Bear in the Air: A state patrolman in a helicopter or light plane who spots and clocks speeders. See "Smokey."

Bear in the Bushes: Police hiding.

Bear Bait: Someone driving over the limit with no radio.

Bear Bite: Speeding ticket

Beast: Unaffectionate term for CB transceiver: "The beast is only putting out three watts." Usually a rig that is not operating properly.

Beaver: Woman or girl.

Be-Bop: Tone signals transmitted by a radio control (RC) transmitter or a selective calling system that turns on a mobile transceiver when the correct code is received. RC signals are heard only on Channel 23, which is a shared frequency.

Big Charlie: Also known as the Big Double-C - the Federal Communications Commission. Originally a ham term.

Big Daddy: Not the benevolent person who helps young lovelies to cope with the world but rather he Federal Communications Commission.

Big Ears: A good receiver.

Big Slab: A big slab of concrete is an expressway.

Big Switch: The on-off control. Usually used in telling another that you intend to leave the air: "Time to pull the big switch, 01' Buddy."

Big Ten-Four: Hearty agreement with what the other operator has just said: "That's a big ten-four, Big Bopper."

Black Water: Trucker's term for coffee.

Bleeding: Interference caused by a station operating on a channel adjacent to yours: "Someone's bleeding on you" or "We got some bleedover." See also "step on" and "walk on."

Blessed Event: A new arrival in the family - a bouncing new CB rig. The cries will come from the spouse who learns what delivery cost.

Blew My Doors Off: To be passed by a vehicle traveling at high speed (usually at greater than the speed limit).

Bootlegger: Illegal radio operator who does not have a license to operate on the frequency he is using. CB bootleggers either do not have a valid station license or use frequencies other than the authorized CB channels.

Boulevard: An interstate highway, also referred to as the "Big Slab."

Boy Scouts: A somewhat less common name for state patrolmen, who are generally known as "Smokies" or "Bears."

Box: A linear amplifier, also known as a "linear snowshoes," or "footwarmer," that illegally boosts a CB transmitter's power beyond the maximum allowed by the FCC: "The rig's gonna sound better soon. I'm gonna get a box."

Break: Often used to initiate communications with another station. Used in a variety of ways,- e.g., break for information (request to anyone who hears the call to respond with information), break for anyone on (request, usually for a Smokey report or road conditions), for anyone on a certain highway, etc.

Breaker: A term, along with "Break," used when a CB operator wants others on a channel to break off routine chatter: "Breaker. Breaker.,, Also refers to the person who is calling: "Hold on, Pink Panther, we got a breaker." See also "button-pusher."

Breaking Up: A received signal is being interfered with for some reason. "You're breakin' up, good buddy."

Breaking Wind: The lead vehicle in a group of vehicles in communication by CB. See also "Front Door" and "Shaking the Trees."

Brush Your Teeth and Comb Your Hair: Phrase used to tell another he's approaching a radar-equipped police car ("Picture Taker"). To look your best means you've got to be legal.

Bubblegummer: A teenage CB operator.

Bug Out: Youth culture term used to politely (?) request someone to leave the channel: "Bug out, breaker" might be used by someone in a group that is hogging a channel. See "Cartel" and "Goon Squad" for them.

Button-Pusher: A breaker who is illegally attempting to interrupt transmissions on a channel by "keying-up" so as to transmit the AM carrier alone. Also, someone who is attempting to interrupt on-going transmissions by transmitting a "break" call.

C
Cartel: This term is the name of a parlor game, but the game among CBers is called channel hogging, an illegal practice. The group playing the game is known as a cartel.

Cash Register: A toll booth.

Chicken Coop: A weigh-in station for trucks.

Chopped Top: A very short CB antenna.

Chrome Dome: A mobile antenna mounted on the roof of a four-wheeler (car). Used to help another CBer identify your car: "I'm in a blue Dodge with a chrome dome."

City Kitty: A local policeman, also known as a "Local Yokel."

Citizens Band: A band of assigned frequencies in the 11 meter Bandwith which is alot of fun to operate on.

Citizens Band Mid~West: A non-profit CB Club and the owner of these Internet pages.

Clean Cut: An unmodified CB transceiver that complies with FCC power output regulations by not being used in conjunction with a linear power amplifier. An interchangeable term is "barefoot."

Cleaner Channel: A less congested CB channel, freer of interference "Let's find a cleaner channel. Standby while I step down to check out the lower channels,"

Clear: A radiotelephone term that has been used for a long time. To clear the radio channel in use by ending the transmission: "This is K-0-K1-0-4-0, we're clear."

Coffee Break: CBers in an area who get together informally to socialize, usually at a drive-in. Also to provide free coffee to motorists at interstate highway rest areas on long holiday weekends.

Coke Stop: A euphemism for a stop to visit the restroom.

Comeback: A reply from another operator to your call for anyone who might be listening: "Appreciate the comeback, Zodiac, can you tell us how to get to …."

Come on: Phrase used to tell another operator to talk. Used interchangeably with "come back" and "over."

Convoy: A group of vehicles traveling together, -usually at a higher than legal speed.

Copy: To receive a radio transmission with sufficient clarity to understand the message. " I copy, Rolling Stone." "Anyone with a copy, come in."

Copy the Mail: To monitor CB transmissions by others. Also known as "Read the Mail."

Copyright: A legal claim to information or objects. CBMW has a copyright on this information.

County Mountie: A county sheriff or his patrol car.

Covered Up: Interference., usually by another operator using the same channel, causes the received signal to be covered up. Your response is to tell the other operator to "come again" or "ten-ten." Synonymous terms are "walked on" and "stepped on."

Cub Scouts: The local sheriff and his men. Generally they do not grow up to become Boy Scouts (state patrolmen). Cub Scouts also may be called "local yokels."

Cut the Coax: A euphemism for concluding a transmission. Cutting the coax lead from the transceiver would put you off the air if done literally. You're going off the air, which is also pulling the "big switch" or "the plug."

D
Daddy-0: The Federal Communications Commission, also known as "Big Daddy."

Dirty Side: The bottom of a tractor trailer, usually used when one is seen flipped over.

Dog: A Greyhound Bus.

Double-jointed Corn Flakes Box: A Consolidated Freightways (CF) tractor with a double trailer. Double trailers once were endearingly called "widow makers."

Double-Keying: A practice where an operator will depress the transmit key on his microphone twice in fast succession. May be used at the beginning of a transmission, or at the end, but is illegal in both cases.

Double Nickel: Two five's, or 55, the present speed limit on interstate highways.

Double Van Gogh: Having no "ears." Signal is out or antenna is broken.

Down: Off the air, as in "We're down." Usually used to announce the end of transmission in the senses of "We're gone" or "We'll be on the side."

Draggin'Wagon: A vehicle that pulls another - a wrecker.

Dress for Sale: A lady of the evening or prostitute, also known as a "Pavement Princess."

[BigMike [OP]]

E
Ears: CB antennas, especially the pairs that are mounted on a truck: "He's got ears." Also known as "flappers."

Eighteen-Wheeler: A semi-trailer with eighteen wheels.

Eighty-Eight (88): Originally a ham (amateur) radio abbreviation that stood for love and kisses. Sometimes used by CB operators in closing a transmission, particularly as in "Gotta go now, so we'll throw you the three's and eight's." (Three's is a variant of "seventy-three" for "best regards.") Eight's and three's together are known as the "good numbers."

Eleven Meters: The CB band.

Eyeball: To meet personally or to see. Frequently among heterosexual CB contacts: "I'd like to eyeball you." On the road: "We got an eyeball on a Smokey in the grass at marker two-two-zero."

Eye in the Sky: Airborne observation, as by a police helicopter, also known as a "Bear in the Air."

F
Feed the Bears: To receive a ticket or to pay a fine: "I had to feed the bears." (Had to pay a speeding ticket, usually in "green stamps.")

Fifty Dollar Lane: The passing lane on an interstate highway.

First Personal: Your first name.

Flag-waver: The flagman controlling traffic in a road construction area.

Flappers: Another name for CB antennas, which also are called "ears." Antennas stick out and f lap in the wind.

Flat Side: The horizontal polarization (Going to sleep).

Flat Talking: Talking on the ground wave.

Flip Side: A return trip, also known as the "flip flop," used by truckers and commuters alike.

Fog Lifter: Someone who brings something to a channel - an interesting CBer. See also "Sunbeam."

Foot Warmer: A linear amplifier.

Four-Wheeler: A passenger car.

Friendly Candy Company: The first letters form the acronym FCC Federal Communications Commission - which CBers do not find particularly friendly, generous, or good company.

Front Door: In front of a vehicle. Also, the lead truck in a highway caravan that is the first to spot a Smokey and can give this advance notice to other vehicles. See also "back door" and "rocking chair."

Fugitive: A CBer who's not operating on his favorite channel for whatever the reason.

G
Get 'em off: Exit ramp.

Get 'em on: Entrance ramp.

Get Out: To get the radio signal out so it can be received by another operator. CBers wondering whether they're getting out ask for a "radio check."

Glory Card: A Class D CB station license. It should be displayed at the base station and the three letters and four numbers of the call sign should be properly used in transmissions.

Go-Go Girls: Truckers' term for honest-to-goodness farm animals - pigs. Why pigs are associated with go-go girls is unknown.

Good Buddy: Like "Ole' Buddy," a term used among truckers and others as a salutation when the other operator's handle is unknown: "Hey, good buddy, we're here over your shoulder."

Goodies: Accessories or extras that sweeten up CB operations.

Good Numbers: Eighty-eight (love and kisses) and seventy-three (best regards): "Time to go now, so we'll throw you the good numbers."

Goon Squad: Channel hoggers, also known as "savages" or collectively as a "cartel."

Gotta Copy? Do you hear me?

Gone: Off the air, often used in concluding a transmission as in "We're gone" or "We gone!" Synonymous with "down" or "on the side."

Granny lane: Slowest moving lane on a highway.

Grass: The median strip of an interstate highway, as in "We've got a Smokey in the grass at marker two-one-eight."

Green Stamps: Money to pay a speeding fine. Smokey: "I'm gonna collect some green stamps." (Catch a speeder and write a ticket requiring payment of a fine.)

H
Hag Feast: A group of female CBers chewing the rag on a public communications medium to which anyone can listen is known as a hag feast.

Hammer: The accelerator pedal, usually of a truck but applicable to four wheelers and other vehicles as welt. Truckers "put down the hammer" or "hammer down" (accelerate) when Smokies aren't in sight

Handle: An adopted nickname used for identification by CBers; for example, Gremlin, Geneses Bear, "Thanks for the comeback, K-E-D0-5-2-1, what's your handle?"

Happy Number: A good or excellent reading on the relative signal strength meter ("S" meter).

High Gear: Euphemism for the use of a linear amplifier, also called a "box" or "snowshoes," that illegally increases the output power. High gear is equated with high power.

Hammer lane: Fastest lane on a highway.

Holler: A call, as in "to give a holler" to a fellow CBer: "Hey, good buddy, you give us a holier when you get to your home twenty."

Home Twenty: Home location The twenty is an abbreviated ten-code for location "I've been sitting here copying the mail at the home twenty."

How About?: "How about that Golden Eagle?" Used to establish contact with another CBer, usually when calling for a specific person. The more general call is "break" or "breaker."

I
Idiot Box: Television.

In a short: Soon.

Invitations: Traffic tickets.

Is that a Four? Did you copy? Do you agree?

J
Jamboree: An event planned by CBers, usually a club, at some outdoor location, usually with some combination of food and refreshments, games, activities, CB product displays, prize drawings, and entertainment.

K
Keyboard: Controls on the front panel of a CB transceiver.

Key-up: To broadcast an AM carrier wave by depressing the transmit key (switch) without modulation (i.e., without a voice message).

Kiddie Car: A school bus.

Kicker: A linear amplifier.

Knock It Down: Go down to another channel.

L
Land Line: A telephone line.

Legal Beagle: A CBer who abides by all the FCC rules, including the correct use of his call sign.

Linear: A radio frequency amplifier that illegally increases a CB transceiver's output power. Also referred to as a "box" or being with ,,snowshoes" or in "high gear."

Local Yokel: A village or city police officer: the local constabulary.

Lollipop: Microphone. Usually used in discussing how close an operator is holding his microphone. "Don't lick the lollipop" translates to "Don't speak so close to the mike."

M
Mail: On-the-air conversations that may be heard (monitored) by others. Listening to others talk is usually referred to as "opening the mail" or "reading the mail."

Make the Trip: To get the transmitted signal from the transmitter to the receiver of another station. Often "you're making the trip" in the same sense of "your signal is reaching me," especially when referring to long distances.

Mama Bear: A female policeman or police person.

Man in Blue: A policeman.

Man in Slicker: Not a flasher, who serves himself, but a fireman, who serves others. So named because of the slicker raincoat he wears.

Man in White: A doctor or ambulance attendant.

Mercy: A convenient way of avoiding the use of illegal on-the-air profanity. "Mercy me, that is one strong signal," instead of "Hell, that's one bodacious signal."

Mile Marker: The small signs on interstate highways that tell you the number of miles of highway from the state line where the highway began. A convenient way of pinpointing the location of an accident, a vehicle in distress or a Smokey.

Mobile: A transceiver located in a mobile vehicle, such as an automobile, recreational vehicle, truck, etc. An often asked question is whether the other station is base or mobile. A mobile unit has much more limited range than a base station at some permanent location with a higher antenna.

Monster Lane: The passing lane of an interstate highway, also known as the "Fifty Dollar Lane."

Modulate (with): To hold a conversation over a CB radio channel. "It's been nice modulation' with you." Derived from a radio term which means to superimpose a voice signal on a carrier signal.

Motion-Lotion: Gasoline or diesel fuel.

Moveable Parking Lot: An automobile carrier.

Mud Duck: A weak station. "Got a Mud Duck trying to squeeze through all that chatter."

N
Negative Copy: To tell another you did not receive or could not copy, his signal. "That's a negative copy. Come again."

Negatory: No, or negative. Used In place of "negative" for greater clarity.

Nickel Channel: Channel five.

O
OM: Acronym for "Old Man," which could refer either to a husband or to one's father. Originally a Ham term.

On Channel: On frequency.

On the Side: Standing by.

One Time: When a brief exchange is desired on a channel already in use, a call may be made as follows: "Break for that Annie Fannie one time."

One-Way Camper: An ambulance.

Over: End of transmission.

Over The Shoulder: To be behind or at the back door.

P
Panty Hose Junction: A Restaurant or truck stop with a waitress.

Parking Lot: an inter-city expressway

Peanut Butter In The Ears: A reference to a CBers who either does not have his rig turned on, or cannot hear for some other reason

Plain Wrapper: Unmarked police patrol car.

Play Dead: To stand by "play dead, Pink Panther, we got ourselves a breaker.'

Portable Barnyard: A truck hauling cattle or live-stock.

Postholes, A Load Of: An empty truck.

Pounds: Watts you are putting out.

Prescription: Anything not done according to FCC rules.

Pull the Plug: To get off the air or sign off. "I'm going to pull the plug here."

Pumpkin: A flat tire.

Putting On (out): Used when talking about the amount of power that your transmitter is putting out.

Q
QSL Card: A card exchanged by CB and ham operators with whom they communicated with and received transmissions from.

[BigMike [OP]]

R
Radar Alley: Probably derived from Torpedo Alley during World War 11. The name of Radar Alley, however, aptly applies to the Ohio Turnpike (1-90) that is heavily patrolled by bears. They're avid picture-takers who collect lots of green stamps.

Radio Check: A radio interchange in which the purpose is to provide one of the participants with information about how well his signal is being transmitted. Usually the transmitter output is read in pounds (S-meter units). A general call to anyone to provide this service might be: "Break one-nine for a radio check."

Rake the Leaves: The last vehicle in a convoy that watches for police coming up from the rear. See "Back Door."

Ratchet law: A person who talks too much or continuously.

Read: To hear and understand, used interchangeably with "copy." "I read you" and "That's a copy" acknowledge clear and understandable reception of the message.

Red Lights: Brake lights seen on an expressway, especially after it has become a parking lot.

Reefer: A refrigerated truck.

Rig: A CB operators transceiver.

Riot Squad: An unhappy group of neighbors who have television interference (TVI) caused by a radio transmitter in their area - usually that of a ham or CBer.

Rocking Chair: Vehicle between the front and back doors. "You're at the front door, he's at the back, and I'm sitting in the rocking chair." All this person has to do is sit back and listen for Smokey reports coming from the front and rear of the traffic line.

Roger: Popularly known through air force and other war films, the term is synonymous with message received and understood, "copy," and "ten-four."

Roger Beep: A CB’s signaling tone device.

Rolling Refinery: A truck hauling gasoline or oil.

Roller Skate: A small car.

S
Sandwich lane: Middle lane on a highway.

Savages: Channel hoggers, also known as "goon squad" or "cartel."

Scale House: A truck weigh station. See "Chicken Coop."

Seat Covers. A woman with a nice pair of legs. Usually, a "nice pair of seat covers." Truckers sit high in their cabs, and they see lots of other things as well.

Seventy-three: To send "best regards." An abbreviation originally used by hams, now often expressed by CBers as "threes." Often used in conjunction with "eights" (love and kisses), an abbreviation of eighty-eight.

Shake the Trees: The lead vehicle in a convoy shakes the trees - looks for police ahead. See also "Rake the Leaves."

Shaky Side: Truckers' term for the earthquake-prone side of the country, otherwise known as California. No, the East Coast is not known as the Steady Side, but rather the Dirty Side.

Shanty Shaker: A tractor for moving mobile homes.

Shout: Synonymous with an equally used term, holler. Shout and holler both mean to call another CBer. "I'll give you a shout on the f lip-f (op." It has nothing to do with volume.

Side, On The: To go on standby, listening to what's going on but not transmitting. Often coupled with ten-ten (transmission completed, subject to call) to indicate the operator will respond to a call for him.

Skip: A game played with the FCC meaning to communicate with stations more than 150 miles away by means of radio frequency waves that bounce (skip) off the ionosphere. If the FCC wins this game, you lose your license, and, most likely, some cash.

Skyhook: Originally an amateur radio term for antenna, still used by hams who also operate CB rigs. The more common CB terms are "ears" or "flappers"

Slave Drivers: Another of the many terms meaning a group of CBers who try to control a channel.

Slider. An illegal device for CBers since all Citizens' Radio equipment must be crystal controlled. A slider is a :variable frequency oscillator (VFO) which can slide across a range of frequencies.

Smoke: As in "How much smoke are we throwin'?" Essentially translates to the amount of power output and quality of signal reception.

Smokey (Smokey Bear): State police officer who generally wears a Smokey the Bear style ranger hat.

Smokey on Rubber: A state patrolman on the move (rolling on his rubber tires).

Snooperscope: Related to the periscope but referring to an illegally high CB antenna.

Snowshoes: Use of an illegal linear amplifier to increase the output power beyond the legal limits. One "wears snowshoes."

Stage Stop: A truck stop.

State Trooper Cage: State Police headquarters.

Step Up; Step Down: To go up or down to another channel. Used when moving to another channel because of overcrowding.

Streaking To go full speed.

Sunbeam: When things are rather gloomy on a channel, you're grateful for the sunbeam who comes along with a bright, lively conversation.

T
Take (taking) Pictures: To operate a radar unit measuring the speed of vehicles, Various police officers - Smokies, county mounties, and local yokels - are fond of taking pictures.

Tear Jerker: From a long-standing slang term, but applied to the person' rather than the story. A person with hard luck stories. Also see "sunbeam."

Ten-Four: Frequently used ten-code acknowledgment that a transmission has been received and understood. A "big ten-f our" means the received message is agreed with by the recipient.

Ten-Roger: See "ten-four" and "roger".

Thermos Bottle: A tanker truck, especially one carrying chemicals under pressure or refrigeration.

Threes: Short for seventy-three's, a term meaning "regards."

Throwing: The act of transmitting, usually used with "pounds" in regard to the power of the signal. "How many pounds am I throwing?"

Tightening up The Rubberband: To accelerate, also known as "Putting the Hammer Down."

Tijuana Taxi: A marked State Police car with lights and antenna.

Trip, The: The distance between the transmitter and the receiver, usually in reference to how strong the signal is: "How am I making the trip?" Also see "putting on" and "throwing."

Turn Twenty: The location of an exit or turn. "Twenty" refers to location. Twenty. Often as in "What's your twenty?" An abbreviation of the ten code meaning "What's your location." Frequently used to establish how far communicating stations are for the purpose of determining the effectiveness of the transmission.

U
Up There, Down There: Not to be confused with the British television series "Upstairs, Downstairs." Up there refers to a higher numbered CB channel, and down there to a lower channel. Also see "Step Up, Step Down."

V
Vertical: Vertical ground plane antenna.

Vertical Side: Vertical polarization.

VFO: Variable frequency oscillator. Enables an operator to select any frequency within a band on which to transmit. Used by hams, but illegal for CBers.

W
Walked On (over): To have a signal interfered with by another signal, effectively preventing it from being understood. "Come again, Blue Knight, someone just walked on you." See also "Step On."

Walking All Over You: Another louder station is covering up your signal.

Walking Tall: Good sounding signal.

Walking The Dog: Talking over a long distance.

Wallpaper: One or more QSL cards usually hung on a wall.

Wall to Wall: There are two widely used meanings for this- One refers to loud and clear reception: "You're coming in wall to wall." The other refers to a remarkable number of police in a given area, such as Radar Alley: "Mercy, good buddy, the Bears here are wall to wall."

Watch Your Donkey: Warning to move (drive) cautiously because of state or local police coming up from the rear.

Waving a hand: Telling someone hello; or asking someone to pass on your hello. "Tell Big Daddy that Shorty is waving a hand at him."

Wheels. "We're on wheels" means the operator in question is in a vehicle.

Wind Jammer. A long-winded radio operator.

Wrapper. The paint color of a vehicle, usually a four-wheeler, used to identify a specific vehicle. "There's a bear in a blue wrapper sittin' at marker one-two-four." Also see "plain wrapper."

X
X-Ray Machine: Radar equipment of local or state police. See also "Picture-Taker" and "Camera."

XYL: An abbreviation for ex-young-lady, or wife. Originally an amateur term, its common equivalent is OW (old woman).

Y
YL: Abbreviation for young lady. Once married, they become XYL's or OW's.

You Got'Em: Acknowledgment that the person called is responding

Z
Zulu: The last letter in the Phonetic Alphabet

[BigMike [OP]]

Q - signals
Q - signals are three-letter combinations beginning with the letter 'Q'. They were originally used to facilitate ship-to-shore communications in morse code. CB Radio Operators have adopted several of these Q-signals to expidite transmissions and send and receive information more quickly. Using Q-signals lets the CB Radio Operator on the other end know that you are an experienced operator and seasoned CB'er. Learn these basic, well-used, Q-signals, and use them in your CB Radio communications.

Q - Signal	Meaning
QRG	Your exact frequency is ...
QRH	Your frequency varies.
QRI	Your transmission tone is (1-Good 2-Variable 3-Bad)
QRK	I read your signals (1-Bad 2-Poor 3-Fair 4-Good 5-Excellent)
QRM	I am being interferred with (man-made interference).
QRN	I am experiencing static (atmosphereic interference).
QRW	Tell ___ I am calling on ___ frequency.
QRY	Your turn is number ___.
QRZ	You're being called by ___.
QSA	The strength of your signlas is (1-Poor to 5-Very Good).
QSB	Your signals are fading.
QSK	I can hear you between my signals. Break in.
QSL	I am acknowledging receipt.
QSN	I did hear you on ___ frequency.
QSO	I can communicate with ___.
QSP	I will relay to ___.
QSX	I am listening to ___ on ___ frequency.
QSY	Change to another frequency.
QTH	My location is ___.
QTR	The time is ___.

[BigMike [OP]]

Ten Codes
Ten Codes are abbreviations of common questions and answers used on all types of radio. Profession CB'ers use Ten Codes to send their message quickly and easily. Additionally, Ten Codes can be readily understood by stations which may be receiving you poorly or when a language barrier is present. Learning Ten Codes is most often done by their use. Copy this list of some of the most common Ten Codes and keep them near your radio. Use these Ten Codes in your daily communications and soon you will have most of them committed to memory!

Common CB Radio Ten Codes
10-1 = Receiving poorly
10-2 = Receiving well
10-3 = Stop transmitting
10-4 = Message received
10-5 = Relay message to _____
10-6 = Busy, please stand by
10-7 = Out of service, leaving the air
10-8 = In service, subject to call
10-9 = Repeat message
10-10 = Transmission completed, standing by
10-11 = Talking too rapidly
10-12 = Visitors present
10-13 = Advise Weather/Road conditions
10-16 = Make pick up at _____
10-17 = Urgent business
10-18 = Anything for us?
10-19 = Nothing for you, return to base
10-20 = My location is _____
10-21 = Call by telephone
10-22 = Report in person to
10-23 = Stand by
10-24 = Completed last assignment
10-25 = Can you contact _____
10-26 = Disregard last information
10-27 = I am moving to channel _____
10-28 = Identify your station
10-29 = Time is up for contact
10-30 = Does not conform to FCC rules
10-32 = I will give you a radio check
10-33 = Emergency Traffic
10-34 = Trouble at this station
10-35 = Confidential information
10-36 = Correct time is
10-37 = Wrecker needed at
10-38 = Ambulance needed at
10-39 = Your message delivered
10-41 = Please turn to channel
10-42 = Traffic accident at
10-43 = Traffic tie up at
10-44 = I have a message for you
10-45 = All units within range please report
10-50 = Break channel
10-60 = What is next message number?
10-62 = Unable to copy, use phone
10-63 = Net directed to
10-64 = Net clear
10-65 = Awaiting your next message/assignment
10-67 = All units comply
10-70 = Fire at _____
10-71 = Proceed with transmission in sequence
10-77 = Negative contact
10-81 = Reserve hotel room for ______
10-82 = Reserve room for _____
10-84 = My telephone number is ______
10-85 = My address is _____
10-91 = Talk closer to the microphone
10-93 = Check my frequency on this channel
10-94 = Please give me a long count (1-10)
10-99 = Mission completed, all units secure
10-200 = Police needed at _____

[Mike D]

Holy crap that only took ya 5 days straight

[BigMike [OP]]

Channel Frequencies
In the 1950's, the FCC established the Citizens Band (CB) radio service. They intended to provide a group of channels so short-range communications could be conducted with inexpensive, low power radio sets. The FCC envisioned a "catch all" radio service for people to stay in touch from home to car, small business to delivery vehicle, and hunters and fishermen to use inexpensive hand-held sets to talk over short distances.

The FCC chose the frequency around 27MHZ, which is located at the top of the high-frequency spectrum. They first assigned 23 channels, but the service became so popular that in the 1970's they added channels 24 through 40. The frequency assigned to each channel is listed below.

Channel	Frequency (MHZ)	Channel	Frequency (MHZ)
1	26.965	21	27.215
2	26.975	22	27.225
3	26.985	23	27.255
4	27.005	24	27.235
5	27.015	25	27.245
6	27.025	26	27.265
7	27.035	27	27.275
8	27.055	28	27.285
9	27.065	29	27.295
10	27.075	30	27.305
11	27.085	31	27.315
12	27.105	32	27.325
13	27.115	33	27.335
14	27.125	34	27.345
15	27.135	35	27.355
16	27.155	36	27.365
17	27.165	37	27.375
18	27.175	38	27.385
19	27.185	39	27.395
20	27.205	40	27.405

[BigMike [OP]]

Holy crap that only took ya 5 days straight

There, that's all I've got, enjoy

[gturismo]

Wow, I hope there isn't going to be a test!  Good info though, thanks for posting it.

[BLUCRUZ]

Channel Frequencies
In the 1950's, the FCC established the Citizens Band (CB) radio service. They intended to provide a group of channels so short-range communications could be conducted with inexpensive, low power radio sets. The FCC envisioned a "catch all" radio service for people to stay in touch from home to car, small business to delivery vehicle, and hunters and fishermen to use inexpensive hand-held sets to talk over short distances.

The FCC chose the frequency around 27MHZ, which is located at the top of the high-frequency spectrum. They first assigned 23 channels, but the service became so popular that in the 1970's they added channels 24 through 40. The frequency assigned to each channel is listed below.

Channel	Frequency (MHZ)	Channel	Frequency (MHZ)
1	26.965	21	27.215
2	26.975	22	27.225
3	26.985	23	27.255
4	27.005	24	27.235
5	27.015	25	27.245
6	27.025	26	27.265
7	27.035	27	27.275
8	27.055	28	27.285
9	27.065	29	27.295
10	27.075	30	27.305
11	27.085	31	27.315
12	27.105	32	27.325
13	27.115	33	27.335
14	27.125	34	27.345
15	27.135	35	27.355
16	27.155	36	27.365
17	27.165	37	27.375
18	27.175	38	27.385
19	27.185	39	27.395
20	27.205	40	27.405

I gots lot more channels than that! 

[UNBREAKABLE]

only took 5 days to type it up? It took me 8 days to read it!

[BigMike [OP]]

Here are the Letter word codes to use for accurate letter communication:

Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Gulf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whisky
X-Ray
Yankee
Zulu

[Caboose]

well now we all got a handy dandy notebook on how to listen in to truckers eh?  Ill just keep it on the dash and look up the codes if im woried about smokies lol.

[79coyotefrg]

its changed alot in the 50 years trust me

[Foghorn57]

Bigmike think ya might want to update the goodbuddy term on your jargon list any more the term good buddy refers to a gay person. Now years ago it didnt but now days it does. Any one calls me good buddy on the radio i tell them hey im not a good buddy but will be a friend to you. BTW i am a truck driver also lol I also have another one for the l list lot lizard = one of the ladies of the night or a working girl.



Foggy   8)

[monk #1164]

Ten Codes
Ten Codes are abbreviations of common questions and answers used on all types of radio. Profession CB'ers use Ten Codes to send their message quickly and easily. Additionally, Ten Codes can be readily understood by stations which may be receiving you poorly or when a language barrier is present. Learning Ten Codes is most often done by their use. Copy this list of some of the most common Ten Codes and keep them near your radio. Use these Ten Codes in your daily communications and soon you will have most of them committed to memory!

Common CB Radio Ten Codes
10-1 = Receiving poorly
10-2 = Receiving well
10-3 = Stop transmitting
10-4 = Message received
10-5 = Relay message to _____
10-6 = Busy, please stand by
10-7 = Out of service, leaving the air
10-8 = In service, subject to call
10-9 = Repeat message
10-10 = Transmission completed, standing by
10-11 = Talking too rapidly
10-12 = Visitors present
10-13 = Advise Weather/Road conditions
10-16 = Make pick up at _____
10-17 = Urgent business
10-18 = Anything for us?
10-19 = Nothing for you, return to base
10-20 = My location is _____
10-21 = Call by telephone
10-22 = Report in person to
10-23 = Stand by
10-24 = Completed last assignment
10-25 = Can you contact _____
10-26 = Disregard last information
10-27 = I am moving to channel _____
10-28 = Identify your station
10-29 = Time is up for contact
10-30 = Does not conform to FCC rules
10-32 = I will give you a radio check
10-33 = Emergency Traffic
10-34 = Trouble at this station
10-35 = Confidential information
10-36 = Correct time is
10-37 = Wrecker needed at
10-38 = Ambulance needed at
10-39 = Your message delivered
10-41 = Please turn to channel
10-42 = Traffic accident at
10-43 = Traffic tie up at
10-44 = I have a message for you
10-45 = All units within range please report
10-50 = Break channel
10-60 = What is next message number?
10-62 = Unable to copy, use phone
10-63 = Net directed to
10-64 = Net clear
10-65 = Awaiting your next message/assignment
10-67 = All units comply
10-70 = Fire at _____
10-71 = Proceed with transmission in sequence
10-77 = Negative contact
10-81 = Reserve hotel room for ______
10-82 = Reserve room for _____
10-84 = My telephone number is ______
10-85 = My address is _____
10-91 = Talk closer to the microphone
10-93 = Check my frequency on this channel
10-94 = Please give me a long count (1-10)
10-99 = Mission completed, all units secure
10-200 = Police needed at _____

10-100= i gotta go to the bathroom...lol

[Foghorn57]

10-101= at home hehehehehehehehehe




Foggy 8)

[TURBO]

found this... it's a list of "10 codes" for police...

10-0 Caution
10-1 Reception poor
10-2 Reception good
10-3 Stop transmitting
10-4 Message received, understood
10-5 Repay message
10-6 Change channel
10-7 Out of service
10-7A Out of service, home
10-7B Out of service, personal
10-8 In service
10-9 Repeat message
10-10 Off duty
10-10A Off duty, home
10-11 Identify frequency
10-12 Visitor(s) present
10-13 Weather and road advice
10-14 Citizen w/suspect
10-15 Prisoner in custody
10-16 Pick up prisoner
10-17 Request for gasoline
10-18 Equipment exchange
10-19 Return(ing) to station
10-20 Location
10-21 Telephone
10-21A Advise home I will return at:
10-22 Disregard last assignment
10-23 Stand by
10-24 Request car-to-car transmit
10-25 Do you have contact with:
10-26 Clear
10-27 D.D.L. report
10-28 Registration request
10-29 Check for wants
10-29F Subject wanted, felony
10-29H Hazard potential from subject
10-29M Subject wanted, Misdemeanor
10-29V Vehicle wanted
10-30 Doesn't conform to regulations
10-32 Drowning
10-33 Alarm sounding, audible
10-34 Assist at office
10-35 Time check
10-36 Confidential information
10-37 Identify operator
10-39 Can () come to the radio?
10-40 Is () available for phone call?
10-42 Check the welfare of/at:
10-43 Call a doctor
10-45 Condition of patient?
10-45A Good
10-45B Serious
10-45C Critical
10-45D Dead
10-49 Proceed to:
10-50 Under influence of drugs
10-51 Drunk
10-52 Resuscitator
10-53 Man down
10-54 Possible dead body
10-55 Coroner case
10-56 Suicide
10-56A Suicide attempt
10-57 Missing person
10-59 Security check
10-60 Lock-out
10-61 Miscellaneous public service
10-62 Meet a citizen
10-62A Take a report from a citizen
10-62B Civilian standby
10-63 Prepare to copy
10-64 Found property
10-66 Suspicious person
10-67 Person calling for help
10-68 Telephone for police
10-70 Prowler
10-71 Shooting
10-72 Gun involved
10-73 How do you receive?
10-79 Bomb threat
10-80 Explosion
10-86 Any radio traffic?
10-88 Assume post
10-91 Animal
10-91A Animal, stray
10-91B Animal, noisy
10-91C Animal, injured
10-91D Animal, dead
10-91E Animal, bite
10-91G Animal, pickup
10-91J Animal, pickup collect
10-91L Animal, leash law violation
10-91V Animal, vicious
10-95 Need ID tech unit
10-97 Arrived at scene
10-98 Available to assign


Code 2 Urgent - no light or siren
Code 3 Use lights and siren
Code 4 No further assistance needed
Code 5 Stakeout
Code 6 Stay out of area
Code 7 Meal break
Code 8 Restroom break
Code 9 Summer uniform
Code 10 SWAT pre-call up
Code 11 SWAT Call up
Code 37 Subject/Property wanted
11-10 Take report
11-24 Abandoned vehicle
11-25 Traffic hazard
11-26 Abandoned bicycle
11-27 10-27 W/driver held
11-28 10-28 W/driver held
11-40 Advise if ambulance needed
11-41 Ambulance needed
11-42 No ambulance needed
11-44 Deceased person (Coroner Req'd)
11-48 Furnish transportation
11-51 Escort
11-52 Funeral detail
11-54 Suspicious vehicle
11-55 Officer being followed by auto
11-56 11-55 W/dangerous persons
11-57 Unidentified auto at assignments
11-58 Radio monitored, use phone
11-59 Intensive attention: high hazard,
business areas
11-60 Attack in high hazard area
11-65 Signal light out
11-66 Defective signal light
11-78 Aircraft accident
11-79 Accident - Ambulance sent
11-80 Accident - Major injuries
11-81 Accident - Minor injuries
11-82 Accident - No injuries
11-83 Accident - No detail
11-84 Direct traffic
11-85 Tow truck required
11-94 Pedestrian stop
11-95 Routine traffic stop
11-96 Checking suspicious vehicle
11-97 Time/security check on patrol
11-98 Meet:
11-99 Officer needs help!

Police Scanner Codes...

187 Homicide
207 Kidnapping
207A Kidnapping attempt
211 Robbery
211A Robbery alarm
211S Robbery alarm, silent
217 Assault with intent to murder
240 Assault
242 Battery
245 Assault with a deadly weapon
246 Shooting at inhabited dwelling
261 Rape
261A Attempted rape
273A Child neglect
273D Wife beating - Felony
288 Lewd conduct
311 Indecent exposure
314 Indecent exposure
374B Illegal dumping
390 Drunk
390D Drunk, unconscious
415 Disturbance
417 Person with a gun
417A Person with a knife
459 Burglary
459A Burglar alarm
459S Burglar alarm, silent
470 Forgery
480 Hit and run - Felony
481 Hit and run - Misdemeanor
484 Petty theft
487 Grand theft
488 Petty theft
502 Drunk Driving
503 Auto theft
504 Tampering with a vehicle
505 Reckless driving
507 Public nuisance
510 Speeding or racing vehicles
586 Illegal parking
594 Malicious mischief
595 Runaway car
604 Throwing missiles
647 Lewd conduct
653M Threatening phone calls

Police Scanner Codes...

Code Blue Bus/Cab in trouble
Code Red Varda Alarm activated
Code Purple Gang Activity

Medical / Fire Status Codes...

Code 10 Critical Trauma case
Code 20 Acute Trauma case
Code 30 Trauma case
Code 40 Serious case (IV started)
Code 50 Basic transport