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Press the «push-to-talk» switch and announce your message «Attention sta-
tions, transmission testing» which will allow you to check the clearness and the
power of your signal. Release the switch and wait for a reply. You should
receive a reply like, «Strong and clear».
If you use a calling channel (19, 27) and you have established communication
with someone, it is common practice to choose another available channel so
as not to block the calling channel.

G) GLOSSARY:

Below you will find some of the most frequently used CB radio expressions.
Remember this is meant for fun and that you are by no means obliged to use
them. In an emergency, you should be as clear as possible.

TECHNICAL VOCABULARY:

AM

:

Amplitude Modulation

CB

:

Citizen’s Band

CH

:

Channel

CW

:

Continuous Wave

DX

:

Long Distance Liaison

DW

:

Dual Watch

FM

:

Frequency Modulation

GMT

:

Greenwich Meantime

HF

:

High Frequency

LF

:

Low Frequency

LSB

:

Lower Side Band

RX

:

Receiver

SSB

:

Single Side Band

SWR

:

Standing Wave Ratio

SWL

:

Short Wave Listening

SW

:

Short Wave

TX

:

CB Transceiver

UHF

:

Ultra High Frequency

USB

:

Upper Side Band

VHF

:

Very High Frequency

CB LANGUAGE:

Advertising

:

Flashing lights of police car

Back off

:

Slow down

Basement

:

Channel 1

Base station

:

A CB set in fixed location

Bear

:

Policeman

Bear bite

:

Speeding fine

Bear cage

:

Police station

Big slab

:

Motorway

Big 10-4

:

Absolutely

Bleeding

:

Signal from an adjacent channel
interfering with the transmission

Blocking the channel

:

Pressing the PTT switch  without talking

Blue boys

:

Police

Break

:

Used to ask permission to join a
conversation

Breaker

:

A CBer wishing to join a channel

Clean and green

:

Clear of police

Cleaner channel

:

Channel with less interference

Coming in loud and proud

:

Good reception

Doughnut

:

Tyre

Down and gone

:

Turning CB off

Down one

:

Go to a lower channel

Do you copy?

:

Understand?

DX

:

Long distance

Eighty eights

:

Love and kisses

Eye ball

:

CBers meeting together

Good buddy

:

Fellow CBer

Hammer

:

Accelerator

Handle

:

CBer’s nickname

Harvey wall banger

:

Dangerous driver

How am I hitting you?

:

How are you receiving me?

Keying the mike

:

Pressing the PTT switch  without talking

Kojac with a kodak

:

Police radar

Land line

:

Telephone

Lunch box

:

CB set

Man with a gun

:

Police radar

Mayday

:

SOS

Meat wagon

:

Ambulance

Midnight shopper

:

Thief

Modulation

:

Conversation

Negative copy

:

No reply

Over your shoulder

:

Right behind you

Part your hair

:

Behave yourself - police ahead

Pull your hammer back

:

Slow down

Rat race

:

Congested traffic

Rubberbander

:

New CBer

Sail boat fuel

:

Wind

Smokey dozing

:

Parked police car

Smokey with a camera

:

Police radar

Spaghetti bowl

:

Interchange

Stinger

:

Antenna

Turkey

:

Dumb CBer

Up one

:

Go up one channel

Wall to wall

:

All over/everywhere

What am I putting to you?

:

Please give me an S-meter reading.