Operating instructions

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
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