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Evaluating the reception quality
For informing the respective contact partner clearly on the strength and quality of reception, the
numbers of the R/S code are used. The R-value is used for comprehensibility (readability) and
the S-value (signal strength) for signal strength and/or volume of the contact partner.
R = readability
1 not readable, incomprehensible
2 temporarily or partially readable
3 difficult to read
4 readable, comprehensible
5 easy to read
CB Language
Typically a special slang is used in CB radio. Some special terms originate, for instance, from
amateur radio or the professional radio communication, other expressions stand for periphrases
or abbreviations:
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
S = signal strength
The S-value (= signal strength) can be read
on the S-meter.