F) 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.
INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET:
A
Alpha
H
Hotel
B
Bravo
I
India
C Charlie
J
Juliett
D
Delta
L
Lima
E
Echo
M Mike
F
Foxtrott
N
November
G Golf
O Oscar
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
P
Papa
W
Whiskey
Q
Quebec
Y
Yankee
R
Romeo
Z
Zulu
S
Sierra
T
Tango
U
Uniform
V
Victor
Basement
:
Base station
:
Bear
:
Bear bite
:
Bear cage
:
Big slab
:
Big 10-4
:
Bleeding
:
Blocking the channel
:
Blue boys
:
Break
:
Breaker
:
Clean and green
:
Cleaner channel
:
and proud
:
Doughnut
:
Down and gone
:
Down one
:
Do you copy?
:
DX
:
Eighty eights
:
Eye ball
:
Good buddy
:
Hammer
:
Handle
:
Harvey wall banger
:
How am I hitting you?
:
Keying the mike
:
Kojac with a kodak
:
Land line
:
Lunch box
:
Man with a gun
:
Mayday
:
Meat wagon
:
Midnight shopper
:
Modulation
:
Negative copy
:
Over your shoulder
:
Part your hair
:
Pull your hammer back
:
Rat race
:
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Channel 1
A CB set in fixed location
Policeman
Speeding fine
Police station
Motorway
Absolutely
Signal from an adjacent channel
interfering with the transmission
Pressing the PTT switch without talking
Police
Used to ask permission to join a conversation
A CBer wishing to join a channel
Clear of police
Channel with less interference Coming in
loud
Good reception
Tyre
Turning CB off
Go to a lower channel
Understand?
Long distance
Love and kisses
CBers meeting together
Fellow CBer
Accelerator
CBer's nickname
Dangerous driver
How are you receiving me?
Pressing the PTT switch without talking
Police radar
Telephone
CB set
Police radar
SOS
Ambulance
Thief
Conversation
No reply
Right behind you
Behave yourself - police ahead
Slow down
Congested traffic