8/31/2023 0 Comments Cb lingo 20![]() ![]() RC signals are heard only on Channel 23, which is a shared frequency.īig Charlie: Also known as the Big Double-C - the Federal Communications Commission. See "Smokey."īear Bait: Someone driving over the limit with no radio.īeast: Unaffectionate term for CB transceiver: "The beast is only putting out three watts." Usually a rig that is not operating properly.īe-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. ![]() Also see "Wrapper."īarefoot: Using only legal transmitter power: "I'm barefoot." Barefoot or "clean-cut" (the FCC is ruthless about the use of linear amplifiers ‘snowshoes’).īarley Pop: A beverage made from barley and hops - beer.īase (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.īear in the Air: A state patrolman in a helicopter or light plane who spots and clocks speeders. A real bad scene occurs during periods of high sunspot activity when skip conditions bring in stations hundreds of miles away.īallet Dancer: A swaying antenna, usually a bumper-mounted whip or fiberglass ears.īand Aid Wrapper: An ambulance. "Let me back out of here for now."īad Scene: A term borrowed from the youth culture and applied to a crowded CB channel subject to many overlapping transmissions (layers). "Back down, rocking chair, we have a Smokey coming up behind us."īack'Em Up (Off): Slow down by pulling one's foot off the accelerator.īack Out: One of a number of terms used to announce that you intend to stop transmitting and therefore conclude the conversation. See also "Front Door" and "Rocking Chair."īack Down: To slow down your vehicle's speed by removing or easing up your foot on the accelerator (hammer). Also the designation of the station at the rear of a highway caravan of trucks watching for Smokies coming up behind. "You're at my back door" or "I'll cover the back door." Used on highways to establish relative position. ![]() "Watch out for the alligator in the granny lane by the one five six mile marker!"Īlligator station: All mouth and no ears, a yapper.Īnchored modulator: Base station operator.Īppliance operator: An in-experienced CB operator.īack: Term used to tell another you're ending your transmission and want him to begin transmitting to you: "Come back."īack Door: Behind a vehicle. Please note, this is copied without permission from Īdvertising: 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."Ī little bit of help: Extra Power, running an amplifier.Īlligator: Refers to a retread which has come off a tire and is lying on the roadway. I'll kick it off with a list of useful CB Radio talk codes! ![]()
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