![]() Used in a variety of ways,- e.g., break for information (request to anyone who hears the call to respond with information), break for anyone on (request, usually for a Smokey report or road conditions), for anyone on a certain highway, etc.īreaker: A term, along with "Break," used when a CB operator wants others on a channel to break off routine chatter: "Breaker. I'm gonna get a box."īreak: Often used to initiate communications with another station. CB bootleggers either do not have a valid station license or use frequencies other than the authorized CB channels.īoulevard: An interstate highway, also referred to as the "Big Slab."īoy Scouts: A somewhat less common name for state patrolmen, who are generally known as "Smokies" or "Bears."īox: A linear amplifier, also known as a "linear snowshoes," or "footwarmer," that illegally boosts a CB transmitter's power beyond the maximum allowed by the FCC: "The rig's gonna sound better soon. The cries will come from the spouse who learns what delivery cost.īlew My Doors Off: To be passed by a vehicle traveling at high speed (usually at greater than the speed limit).īootlegger: Illegal radio operator who does not have a license to operate on the frequency he is using. Usually used in telling another that you intend to leave the air: "Time to pull the big switch, 01' Buddy."īig Ten-Four: Hearty agreement with what the other operator has just said: "That's a big ten-four, Big Bopper."īleeding: Interference caused by a station operating on a channel adjacent to yours: "Someone's bleeding on you" or "We got some bleedover." See also "step on" and "walk on."īlessed Event: A new arrival in the family - a bouncing new CB rig. Originally a ham term.īig Daddy: Not the benevolent person who helps young lovelies to cope with the world but rather he Federal Communications Commission.īig Slab: A big slab of concrete is an expressway.īig Switch: The on-off control. 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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