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can u remember them and did you have one

yep, and yep

Whats your handles good ladies Paul

Certainly can, and certainly did. Brain Cell on A.M. Alien on F.M.

Tiger Moth on both FM and AM, AM the better one too My first rig was a scooper 80 then had a tristar 777 brill days Paul

Remember any of these LOL 10-1 = Receiving poorly 10-2 = Receiving well 10-3 = Stop transmitting 10-4 = Message received 10-5 = Relay message to _____ 10-6 = Busy, please stand by 10-7 = Out of service, leaving the air 10-8 = In service, subject to call 10-9 = Repeat message 10-10 = Transmission completed, standing by 10-11 = Talking too rapidly 10-12 = Visitors present 10-13 = Advise Weather/Road conditions 10-16 = Make pick up at _____ 10-17 = Urgent business 10-18 = Anything for us? 10-19 = Nothing for you, return to base 10-20 = My location is _____ 10-21 = Call by telephone 10-22 = Report in person to 10-23 = Stand by 10-24 = Completed last assignment 10-25 = Can you contact _____ 10-26 = Disregard last information 10-27 = I am moving to channel _____ 10-28 = Identify your station 10-29 = Time is up for contact 10-30 = Does not conform to FCC rules 10-32 = I will give you a radio check 10-33 = Emergency Traffic 10-34 = Trouble at this station 10-35 = Confidential information 10-36 = Correct time is 10-37 = Wrecker needed at 10-38 = Ambulance needed at 10-39 = Your message delivered 10-41 = Please turn to channel 10-42 = Traffic accident at 10-43 = Traffic tie up at 10-44 = I have a message for you 10-45 = All units within range please report 10-50 = Break channel 10-60 = What is next message number? 10-62 = Unable to copy, use phone 10-63 = Net directed to 10-64 = Net clear 10-65 = Awaiting your next message/assignment 10-67 = All units comply 10-70 = Fire at _____ 10-71 = Proceed with transmission in sequence 10-77 = Negative contact 10-81 = Reserve hotel room for ______ 10-82 = Reserve room for _____ 10-84 = My telephone number is ______ 10-85 = My address is _____ 10-91 = Talk closer to the microphone 10-93 = Check my frequency on this channel 10-94 = Please give me a long count (1-10) 10-99 = Mission completed, all units secure 10-200 = Police needed at _____ Paul

Jen Red & Purple think we just messed up the police radio's when they got close lol messed up loads of stuff If I remember correctly lol Paul (tigger)

everyone could tell I had one my twig was 36' to the top lol Paul (tigger)

The good old days!! AM was the best. To many bucket mouths on FM. Tweety Pie on AM and FM. Hubby was Blue Arrow as he had a blue Capri then. Golf Whiskey 01 on the sideband. Still got all my QSL cards in the attic. Alyson

sideband forgot I used that lol PAPA WHISKEY 24 that was me lol Paul (tigger)

My name has stuck all these years when I bump into people I used to ratchet with on the rig they still call me TIG ,was 24 then 24 years ago WOW long time ago Paul (tigger)

Hi Paul I was on CB, belonged to the Squirrel side breakers club, my handle was Blue Lady!! Val

............... I loved the film! Can't for the life of me remember the name, but I loved it ...................! (You know the one i mean .......) Bev

CONVOY lol Paul

paul hubby had one .his handle was 'roughneck' lol susie

My dad had one. he was fourtrack and I was shady lady but i can't remember anymore handles. Louise

remember any of these lol too Alpha Advertising: 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.' A little bit of help: Extra Power, running an amplifier. Affirmative: Yes, 10-4. Alligator: Refers to a retread which has come off a tire and is lying on the roadway. 'Watch out for the alligator in the granny land by the one five six mile marker!' Alligator station: All mouth and no ears, a yapper. Anchored modulator: Base station operator. Appliance operator: An in-experienced CB operator. Bravo Back: Term used to tell another you're ending your transmission and want him to begin transmitting to you: 'Come back.' Back Door: Behind a vehicle. 'You're at my back door' or 'I'll cover the back door.' Used on highways to establish relative position. Also the designation of the station at the rear of a highway caravan of trucks watching for Smokies coming up behind. See also 'Front Door' and 'Rocking Chair.' Back Down: To slow down your vehicle's speed by removing or easing up your foot on the accelerator (hammer). 'Back down, rocking chair, we have a Smokey coming up behind us.' Back'Em Up (Off): Slow down by pulling one's foot off the accelerator. Back Out: One of a number of terms used to announce that you intend to stop transmitting and therefore conclude the conversation. 'Let me back out of here for now.' Bad Scene: A term borrowed from the youth culture and applied to a crowded CB channel subject to many overlapping transmissions (layers). A real bad scene occurs during periods of high sunspot activity when skip conditions bring in stations hundreds of miles away. Ballet Dancer: A swaying antenna, usually a bumper-mounted whip or fiberglass ears. Band Bender: Side Band operator Band Aid Wrapper: An ambulance. Also see 'Wrapper.' Barefoot: Using only legal transmitter power: 'I'm barefoot.' Barefoot or 'clean-cut' (the FCC is ruthless about the use of linear amplifiers ‘snowshoes’). Barley Pop: A beverage made from barley and hops - beer. Base (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. Basement: Channel one. Bear: Police. Bear cave: Police station. Bear in the Air: A state patrolman in a helicopter or light plane who spots and clocks speeders. See 'Smokey.' Bear in the Bushes: Police hiding. Bear Bait: Someone driving over the limit with no radio. Bear Bite: Speeding ticket Beast: Unaffectionate term for CB transceiver: 'The beast is only putting out three watts.' Usually a rig that is not operating properly. Beaver: Woman or girl. Be-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. RC signals are heard only on Channel 23, which is a shared frequency. Big Charlie: Also known as the Big Double-C - the Federal Communications Commission. Originally a ham term. Big Daddy: Not the benevolent person who helps young lovelies to cope with the world but rather he Federal Communications Commission. Big Ears: A good receiver. Big Slab: A big slab of concrete is an expressway. Big Switch: The on-off control. Usually used in telling another that you intend to leave the air: 'Time to pull the big switch, 01' Buddy.' Big Ten-Four: Hearty agreement with what the other operator has just said: 'That's a big ten-four, Big Bopper.' Black Water: Trucker's term for coffee. Bleeding: 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.' Blessed Event: A new arrival in the family - a bouncing new CB rig. The cries will come from the spouse who learns what delivery cost. Blew My Doors Off: To be passed by a vehicle traveling at high speed (usually at greater than the speed limit). Bootlegger: Illegal radio operator who does not have a license to operate on the frequency he is using. CB bootleggers either do not have a valid station license or use frequencies other than the authorized CB channels. Boulevard: An interstate highway, also referred to as the 'Big Slab.' Boy Scouts: A somewhat less common name for state patrolmen, who are generally known as 'Smokies' or 'Bears.' Box: 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. I'm gonna get a box.' Break: Often used to initiate communications with another station. 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. Breaker: A term, along with 'Break,' used when a CB operator wants others on a channel to break off routine chatter: 'Breaker. Breaker.,, Also refers to the person who is calling: 'Hold on, Pink Panther, we got a breaker.' See also 'button-pusher.' Breaking Up: A received signal is being interfered with for some reason. 'You're breakin' up, good buddy.' Breaking Wind: The lead vehicle in a group of vehicles in communication by CB. See also 'Front Door' and 'Shaking the Trees.' Brush Your Teeth and Comb Your Hair: Phrase used to tell another he's approaching a radar-equipped police car ('Picture Taker'). To look your best means you've got to be legal. Bubblegummer: A teenage CB operator. Bug Out: Youth culture term used to politely (?) request someone to leave the channel: 'Bug out, breaker' might be used by someone in a group that is hogging a channel. See 'Cartel' and 'Goon Squad' for them. Button-Pusher: A breaker who is illegally attempting to interrupt transmissions on a channel by 'keying-up' so as to transmit the AM carrier alone. Also, someone who is attempting to interrupt on-going transmissions by transmitting a 'break' call. Charlie Cartel: This term is the name of a parlor game, but the game among CBers is called channel hogging, an illegal practice. The group playing the game is known as a cartel. Cash Register: A toll booth. Chicken Coop: A weigh-in station for trucks. Chopped Top: A very short CB antenna. Chrome Dome: A mobile antenna mounted on the roof of a four-wheeler (car). Used to help another CBer identify your car: 'I'm in a blue Dodge with a chrome dome.' City Kitty: A local policeman, also known as a 'Local Yokel.' Citizens Band: A band of assigned frequencies in the 11 meter Bandwith which is alot of fun to operate on. Citizens Band Mid~West: A non-profit CB Club and the owner of these Internet pages. Clean Cut: An unmodified CB transceiver that complies with FCC power output regulations by not being used in conjunction with a linear power amplifier. An interchangeable term is 'barefoot.' Cleaner Channel: A less congested CB channel, freer of interference 'Let's find a cleaner channel. Standby while I step down to check out the lower channels,' Clear: A radiotelephone term that has been used for a long time. To clear the radio channel in use by ending the transmission: 'This is K-0-K1-0-4-0, we're clear.' Coffee Break: CBers in an area who get together informally to socialize, usually at a drive-in. Also to provide free coffee to motorists at interstate highway rest areas on long holiday weekends. Coke Stop: A euphemism for a stop to visit the restroom. Comeback: A reply from another operator to your call for anyone who might be listening: 'Appreciate the comeback, Zodiac, can you tell us how to get to ….' Come on: Phrase used to tell another operator to talk. Used interchangeably with 'come

Just remembered the rig I used to use, it was a Cobra 248 GTL. DX.,,,,,,A.M.,,F.M,...Upper and Lower sidebands, and the `Graveyard`. Still trying to remember my sideband handle, something Zero 6. Used to run it all through 100 watt `boots`and used a Moonraker Super 4 twig, on top of the washing line post.

Yep, we had one upto about 4 years ago. Used it going down to Cornwall ... 3 cars. One packed up working on the way down (mine) and we haven't used them since. Had one in my car as a teenager ...ohhhh the memories ! I'm saying nothing else ! Elaine ;-)

did i have one good bud, 27megs am of course and jumbo sidebander upper lowwer split kzs pdl2 twig,Qsling world wide when skip was up, BRILL DAYS< still got my 2 old 40ch am sets and twig 18ft dipole.mmmmmmmmmmmm i wonder????