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Radio check or test. 10-33 Emergency traffic, clear the channel. CB code for Mayday for trucks and police cars. 3s and 8s Well wishes to a fellow driver. Borrowed from amateur radio telegraphy codes "73" (best regards) and "88" (hugs and kisses). 10-36 The correct time ("Can I get a 10-36?"). 10-41 Driver is signing on or changed the channel on ...
Citizens band radio (CB radio) is a land mobile radio system, a system allowing short-distance one-to-many bidirectional voice communication among individuals, using two-way radios operating near 27 MHz (or the 11-m wavelength) in the high frequency or shortwave band.
Repeat your message. 10-9 Stand By Stop transmitting and wait for further instructions. 10-12 Disregard (Recall) Cancel your present assignment. 10-22 Off Radio Unit is not capable of being contacted by radio, but may be "available." 10-7B On Radio Unit is capable of being contacted by radio, but not necessarily "available." 10-11 Responding
No voice transmissions are permitted. It has six channels in the 27 MHz band. Five are unused 10 kHz CB assignments between channels 3–4, 7–8, 11–12, 15–16 and 19–20, and the sixth is shared with Channel 23. R/C transmitters may use up to 4 watts on the first five channels and 25 watts on the last, 27.255 MHz.
1962: A sick infant, a disabled car on a Chicago freeway, and a January blizzard prompted Henry B. (Pete) Kreer to envision using CB radio to get help in such emergencies. Hallicrafters Radio sponsored the founding of REACT in April, with Kreer serving as its executive director. 1967: REACT approached the FCC for a designated CB Emergency Channel.
Citizens band radio (often shortened to CB radio) is a system of short-distance radio communications between individuals on a selection of 40 channels within the 27-MHz (11 m) band. In the United Kingdom, CB radio was first legally introduced in 1981, but had been used illegally for some years prior to that.
Convoy" also peaked at number two in the UK. The song capitalized on the fad for citizens band (CB) radio. The song was the inspiration for the 1978 Sam Peckinpah film Convoy, for which McCall rerecorded the song to fit the film's storyline. [4] The song received newfound popularity with its use during the 2022 Freedom Convoy.
Unfortunately for the song's hero, The White Knight is an undercover member of the Georgia State Patrol who uses the CB radio to pretend to be a trucker himself to lure rig drivers into a speed trap. After driving for some time at high speed and listening to country music on the radio, he hears a driver going the other way warning him of a ...