![]() ![]() Well of course the REPEATER signal should (usually be) "full scale". Get the mike out of your mouth and talk ACROSS it not INTO it.Īnd my favorite (when talking on a repeater): Understanding it is one thing, but learning to use it Good luck. you don't get "extra pounds" for sounding like a mouth breather. What’s your 20 is CB ( Citizens Band radio) lingo for What’s your location What’s your 2020 can be part of a question about a person’s presidential aspirations for the 2020 election or about a person or organization’s goals or aims for the year 2020. We are not on SSB or AM where you are trying to talk over noise. ![]() The wider your signal, the more bandwidth you occupy. ID'ing after every transmission and then saying "This xx4xxx FOR ID" The In’s and Out’s of CB Slang With nearly 2,000 CB Slang Terms, we won’t be listing them all here, but let’s overview some of the most popular ones. 73 best regards (this one goes back to the days of telegraph communicaton) 88 hugs and kisses. Evel Knievel Police Officer on a Motorcycle. Use of the term "roger roger"- who the heck is this dude anyway? 10-20 what is your location 10-21 call me on the phone. Something as common as gator guts had to make the trucker slang list 9. It’s a similar idea to Q-codes developed around 1909 that were used in British shipping and later adopted my radio hams around the globe. They were developed in the 1930s when police started using 2-way radio and were designed for brevity and clarity. ![]() Location, in CB-radio-speak, is '10-20.' Don't Edit. The phrase ‘What’s Your 20’ comes from a system of radio codes called the 10 codes. One of the reasons I find myself less and less on two meters. Baffled by the coded language the film's characters use while speaking on those funny cellphones with the curly chords. Quote="N4XTS"]I cannot stand CB lingo on the ham bands. Ham for 48 years.not sure how much longer tho. This is a hobby to enjoy, it aint brain surgery! If you want to teach language and edicate - go be a teacher, dont suck the fun out of a hobby!ĪMEN!!! And other good one is.Let me turn my antenna towards you when the moron is using a repeater!!! ARGGGG.By the way, just what does PILL mean anyway? Obvousily there are some real control freeks out there that definatly would not fit in my disfunctional family, and thats ok! I dont care. I have scanned the channels and herd people talking about things, or in a way, i had no interest, and im not here or there to critisize, the way they talk, the way they spell, or what they talk about. Maybe some of us got into this to just be ourselves and enjoy good conversations with people of similar interests. Funny how there are so many uptight hamers out there that only want things said a certan way. Stay in the band plan, and a few other simple basic rules. Doesnt any body remember the rules? Give your call sign every 10 minutes. I think to many people are taking it all to seriously. ![]()
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