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Longhauler Lingo - CB Slang
Quick Find
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Channel 19 - official truckers channel
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Channel 9 - emergency channel
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Alligator - tread from 18-wheeler
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At your back door - behind you
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Back it up - slow down
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Back out - finished talking
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Backdoor closed - rear of convoy covered
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Backslide - return trip
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Blow in smoke - load CB signal
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Blue slip - traffic ticket
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Bobtail - no trailer
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Boulevard - interstate highway
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Break - proper way to access CB channel
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Bring it back - answer back
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Bubba - friend
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Bumper sticker - car following too close
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Bingo cards - state trucking permits
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Brush your teeth and comb your hair - radar ahead
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Bumper lane - passing lane
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Cash register - toll booth
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Chicken coup - weigh stations
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Clean shot - road ahead all clear
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Come again - please repeat
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Comeback - please answer
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Comic book - log book
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Container - 18 wheeler
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Copy - receiving transmission
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Copying the mail - just listening
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Cowboy - trucker who constantly changes lanes
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Crotch rocket - motorcycle
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Curley Locks - coils on a rig
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Dead head - hauling empty trailer
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Do it to it - speed it up
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Double Harley - channel 11
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Double key - two stations talking at same time
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Double nickel - 55 mph
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Down stroke - going downhill
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Dragon wagon - tow truck
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Dream weaver - driver all over the road
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Dry box - un-refrigerated load
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Ears on Easy chair - listening to CB
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Eat um up - middle truck in convoy
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Fat load - overweight truck
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Fed the bears - got a ticket
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Flag waver - highway crew
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Flip flop - return trip
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Four - short for 10-4 code
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Four wheeler - car
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Front door - lead truck in convoy
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Forty two - I agree with you
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Flop box - motel/truckstop
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Fox hunt - FCC hunting for illegal operators
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Gear jammer - speeder
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Gear slammer - trucker changes speed a lot
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Getting out - being heard on CB
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Going horizontal - going to sleep
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Got a copy - can you hear me?
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Got your ears on - are you listening?
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Green stamp road - toll road
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Green stamps - money for fines
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Hammer down - speed up
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Hammer off - slow up
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Handle - CB name
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Hiding in the grass - cop in median
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Highball - nonstop to destination
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I'm gone - will no longer be transmitting
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In a short - soon
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Invitations - traffic tickets
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Juvenile delinquent - someone pretending to be a trucker
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Keying the mike - activating mike without speaking
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Log some z's - get sleep
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Mile marker - mileposts on interstate
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Mix master - cloverleaf on highway
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Mud duck - poor CB signal
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Negative copy - didn’t hear you
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Negatory - no
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Neon jockey - truck with many lights
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Night crawlers - police in area
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On the side - pulled off on the shoulder
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On the by - listening but not talking
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Out - through transmitting
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Over - your turn to speak
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Over your shoulder - behind you
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Parking lot - traffic jam
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Pickle park - rest area
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Picture taker - radar
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Plain wrapper - unmarked police car
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Pull in for the big one - layover
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Put an eyeball on - look at
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Read - Can you hear me
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Rest um up - truck stop
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Rig - tractor
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Radio check - call to see if your CB is transmitting
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Rake the leaves - last vehicle in string
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Readin' the mail - listening to the CB
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Rocking chair - vehicle between 2 trucks
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Roger/Roger dodger - OK
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Roller skate - small car
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Running barefoot - CB at legal level
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Sand bagging - listening / not talking on CB
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Seat cover - attractive female in a vehicle
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Shake the leaves - see what’s ahead
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Shiny side - top of trailer
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Skateboard - flatbed trailer
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Skip - distant stations
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Skippers - CB'ers who talk long distance
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Smile and comb your hair - radar ahead
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Stepped on - interfered with your transmission
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Sweeping the leaves - see what’s behind
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Taking pictures - police radar
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Ten roger - message received
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That's a four - message understood
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Two wheeler - motorcycle
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Train station - traffic court that fines everyone
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Walked on - overpowered by stronger signal
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Wall to wall and treetop tall - strong signal
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We're clear - sign off
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We're down out and on the side - no longer talking but
listening
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We're gone - sign off
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Wear your bumper out - following too close
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What's your 20 - where are you
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Whip - long CB antenna
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Window wash - rain storm
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Yardstick - mile marker
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Zoo - highway patrol headquarter
CB Terms - General
CB Terms - Police
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Bear - highway patrol
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Bear bait - lead truck in convoy
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Bear cave - police station
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Bear in the air - overhead highway patrol
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Bear in a brown wrapper - unmarked police car
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Bear meat - speeding truck driver
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Black and white - patrol car
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Blue light special - cop car
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Boy scout - state police
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Bubble gum machine - cop car
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Camera - radar
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City kitty - local cop - female
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County mountie - sheriffs deputy
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Cub scouts - sheriffs deputies
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Evil Knieval - motorcycle cop
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Feed the bears - get a ticket
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Green stamp collector - police with radar
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Honey bear - female cop
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Jack rabbit - cop
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Local yokel - city cop
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Picture taker - radar
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Plain wrapper - unmarked police car
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Pole cat - black and white
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Portrait painter - radar
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Smokey - state police
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Smokey on 4 legs - mounted police
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Taking pictures each way - two way radar
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Tijuana taxi - well marked cop car
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Zoo - highway patrol headquarters
“CB” Destinations - City / State
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Astrodome City - Houston, TX
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Atlantic City - San Antonio, TX
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B Town - Birmingham, AL
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Bay City - San Francisco, CA
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Bean town - Boston, MA
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Beer City - Milwaukee, WI
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Big A - Amarillo, TX
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Big D - Dallas, TX
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Big M - Memphis, TN
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Big T - Tucson, AZ
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Bikini State - Florida
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Buckeye St - Ohio
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Bull City - Durham, NC
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Cactus Patch - Phoenix, AZ
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Capital City - Raleigh, NC
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Capital J - Jackson, MS
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Choo Choo town - Chattanooga, TN
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Cigar City - Tampa, Fl
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Cow town - Fort Worth, TX
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Derby City - Louisville, KY
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Dirty town - New York City, NY
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Divorce City/Dice City/Sin City - Las Vegas, NV
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Dome - Houston, TX
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Gateway city - St Louis, Missouri
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Ghost town - Casper, WY
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Hog Country - Wyoming
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Hot Lanta - Atlanta, GA
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J town - Jackson, MS
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Mile High - Denver, CO
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Mini State - Maine
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Music City - Nashville, TN
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Queen City - Charlotte, NC
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Rodeo Town - Cheyenne, WY
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Shaky Town - Los Angeles, CA
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Spud Town - Boise, ID
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Superdome City - New Orleans, LA
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Taco Town - Corpus Christi, TX
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Tinsel Town - Hollywood, CA
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Watergate City - Washington, DC
CB Equipment Terms
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AF - audio frequency
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After burner - linear amp
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Alert - Affiliated League of Emergency Radio Team
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Antenna farm - Base station with multiple antennas
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AM - Amplitude modulation
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Base station - fixed location
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Beam - directional antenna
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Barefoot - using an unmodified CB
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Bleed over - strong signals from one channel over another
channel
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Box - linear amplifier
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Breaking up - signal in and out
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Can - shell of CB
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Dropout - fading signal
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FM - frequency modulation
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Foot warmer - linear amp
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Heater - linear amp
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Keyboard - controls of CB
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Kicker - linear amp
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Linear - audio
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Modulation - noise reduction circuit
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Noise blanker/limiter
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PLL - phase lock loop - determines frequencies
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Pills - ref. to transistor finals in linear am
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PTT Switch - push to talk switch
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S Meter - incoming signal strength
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Slider - VFO - clarifier
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