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BigCat says: Don't hog the One Nine! - Channel 19 is not for general conversations.
Move off channel 19 a.s.a.p. & keep the calling channel clear for other breakers ! CB RADIO INFORMATION
How to make a call on a CB: see below > Channel Numbers: see below > CB Controls: see below > Signal Reports: Using the RST reporting method to provide other breakers with meaningful signal reports - strength, audibility, over or under modulation. see below > Signal Meters: How to read S meters and what the scale represents. see below > Phonetic Alphabet: Useful for making yourself understood when signals are weak. see below > Abbreviations: e.g. TX, RX, etc. see below > CB Language: e.g. breaker, good buddy, etc. see below > 10 Codes: e.g. 10-20 see below > Q Codes: e.g. QTH - not used much in CB but you may hear 10 codes sometimes. see below > Decibels: What are decibels? See below > Pleasures and Pitfalls: see below > Freebanding and SSB: Here > Freebanding Frequency and Band Charts - both UK Specific & General: Here > Technical Issues, Transmission Methods and Modulation: SSB, AM, FM: Here > Music about CB Radio: Here > Who uses CB: see below > Ofcom Information: Regulatory & Equipment requirements & CB Operating Practice: Here > A page of CB radio rig and antenna information from Right Channel Radios USA: Here > The CB Calling Channel Traditionally channel 14 was used for home-base calling and channel 19 was used for mobile calls. These days only channel 19 seems to be used as a calling channel. This is done by keying the mic' and saying "One nine for a roger?" or "One nine for a copy?" or even "Hello, is anyone on channel?". CB etiquette dictates that once you have found another breaker to talk to you move to another clear channel to continue the conversation. However it seems that far to many breaker ignore this etiquette and rudely stay on the 19 chatting away and thereby preventing anybody else putting a call out on the channel. When you use the 19 to make a call and find another breaker to talk to, be polite and "Pick another window" i.e. promptly move away to a different channel to continue your conversation there! A conversation on the CB is often called a "QSO". CEPT (EU) and UK Channels: EU (CEPT) Channels
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