CB
Codes and some of their uses....
On the CB there
are several terms used. Most are used on 27MHz CB
however, only some 10 codes are used on UHF.
The following codes
are commonly used
- 10-1- Receiving Poorly
- 10-2- Receiving Well
- 10-3- Stop Transmitting
- 10-4- Ok, Message Received
- 10-5- Relay Message
- 10-6- Busy, Stand By
- 10-7- Out of Service, Leaving 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 Pickup at...
- 10-17- Urgent Business
- 10-18- Anything for us?
- 10-19- Nothing for you, return to base
- 10-20- My Location is ......... or What's your
Location?
- 10-21- Call by Telephone
- 10-22- Report in Person too ......
- 10-23- Stand by
- 10-24- Completed last assignment
- 10-25- Can you Contact .......
- 10-26- Disregard Last Information/Cancel Last
Message/Ignore
- 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 at this station
- 10-34- Trouble at this station, help needed
- 10-35- Confidential Information
- 10-36- Correct Time is .........
- 10-38- Ambulance needed at .........
- 10-39- Your message delivered
- 10-41- Please tune to channel ........
- 10-42- Traffic Accident at ..........
- 10-43- Traffic tie-up at .........
- 10-44- I have a message for you (or .........)
- 10-45- All units within range please report
- 10-50- Break Channel
- 10-62- Unable to copy, use phone
- 10-62sl- unable to copy on AM, use Sideband
- Lower (not an official code)
- 10-62su- unable to copy on AM, use Sideband
- Upper (not an official code)
- 10-65- Awaiting your next message/assignment
- 10-67- All units comply
- 10-70- Fire at .......
- 10-73- Speed Trap at ............
- 10-75 -You are causing interference
- 10-77 -Negative Contact
- 10-84 -My telephone number is .........
- 10-85 -My address is ...........
- 10-91 -Talk closer to the Mike
- 10-92 -Your transmitter is out of adjustment
- 10-93 -Check my frequency on this channel
- 10-94 -Please give me a long count
- 10-95 -Transmit dead carrier for 5 sec.
- 10-99 -Mission completed, all units secure
- 10-100 - Need to go to Bathroom
- 10-200 - Police needed at ..........
Q-codes are used in many kinds
of radio communications, including CB sideband but not typically on CB AM.
(If your radio doesn't have sideband, don't worry about Q-codes.) Q-codes
originated with amateur radio but their use in CB, even more so than 10-codes,
can vary depending on who published the list.
The following is
an abbreviated list of Q-codes borrowed from amateur radio:
|
Going
QRT
|
Switching
off now
|
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Receiving
QRM
|
I'm getting
interference from another station
|
|
Having
QRN trouble
|
Having
static trouble.
|
|
That was
a quick QSO!
|
That was
a quick chat!
|
|
QSY to
channel...
|
Go to
channel...
|
|
CQDX CQDX...
|
Seek you
long distance, seek you long distance.
|
|
What's
your QTH
|
What's
your location?
|
On SSB it sometimes
becomes difficult to understand skip stations or low down stations, but on AM
it isn't.
So when radio communications started up they invented the Phonetic alphabet.
- A=Alpha
- B=Bravo
- C=Charlie
- D=Delta
- E=Echo
- F=Foxtrot
- G=Golf
- H=Hotel
- I=India
- J=Juliet
- K=Kilo
- L=Lima
- M=Mike
- N=November
- O=Oscar
- P=Papa
- Q=Quebec
- R=Romeo
- S=Sierra
- T=Tango
- U=Uniform
- V=Victor
- W=Whiskey
- X=X-ray
- Y=Yankee
- Z=Zulu
Updated on Sunday, 17 
January
1999