Owner's Manual

How Your CB Can Serve You
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The FCC gives these examples of permitted and
prohibited messages for channel 9. These are
only guidelines and not all-inclusive:
Permitted Example Message
Yes “Tornado sighted six miles north
of town.”
No “Post number 10.
No tornado sighted.”
Yes “Out of gas on I-95 at mile
marker 211.”
No “Out of gas in my driveway.”
Yes “Four car accident on I-94 at
Exit 11. S
end police and
ambulance.”
No “Traffic moving smoothly on I-94.”
Yes “Weather Bureau has issued
thunderstorm warning.
Bring sailboat into port.”
No “Attention motorists.
Weather Bureau advises snow
tomorrow will accumulate
4 to 6 inches.”
Yes “Fire in building
at 539 Main,
Evanston.”
No “Halloween patrol number 3.
All quiet.”