User manual

Midnight shopper Thief

Modulation Conversation

Negative copy No reply

Over your shoulder Right behind you

Part your hair Behave yourself - police ahead

Pull your hammer back Slow down

Rat race Congested traffic

Rubberbander New CBer

Sail boat fuel Wind

Smokey dozing Parked police car

Smokey with a camera Police radar

Spaghetti bowl Interchange

Stinger Antenna

Turkey Dumb CBer

Up one Go up one channel

Wall to wall All over/everywhere

What am I putting to you? Please give me an S-meter reading

Q groups

Quite often, abbreviations from the internationally binding Q code

are used which is also applied in naval or amateur radio. Thanks

to these three-letter acronyms, information can be submitted very

fast:

QRA: The name of my vessel (or station) is ...

QRG: Your exact frequency (or that of ...) is ... kHz (or MHz).

QRL: I am busy (or I am busy with ...). Please do not interfere.

QRM: Your transmission is being interfered with ...

or I am being interfered with

QRN: I am troubled by static

QRP: Decrease transmitter power

QRT: Stop sending

QRU: I have nothing for you

QRV: I am ready

QRX: I will call you again at ... hours (on ... kHz (or MHz))

QRZ: You are being called by ... (on ... kHz (or MHz))

QSB: Your signals are fading

QSL: I am acknowledging receipt

QSO: can communicate with ... direct (or by relay through ...)

QSP: I will relay to ... free of charge

QST: General call to all stations

QSY: Change to transmission on another frequency

(or on ... kHz (or MHz))

QTH: My position is ... latitude, ... longitude (or according to

any other indication)