How Your Cb Can Serve You - Cobra 29 LTD Series Owner's Manual

How Your CB Can Serve You

Your CB Radio Can:
• Warn of traffic problems
• Provide weather and road data
• Provide help in event of an emergency
• Provide direct contact with home or office
• Assist police by reporting erratic drivers
• Get "local information" to find destination
• Communicate with family and friends
• Suggest spots to eat and sleep
• Keep you alert while traveling
A Few Rules You Should Know:
A. Conversations cannot last more than 5 minutes with another station. A one minute
break is required to let others use the channel.
B. You cannot blast others off the air by use of illegally amplified transmitters or illegally
high antennas.
C. You cannot use CB to promote illegal activities.
D. Profanity is not allowed.
E. You may not transmit music with a CB.
F. Selling of merchandise and/or services is prohibited.
Set Channel 9 For Emergencies
Be sure antenna is properly connected.
CB Distress Data
When transmitting an emergency, you should request a "REACT BASE" and provide the CB
distress data (called CLIP):
C all Sign
Identify yourself.
L ocation Be exact.
I njuries
Number. Type. Trapped?
P roblem Give details and help needed.
Transmit CLIP repeatedly so any monitor can assist.
NOTE: If no response on channel 9, try channels 19 or 14.
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How Your CB Can Serve You
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. Send 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."
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