List of CB radio terms
The list of CB radio terms contains abbreviations for CB radio operators in German-speaking countries.
Examples of common CB radio and amateur radio Q-keys (selection)
| Q key | meaning |
|---|---|
| QRG | Frequency or channel |
| QRA | The callsign / the station name is ... (e.g. station name is "Eumel") |
| QRM | Impairment due to interference caused by other stations |
| QRN | Impairment due to atmospheric disturbances (e.g. during thunderstorms) |
| QRT | Termination of broadcasting |
| QRV | Readiness to send and receive |
| QRX | Break |
| QRZ | Calling a specific person |
| QSL | acknowledgment of receipt |
| QSO | Radio conversation (or the discussion group) |
| QTH | Name or Maidenhead locator of the location |
| QRU | There is nothing left |
| QRX |
Amateur radio service : Interruption of radio traffic with time and frequency of the resumption CB radio: A newly added station wants to be included in an ongoing radio conversation |
| QZL | Radio message without meaning (memo: nonsense to laugh) |
| 55 | I wish you success! |
| 73 | Best wishes! |
| 88 | Love and kisses! Primarily between couples or as a polite phrase to say goodbye to female radio operators. |
| 99 | Do not disturb, get out of here! |
| 600 (ohms) | Telephone (derived from the telephone line impedance 600 Ω) |
CB radio specific terms
A number of specific terms have become established in CB radio that are not standardized within the framework of the Q codes. Accordingly, there is no glossary of terminology .
- 2 (my 2, the 2)
- Partner
- Make 2 m
- sleep, go to bed
- 2 m horizontally
- sleep, go to bed
- Do 6 m
- to phone
- 128
- Good luck & best regards! (Short form for the two expressions 73 and 55; 73 + 55 gives a total of 128)
- Interceptor
- police
- Disconnect
- End radio communication
- alpha
- see harmonic
- Tape open
- Long radio connections via the reflecting sky wave are possible
- Tin party
- accident
- Braun tube
- Beer bottle
- Break
- Radio
- Iron
- Push away another (weaker) station with higher power
- Break
- Handle radio traffic / or: interruption, interruption (during calls)
- fiddle
- also a name for a home radio
- Breaker
- CB radio operator
- Breaker hill
- exposed location for radio stations, mostly elevations or mountains
- burner
- unauthorized but common transmission power amplifier
- Kojak's traveling cinema; Kojak with Kodak
- Speed trap
- granny
- large burner (100 watts)
- Great-grandma
- very large burner (> 300 watts)
- aunt
- small burner (40 watts)
- The yellow comes
- A measuring vehicle is on the way
- Make the bend
- see "disconnecting"
- Have your red cap on
- Be the control station of a radio circuit
- DV
- Antenna, of the standard type DV-27
- to fly
- be on the move by car / truck, also: "mobile-like"
- Black ice, dry thunderstorms
- Speed trap
- Hand squeezer
- Handheld radio
- Hand cucumber
- Handheld radio
- Blow your hand
- Handheld radio
- HG
- Handheld radio, but also as an abbreviation for background ("Bin mal HG")
- Hi
- (pronounced Ha ih ) Laughter, is also added to a sentence to indicate something funny
- Make background
- be otherwise busy, but ready to receive and approachable
- HQ
- Handheld radio, from "Handquetsche" (hand cucumber)
- coffee machine
- see "burner"
- Go to the pottery
- Go to the toilet
- Theatrical Version
- Base station
- box
- Radio
- Stove
- see "burner"
- My coffee machine makes 50 cups!
- I am currently transmitting (forbidden) with 50 W.
- Put on coal (I'll put some coal on;)
- Increase or increase the transmission power
- Micro
- Microphone ("Mike" or "bone")
- Microwave (noun)
- children
- Trash, mud
- Disturbances of an atmospheric nature, but also disturbances from other stations
- Nickname
- Radio operator nickname
- Harmonic
- Wife or partner, but also: female CB radio operator
- Above all, also above
- Sparks from an elevated position increases the range
- Paula do
- mediate between two radio operators (distant opposite) who cannot reach each other themselves (derived from the Q group "QSP (aula)")
- Powers
- see "Breaken"
- Radio R
- Hearing quality (R = 1 - 5 where 5 = best is also called ufb)
- raging uniform pickle
- Police motorcycle
- Intoxication
- Squelch
- Make relay
- see "Make Paula"
- S value, Santiago S.
- Received signal strength (S = 1–9 (+ db), 9 = best, depending on the digital or analog display)
- Scrap
- Interference on the CB band, caused by undesired transmission of e.g. B. radiation therapy equipment or high-frequency welding equipment
- Throw pebbles over
- Specify the kilometer board on the motorway
- Skip
- Range increase by mirroring the signal in the ionosphere (Skip is open, e.g. with Sporadic-E )
- asparagus
- antenna
- stereo
- Two transmitters transmit at the same time
- accommodating
- unfavorable location in the valley or antenna under the roof
- Station xy, there where the red hand shines
- Station xy is the control station of the radio circuit
- carrier
- A transmitter intentionally or unintentionally sends a signal without modulation, i.e. it only sends the carrier frequency
- Carrier plates or pushers
- A radio operator who only emits an unmodulated transmission in order to disturb other breakers and prevent their radio traffic.
- Full stop
- The needle of the analog signal meter can no longer deflect because the measuring range is insufficient for the incoming signal strength
- whiskey
- of whiskey for "W" for watt , as a power indicator synonymous with "cup" etc.
- X come
- the newly added station is now allowed to transmit, all others have a short transmission break
- X-er
- newly added station after the "QRX call" (see above)
- Brick or Ziagl
- a common name in Austria for a burner
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of commonly used abbreviations ( Memento from January 28, 2001 in the Internet Archive )