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
Permitted | Example Message |
Yes | “Tornado sighted six miles north |
| of town.” |
No | “Post number 10. |
| No tornado sighted.” |
Yes | “Out of gas on |
| marker 211.” |
No | “Out of gas in my driveway.” |
Yes | “Four car accident on |
| Exit 11. Send police and |
| ambulance.” |
No | “Traffic moving smoothly on |
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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