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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Cobra Electronics 25 NW specifications Permitted Example Message