Cobra Electronics 37 ST How Your CB Can Serve You, Few Rules You Should Know

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How Your CB Can Serve You

How Your CB Can Serve You

A Few Rules

You Should

Know

•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 an tennas.

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.

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.

Channel 9

Emergency

Messages

Note

If no response on channel 9, try channels 19 or 14.

1.Set to channel 9 for emergencies

Be sure antenna is properly connected.

2.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.

Injuries Number. Type. Trapped?

P roblem Give details and help needed.

Transmit CLIP repeatedly so any monitor can assist.

	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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