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USING COMMON 10-CODES

Citizen’s band operators have largely adopted the 10-codes for standard questions and answers. These codes permit faster communication and better intelligibility in noisy areas. The following table lists some of the more common codes and their meanings.

Code

Meaning

 

 

 

 

10-1

Receiving poorly/Cannot

 

understand your message

 

 

10-2

Receiving well/Your signal is

 

good

 

 

10-3

Stop transmitting

 

 

10-4

OK/Message received and

 

understood

 

 

10-5

Relay information to _______

 

 

10-6

I am busy or are you busy?

 

 

10-7

Out of service

 

 

10-8

In service

 

 

10-9

Repeat last message

 

 

10-10

Negative/No or standing by

 

 

10-11

__________ in service

 

 

10-12

Stand by

 

 

10-13

Request/report road/weather

 

conditions

 

 

10-14

Information

 

 

10-15

Message delivered

 

 

10-16

Reply to message

 

 

10-17

En route

 

 

Code

Meaning

 

 

 

 

10-18

Urgent

 

 

10-19

Contact ______________

 

 

10-20

What is your location?

 

 

10-21

Call _________ by telephone

 

 

10-22

Cancel/disregard previous

 

message

 

 

10-23

Arrived at the destination

 

 

10-24

Assignment complete

 

 

10-25

Meet ________________

 

 

10-26

Estimated time of arrival is

 

__________

 

 

10-29

Check records

 

 

10-30

Use caution/Unauthorized

 

use of radio

 

 

10-31

Pick up

 

 

10-33

Emergency/Clear the chan-

 

nel

 

 

10-34

What time is it?

 

 

10-36

The correct time is ________

 

 

10-41

Switch to Channel ________

 

 

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Radio Shack TRC-488 owner manual Using Common 10-CODES, Code Meaning