This is the assorted codes page. They don't really have a category.
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CQ General call to any/all stations - CQ DX Call to distant stations
QRA What is the name of your station?
QRB How far approximately are you from my station?
QRD Where are you bound and where are you from?
QRG Will you tell me my exact frequency?
QRH Does my frequency vary?
QRK What is the readability of my signals(l-5)?
QRL Are you busy?
QRM Are you being interfered with? - Man-made interference
QRN Are you troubled by static? - Atmospheric noise
QRT Shall I stop sending? - "on-the-side"
QRU Have you anything for me?
QRV Are you ready?
QRW Shall I tell that you are calling him on channel ?
QRX When will you call again? - "off-the-air"
QRY What is my turn?
QRZ Who is calling me?
QSA What is the strength of my signals (1-5)?
QSB Are my signals fading?
QSL Can you acknowledge receipt? - Acknowledged
QSO Can you communicate with direct or by relay? - Also used
for "a communication" or a conversation
QSW Do you wish to transmit on this frequency?
QSX Will you listen to on channel ?
QSY Shall I change to another frequency? - Changing frequency
QTE What is my TRUE bearing from you? or What is my TRUE
bearing from?
QTH What is your position in latitude and longitude? - location
QTI What is your TRUE course?
QTJ What is your speed?
QTL What is your TRUE heading?
QTK What is the exact time?
QTU What are the hours during which your station is open?
QTX Will you keep your station open for further communication
with me until further notice (or until hours)?
QUA Have you news of - ?
QUD Have you received the urgent signal sent by ?
QUF Have you received the distress signal sent by?
Some More Codes
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73 ---------- greatings
88 ---------- love
Contest ---------- contest who makes most connections
cq ---------- general call
dx ---------- long range contact
gmt ---------- general time
ham ---------- radio amateur
lsb ---------- lower side band
old lady ---------- wife of a ham
qra ---------- station name
qrb ---------- distance between 2 stations
qrg ---------- right frequentie
qrl ---------- station is busy
qrm ---------- hear much noise
qrp ---------- low power connection
qrt ---------- quit transmitting
qrv ---------- ready to transmit or recieve
qrz ---------- being called by a station
qra ---------- report of speach quality 1to5
qsb ---------- if you suffer fading on a frequentie
qsl ---------- send a cart to confirm a connection
qso ---------- connaction between 1 or more stations
qsp ---------- sending true a message
qsy ---------- use a diverent frequentie
qth ---------- location of a station
qtr ---------- correct time
usb ---------- upperside band
Alligator: Refers to a retread which has come off a tire and is lying on the roadway. "Watch out for the alligator in the granny land by the one five six mile marker!"
Alligator station: All mouth and no ears, a yapper.
Anchored modulator: Base station operator.
Appliance operator: An in-experienced CB operator.
Band Aid Wrapper: An ambulance. Also see "Wrapper."
Barley Pop: A beverage made from barley and hops - beer.
Base (Base Station): A CB transceiver located in an apartment, home, or business that is a fixed location, as opposed to a mobile unit installed in a vehicle.
Bear: Police.
Bear in the Bushes: Police hiding.
Beast: Unaffectionate term for CB transceiver: "The beast is only putting out three watts." Usually a rig that is not operating properly.
Big Charlie: Also known as the Big Double-C - the Federal Communications Commission. Originally a ham term.
Big Ears: A good receiver.
Big Slab: A big slab of concrete is an expressway.
Big Switch: The on-off control. Usually used in telling another that you intend to leave the air: "Time to pull the big switch, 0l' Buddy."
Black Water: Coffee.
Breaker: A term, along with "Break," used when a CB operator wants others on a channel to break off routine chatter: "Breaker. Breaker.,,
Breaking Wind: The lead vehicle in a group of vehicles in communication by CB. See also "Front Door" and "Shaking the Trees."
Brush Your Teeth and Comb Your Hair: Phrase used to tell another he's approaching a radar-equipped police car ("Picture Taker"). To look your best means you've got to be legal.
Bubblegummer: A teenage CB operator.
Chrome Dome: A mobile antenna mounted on the roof of a four-wheeler (car). Used to help another CBer identify your car: "I'm in a blue Dodge with a chrome dome."
Convoy: A group of vehicles traveling together, -usually at a higher than legal speed.
Copy: To receive a radio transmission with sufficient clarity to understand the message. " I copy, Rolling Stone." "Anyone with a copy, come in."
Daddy-0: The Federal Communications Commission, also known as "Big Daddy."
Dog: A Greyhound Bus.
Double Van Gogh: Having no "ears." Signal is out or antenna is broken.
Ears: CB antennas, especially the pairs that are mounted on a truck: "He's got ears." Also known as "flappers."
Fog Lifter: Someone who brings something to a channel - an interesting CBer. See also "Sunbeam."
Four-Wheeler: A passenger car.
Fugitive: A CBer who's not operating on his favorite channel for whatever the reason.
Go-Go Girls: Truckers' term for honest-to-goodness farm animals - pigs. Why pigs are associated with go-go girls is unknown.
Good Buddy: Like "Ole' Buddy," a term used among truckers and others as a salutation when the other operator's handle is unknown: "Hey, good buddy, we're here over your shoulder."
Grass: The median strip of an interstate highway, as in "We've got a Smokey in the grass at marker two-one-eight."
Green Stamps: Money to pay a speeding fine. Smokey: "I'm gonna collect some green stamps." (Catch a speeder and write a ticket requiring payment of a fine.)
Jamboree: An event planned by CBers, usually a club, at some outdoor location, usually with some combination of food and refreshments, games, activities, CB product displays, prize drawings, and entertainment.
Keyboard: Controls on the front panel of a CB transceiver.
Kiddie Car: A school bus.
Knock It Down: Go down to another channel.
Legal Beagle: A CBer who abides by all the FCC rules, including the correct use of his call sign.
Mama Bear: A female policeman or police person.
Man in Slicker: Not a flasher, who serves himself, but a fireman, who serves others. So named because of the slicker raincoat he wears.
Monster Lane: The passing lane of an interstate highway, also known as the "Fifty Dollar Lane."
Modulate (with): To hold a conversation over a CB radio channel. "It's been nice modulation' with you." Derived from a radio term which means to superimpose a voice signal on a carrier signal.
Motion-Lotion: Gasoline or diesel fuel.
Negative Copy: To tell another you did not receive or could not copy, his signal. "That's a negative copy. Come again."
Negatory: No, or negative. Used In place of "negative" for greater clarity.
OM: Acronym for "Old Man," which could refer either to a husband or to one's father. Originally a Ham term.
One-Way Camper: An ambulance.
Over: End of transmission.
Over The Shoulder: To be behind or at the back door.
Papa Panty Hose Junction: A Restaurant or truck stop with a waitress.
Parking Lot: an inter-city expressway
Peanut Butter In The Ears: A reference to a CBers who either does not have his rig turned on, or cannot hear for some other reason
Plain Wrapper: Unmarked police patrol car.
Play Dead: To stand by "play dead, Pink Panther, we got ourselves a breaker.'
Portable Barnyard: A truck hauling cattle or live-stock.
Postholes, A Load Of: An empty truck.
Pounds: Watts you are putting out.
Prescription: Anything not done according to FCC rules.
Pumpkin: A flat tire.
Putting On (out): Used when talking about the amount of power that your transmitter is putting out.
Reefer: A refrigerated truck.
Rig: A CB operators transceiver.
Riot Squad: An unhappy group of neighbors who have television interference (TVI) caused by a radio transmitter in their area - usually that of a ham or CBer.
Roger: Popularly known through air force and other war films, the term is synonymous with message received and understood, "copy," and "ten-four."
Roger Beep: A CB�s signaling tone device.
Roller Skate: A small car.
Sandwich lane: Middle lane on a highway.
Savages: Channel hoggers, also known as "goon squad" or "cartel."
Scale House: A truck weigh station. See "Chicken Coop."
Seat Covers. A woman with a nice pair of legs. Usually, a "nice pair of seat covers." Truckers sit high in their cabs, and they see lots of other things as well.
Shaky Side: Truckers' term for the earthquake-prone side of the country, otherwise known as California. No, the East Coast is not known as the Steady Side, but rather the Dirty Side.
Shanty Shaker: A tractor for moving mobile homes.
Skyhook: Originally an amateur radio term for antenna, still used by hams who also operate CB rigs. The more common CB terms are "ears" or "flappers"
Slider. An illegal device for CBers since all Citizens' Radio equipment must be crystal controlled. A slider is a :variable frequency oscillator (VFO) which can slide across a range of frequencies.
Smoke: As in "How much smoke are we throwin'?" Essentially translates to the amount of power output and quality of signal reception.
Smokey (Smokey Bear): State police officer who generally wears a Smokey the Bear style ranger hat.
Smokey on Rubber: A state patrolman on the move (rolling on his rubber tires).
Snooperscope: Related to the periscope but referring to an illegally high CB antenna.
Sunbeam: When things are rather gloomy on a channel, you're grateful for the sunbeam who comes along with a bright, lively conversation.
Thermos Bottle: A tanker truck, especially one carrying chemicals under pressure or refrigeration.
Throwing: The act of transmitting, usually used with "pounds" in regard to the power of the signal. "How many pounds am I throwing?"
Tightening up The Rubberband: To accelerate, also known as "Putting the Hammer Down."
Tijuana Taxi: A marked State Police car with lights and antenna.
Vertical: Vertical ground plane antenna.
Vertical Side: Vertical polarization.
VFO: Variable frequency oscillator. Enables an operator to select any frequency within a band on which to transmit. Used by hams, but illegal for CBers.
Walking Tall: Good sounding signal.
Walking The Dog: Talking over a long distance.
Wallpaper: One or more QSL cards usually hung on a wall.
Watch Your Donkey: Warning to move (drive) cautiously because of state or local police coming up from the rear.
X-Ray
X-Ray Machine: Radar equipment of local or state police. See also "Picture-Taker" and "Camera."
XYL: An abbreviation for ex-young-lady, or wife. Originally an amateur term, its common equivalent is OW (old woman).
YL: Abbreviation for young lady. Once married, they become XYL's or OW's.
You Got'Em: Acknowledgment that the person called is responding.
Zulu: The last letter in the Phonetic Alphabet
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