/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>224870
Depends. On Ch19, most truckers use plain english, although there is some slang. Smokey bears are cops, a chicken coop is a weigh station. If someone says "Smokey bear at the 49", they mean, there is a cop at the 49 mile marker.

For "talking skip" though, there is a looottt of lingo. I can't even begin to explain it, it is it's own language. But, they typically use made up callsigns that are a made up number with a handle attached to it. Like "This is 1138 Snakeboy coming at chu from the Texas Panhandle...I'm liivvee and checkin' the mail".

CB skip:
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYS1Owxt9fo

Oh, by the way, Channel 6 AM is the "CB Superbowl"...basically, it's a power competition. People "step all over each other" (transmit over each other), trying to come out on top and get their message across.

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKyEaKyl5Qs
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXp2YTePerE

Comparison of amateur radio vs CB
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EciIhwKfxp8