Cobra 29 LTD NW 29 LTD Manual - Page 8

How Your CB Can Serve You Your CB Radio Can: • 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 antennas. 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. Set Channel 9 For Emergencies Be sure antenna is properly connected. 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. I njuries Number. Type. Trapped? P roblem Give details and help needed. Transmit CLIP repeatedly so any monitor can assist. NOTE: If no response on channel 9, try channels 19 or 14. 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 Yes No Example Message "Tornado sighted six miles north of town." "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." 14 English 15