If you recall CB Radio from the 70's and 80's you may probably remember that part of the attraction was the unique terminology that was an obligatory aspect of using the CB Radio in those days. Apart from the numerous slang and special words used there was an etiquette used by most CB Users when making contact with each other.
In the 80's in the UK, channel 14 was used as the calling channel, at least on the newly legalised FM frequencies. Over on the AM Band which was never legalised in the UK but was commonly used by people who had originally got into CB Radio through the various imported AM Rigs that came into the country from the USA, a lot of people still made use of Channel 19 as the calling channel which was what was used in the States.
In those days there were a great deal of people on the channels and there was by no means a shortfall of folks to talk to. Even without any formal training it didn't take too very long to figure out how best to make contact with somebody and then find out information from them without them needing to identify themselves or any actual specifics about themselves. Certainly there were a set of understood 'rules' which most of most people observed, at least in the early days
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