"Breaker"

You are much better off, to cup your hand over the mike, and have the fan on high in the cabin, to simulate wind rushing through a broken cockpit windscreen, then say..."Mayday...Mayday.... this is...." then go all quiet.

You won't believe the silence that his will cause, the silence, before the storm..."This is VBF 678, would the Mayday please repeat?"

Then all and sundry will join in, and try to work out, over what range, who got the signal the strongest, and then head over to the crash zone.

This is one of the lesser known procedures, but it is used to clear the campsites ahead, because everyone else is looking for the plane, and are too busy to worry about getting the best spots.

On the other hand, you could, maybe, do the Kris Kristofferson thing, and do the breaker thing.....

goodday wayne
sounds about what i call
normally call breaker breaker and wait for a call back if no reply within a few minutes call again if its important like waiting because you think other trucks could be coming over a hill or dune then either break in or tell them its urgent

steve

wayne,
to be honest, I have only heard that on the movie "Convoy".
I listen for a name or call name & say..
"Copy (The name youhear) on channel (Whatever channel you are listening on)"
eg. "Copy Wayne on channel 40"..
works for me...

I only talk to truckies from time to time...like

"Hey Big Mac...If ya get off me ass I will let you pass"

And they would respond....

"X%$@*&^%$#@ !!!' Thanks Mate"

Or "Hey you with in the green Tojo......how come you only have one back wheel?"

Travellers in the Simspon get real irate when you run a different channel to 10. Trouble is when it gets busy their is a lt of crap talk on and other users don't relise that everyone else can hear what they are saying

rather than just "breaker" add your location or as a earlier reply add their name or vechecle type if known.
We also pay atention to numbers on vehicles travelling pass or around us so we also know the channel they sit on

When there is a break I just say excuse me and ask my question, and then say thank you when they answer it.

Hi Wayne,

We usually do the breaker breaker routine and if it is urgent then we physically say the word urgent to try and get some airtime. Usually works.

Hi Wayne,
Ahh..radio etiquite..listen to the convo when theres a gap in there covo just say "breaker standing by"..and if that does'nt work..just repeat break..break..this is a lot ruder but sometimes you have to be more acertive..if its an emergency..all station stand by this is an emergency..this is an emergency..over...I would only ever use mayday..mayday if you are in grave imediate danger,as you could end up in the pokie if you mobilise the troops for nothing.Hope this Helps.
JD

Pan, pan pan is the urgency signal.....

Never use Mayday unless your are in real Stukk.....

In the old days when you had to have licences for CBs the way that you broke into a conversation was to use your callsign (instead of using Breaker) you just popped up with your callsign,, however now that CB is regulated or rather not regulated and subject to a class licence all hope of civility of operation seems to have flown out othe the window.

Its time for a code of conduct to be enforced and mandatoy callsigns to be issued and perhaps licencing to be re introduced

john

Hi Wayne,
my hubby is a truckie and I also have a UHF in my vehicle. Breaker breaker is old. The terminology these days is, "do you copy north/south/east/west bound"
if you don't get an answer repeat again. This usually works.
Barb

You could always try :-

"Breaker 19 this here's the Duck"
"You gotta copy on me PigPen C'Mon"

Worked in the song/movie Convoy :):):):)

Wayne I normally just say "Last caller on channel ????? can you advise what track your on or your location" and then when they respond ask the other relevant questions.

This is a pretty typical request on VHF in and around the Port areas and comes across quite well.

Breaker Breaker sound like Yank crap these days.