AAM    As a matter of fact.
AB    Ah Bless!
AFAIK    As Far As I Know
AFK    Away From Keyboard
AKA    Also known as
AML    All my love
ASAP    As Soon As Possible
ASL    Age, Sex, Location
ATB    All the best
ATK    At the keyboard
ATM    At the moment
ATW    At the weekend
AWHFY    Are we having fun yet
B-)    Sunglasses
B:-)    Sunglasses on head
B4    Before
B4N    Bye For Now
BAK    Back At Keyboard
BBL    Be Back Later
BBS    Be Back Soon
BBSD    Be back soon darling
BCNU    Be seein' you
BF    Boy Friend
BFN/B4N    Bye For Now
BGWM    Be gentle with me
BRB    Be Right Back
BRT    Be Right There
BTW    By The Way
C|    Smiling with top hat
c|B-)    Ali G
Cld9?    Cloud 9?
Cm    Call me
CU    See You
CUIMD    See you in my dreams
Cul    See you later
CUL8R    See you later
CYA    See You
d:-)    Smiling with cap
DK    Don't know
DUR?    Do you remember
E2EG    Ear to ear grin
EOD    End of discussion
EOL    End of lecture
F?    Friends
F2F    Face to face
F2T    Free to talk
FAQ    Frequently Asked Questions
FC    Fingers Crossed
FITB    Fill in the Blank
FWIW    For What It's Worth
FYA    For your amusement
FYEO    For your eyes only
FYI    For Your Information
G9    Genius
GAL    Get A Life
GF    Girlfirend
GG    Good Game
GMTA    Great minds think alike
GR8    Great
GSOH    Good Salary, Own Home / Good Sense of Humour
GTSY    Glad to see you
H&K    Hugs and Kisses
H2CUS    Hope to see you soon
H8    Hate
HAGN    Have a good night
HAND    Have a nice day
IC    I See
ICQ    I Seek you
IDK    I dont know
IIRC    If I recall correctly
ILU    I love you
IMBL    It must be Love
IMFL    I'm Falling in Love
IMHO    In my honest/humble opinion
IMI    I mean it
IMO    In my opinion
IOW    In other words...
IRL    In real life
IUSS    If you say so
J4F    Just for fun
JFK    Just for kicks
KC    Keep cool
KHUF    Know how you feel
KISS    Keep it simple, stupid
KIT    Keep in touch
KOTC    Kiss on the cheek
KOTL    Kiss on the lips
L8    Late
L8r    Later
LDR    Long distance relationship
LMAO    Laugh my ass off
LMFAO    Laugh my f*****g ass off
LOL    Laughing out loud
LTNC    Long time no see
M8    Mate
MC    Merry Christmas
MGB    May God Bless
MOB    Mobile
MTE    My thoughts exactly
MYOB    Mind your own business
NA    No access
NC    No comment
NE    Any
NE1    Anyone
NGL    Not Gonna Lie
NO1    No-One
NRN    No Reply Necessary
NWO    No way out
O4U    Only for you
OIC    Oh, I see
OTOH    On the other hand
OU    I owe you
PCM    Please call me
PITA    Pain the the ass
PPL    People
PRT    Party
PRW    Parents Are Watching
QT    Cutie
R    Are
RMB    Ring my Bell
ROFL    Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROFLOL    Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
RU?    Are you?
RUOK?    Are you Ok?
SC    Stay cool
SETE    Smiling Ear to Ear
SK8    Skate
SME1    Some One
SO    Significant Other
SOL    Sooner or later
SRY    Sorry
STATS    Your sex and age
SWALK    Sent/Sealed with a loving Kiss
SWG    Scientific Wild Guess
T+    Think positive
T2Go    Time to Go
T2ul    Talk to you later
TDTU    Totally devoted to you
THX    Thank You
THX40    Thanks for nothing!
TTFN    Ta-Ta For Now!
TTYL    Talk To You Later
U    You
U2    You Too
U4E    Yours For Ever
UR    You are
URT1    Your are the one
W4u    Waiting for you
W8    Wait...
WAG    Wild ass guess
WAN2    Want to
WB    Welcome Back
WRT    With respect to
WTF    What the f...
WTG    Way to go!
WUF    Where are you from?
WUWH    Wish you were here
X    Kiss
X!    Typical Woman
Y!    Typical Man
YBS    You’ll be Sorry

O = Hug


You forgot one.


Or two


IOU = I owe you


And what is STAT that the hospitals and doctors use. Means soonest I think

CUL8R only one I use on phone I try to send texts in clear english, not all abbreviations are recognisable.

What does that mean ? I get from my neice occasionally she is 24 , I am 73, funnily enough I can often work them out, must have been years of using slidex codes in the army in 50's

Good one Chris. Are you entering the post at the top of the page every time you post or come in from a link? I came in from my email link and arrived at the top of the page. Now I will post this and it will go to the bottom of the page but I go to the top of the page and have to scroll down to see my post.


Is this happening to you too?

I have always had to do this write at top post at top scroll down

I have noticed that before when i clicked on a link from an e-mail it took me to the post but it does not do that now however one improvement is that for the first time I can now post with IE9 before i had to bring up GOOGLE then sign in then find post again to reply

Intriguing this time when i did an edit it went back to my post but maybe that is because i edited it.

This will only become a niggle if there are a number of pages and you have to scroll down to the end again

When I put the above edit in I had to scroll down again so it works as it pleases I think

Last time I had to scroll down H'sIA what ever

chris

wonder why every incarnation the site looks worse than before???


Can't find 'latest posts' at all.


Still hasn't got the html codes option available which will be a lot easier if something goes wrong with the script.


And am still having problems with the LI as it kicks me out.


But getting back to the subject at hand.


 


I left a lot out as they are CC codes that will create Smileys when you show them like the colon and right bracket.


 


I remember reading that txt is the modern shorthand.


Not everyone can do shorthand and  most shorthand is very personal.


Problem with some texting is that ppl will spell phonetically. The ones that have problems with spelling in general, normal or texting are dyslexic.


Age has nothing to do with it.


 


In my work we use a lot of 10-codes.


For instance: 'Comms-55 - 55 go ahead - 10-27 12345 10-35 10-16 - 10-4 10-16 Set - 10-4'


What did I say here? What did I mean?


It all numbers, but they do have meaning. You know I was talking to someone, and they were talking to me.

I used to know all the 10 codes. is not 10X10 okay. I can't remember your location and going to the bathroom though LOL 10-4 is Okay

each company has their own code.

For example: 10-2 for Police and First Security its literally 'going to', but for Icon Security its 10-3.
Most Security companies have only ten codes, but Icon Security uses forty, although only a handful of codes get used at a time.

These codes were developed so that if someone was eavesdropping they couldn't figure it out that Hawaii 5-0 was on the way

• Below are the Citizens band radio codes that are pretty much universal in nature. Used in Canada, USA and most english speaking countires. This is also what the RCMP and Vancouver Police use. Most Canadian police use it as well as most radio operators, wither they are on private of public band widths. Even the Radio Phones of the 1980's and 1990's used this code as I used it with the operators when I drove hot shot truck in Lloydminster Alberta in the mid 1980's
• 10-1- Receiving Poorly
• 10-2- Receiving Well
• 10-3- Stop Transmitting
• 10-4- Ok, Message Received
• 10-5- Relay Message
• 10-6- Busy, Stand By
• 10-7- Out of Service, Leaving Air
• 10-8- In Service, subject to call
• 10-9- Repeat Message
• 10-10- Transmission Completed, Standing By
• 10-11- Talking too Rapidly
• 10-12- Visitors Present
• 10-13- Advise weather/road conditions
• 10-16- Make Pickup at...
• 10-17- Urgent Business
• 10-18- Anything for us?
• 10-19- Nothing for you, return to base
• 10-20- My Location is ......... or What's your Location?
• 10-21- Call by Telephone
• 10-22- Report in Person too ......
• 10-23- Stand by
• 10-24- Completed last assignment
• 10-25- Can you Contact .......
• 10-26- Disregard Last Information/Cancel Last Message/Ignore
• 10-27- I am moving to Channel ......
• 10-28- Identify your station
• 10-29- Time is up for contact
• 10-30- Does not conform to FCC Rules
• 10-32- I will give you a radio check
• 10-33- Emergency Traffic at this station
• 10-34- Trouble at this station, help needed
• 10-35- Confidential Information
• 10-36- Correct Time is .........
• 10-38- Ambulance needed at .........
• 10-39- Your message delivered
• 10-41- Please tune to channel ........
• 10-42- Traffic Accident at ..........
• 10-43- Traffic tieup at .........
• 10-44- I have a message for you (or .........)
• 10-45- All units within range please report
• 10-50- Break Channel
• 10-62- Unable to copy, use phone
• 10-62sl- unable to copy on AM, use Sideband - Lower (not an official code)
• 10-62su- unable to copy on AM, use Sideband - Upper (not an official code)
• 10-65- Awaiting your next message/assignment
• 10-67- All units comply
• 10-70- Fire at .......
• 10-73- Speed Trap at ............
• 10-75 -You are causing interference
• 10-77 -Negative Contact
• 10-84 -My telephone number is .........
• 10-85 -My address is ...........
• 10-91 -Talk closer to the Mike
• 10-92 -Your transmitter is out of adjustment
• 10-93 -Check my frequency on this channel
• 10-94 -Please give me a long count
• 10-95 -Transmit dead carrier for 5 sec.
• 10-99 -Mission completed, all units secure
• 10-100 - Need to go to Bathroom
• 10-200 - Police needed at ..........

yes, that list is very universal.

but you're missing the point I was trying to make.

also I'm not allowed to reveal what the codes are of the security company I work for... because I still work for them.

They are however, completely different and quite stupid at times.

there's one we can't use. In your CB list above it says 10-28 'identify your station' - this is interesting and shows how old this is. CB receivers in the old days could not display channels like the modern ones in the past decade can. I've had three analog CBs one of which was a Tait 2000 and that was a really good analog scanner too. It was a similar model to what the NZ Police were using. But the Police went digital a couple of years ago so the CBs/RTs became obsolete.













Anyhoo, the code we have at work we don't use is 10-28 which means for our work 'leaving reception area'.
The reason why this is useless is that you have to know well in advance when you will lose reception. We've figured out certain deadspots, especially out it the wop-wops (google it up).

Different companies use different codes. With digital it doesn't matter and also the codes shorten the length of time when we're on air. If its going to be a long story get Comms to phone you. Those are our instructions.

but anyway.
Most of those codes above are obsolete.

CB radio died a suddenn death here in the UK when Short wave was banned,not that it was ever legal, this was in the 60's.

I dont know if any of the truckers still have FM but you dont see twigs sticking out of cab roofs.

Codes were not really used at all as it was hard enogh keeping ahead of the law ,it was all illegal, possession was not illegal but using a CB radio was. the occasional "What's your 20" was used. we also had nick-names for variuos places around the town, reservation, for an upmarket area of town, big twig was a cross roads alongside of which was a tv relay tower etc, fun while it lasted

It got very expensive with HAM international super upper side bands, so it became very elitist another reason for its demise.

With the mobile phones of today who needs it??

Chris

range is good and its free, provided you got a wicked aerial.


and anyway... my RT set is Analog, not shortwave.


Ambulance and Fire still use Analog.


Most other companies, Police, security, buses, truckers... have all gone Digital.


There really isn't any need for these complicated codes... but it does shorten the time to get info across especially if its routine.

Wow I only know a handful of these. And at my age you'd expect me to know more.


I much prefer not to use these abbreviations they are one my niggles, Facebook and text message seem to the main ones were this is used or are people just becoming that lazy they can not be bothered to write the full words.

ppl r gtn lz

If often see LTC on ebay listings.

What does it mean ?