Daddy-O---- F.C.C. )

Dago---- ( San Diego,California-USA. )

Dandruff---- ( Snow flurries. )

Dang---- ( Country term for darn or damn. )

Darktime---- ( Night. )

Day Care(Bear in)---- ( Plain clothes officer. )

D.C.Town---- ( Washington,D.C.-USA. )

Dead axle---- ( Axle that has no power attached to it. )

Dead City---- ( Erie,Pennsylvania-USA. )

Deadhead---- ( Empty truck( Driving empty means you usually are not getting paid for the trip, you have to drive somewhere to get a load). )

Deadheading---- ( Traveling without cargo; also, going home in a hurry. )

Dead pedal---- ( Slow moving vehicle. )

Death Mobile---- ( Cattle hauler. )

Deep water---- ( Rain. )

Derby City---- ( Louisville,Kentucky-USA. )

Derby Town---- ( Same as Derby City. )

Despair Box---- ( Box where square CB components are kept. )

Destruction---- ( Road construction. )

Detector Detector---- ( An electronic device used by Revenue Patrols to locate radar detectors. )

Detroit vibrater---- ( Chevrolet truck, truck. )

Diarrhea of the mouth---- ( Constant talker; channel hogging. )

Diarrhea mouth---- ( Constant talker. )

Dice City---- ( Las Vegas,Nevada-USA. )

Diesal car---- ( Truck. )

Diesal digit---- ( Channel 15. )

Diesel Cop---- ( D.O.T. man, D.M.V. enforcement. )

Diesel Digit---- ( Channel Eight (8)--Austrialian HF trucker's channel. )

Diesel Digit---- ( Channel 19 truckers channel (east); channel 11 (west). )

Diesel Juice---- ( Fuel oil. )

Diesel truck---- ( Oil burner. )

Digging spurs---- ( Trying to get there as fast as possible. )

Dig you out---- ( Can't hear you. )

Dime channel---- ( Channel 10. )

Ding-a-ling---- ( A CB person who acts crazy. )

Dingy weeds---- ( The country. )

Dipstick---- ( Turkey, said disapprovingly. )

Dirt floor---- ( Unpaved road. )

Dirty side---- ( New York or New Jersey; East Coast generally. )

Disco lights---- ( Lights on a police car. )

Distress Call---- ( ie: SOS or MAYDAY--Signals a Life Threatening Situation.) . )

Ditch light---- ( High powered spotlight. )

Ditch light---- ( Light aimed to the edge of the road. )

Division---- ( The point where a trip ends. )

Divorce City---- ( Reno or Las Vegas,Nevada-USA. )

Dixie cup---- ( Female CB'er with drawl. )

Dixie Town---- ( New Orleans,Louisiana-USA. )

Dock it---- ( Park a vehicle. )

Dock walloper---- ( Stevedore. )

Doctor---- ( Mechanic. )

Dog---- ( Low-powreedvehicle. )

Dog biscuits---- ( DB?s. )

Dog Box---- ( Gear box. )

Dog house---- ( Cover of engine; engine compartment on truck; in trouble. )

Dog tracks---- ( Vehicle that runs out of lines. )

Doin it to it---- ( Full speed. )

Doing it---- ( Traveling. )

Doing our thing in the left-hand lane---- ( Full speed in the passing lane. )

Doing the double nickles---- ( Cruising at 55 mph. )

Doing the five-five---- ( Traveling at 55 mph. )

Do it to it---- ( All clear ahead, pick up speed. )

Do it to me---- ( Reply; tell me what's going on. )

Dome---- ( Houston,Texas-USA. )

Donald Duck---- ( Sideband station. )

Donkey---- ( Rear end. )

Donkey-Ville---- ( Wilksboro,North Carolina-USA. )

Don't feed the bears---- ( Don't get a ticket. )

Don't let your tricking trip your trucking---- ( A closing. )

Don't let your trucking trip you tricking---- ( A closing. )

Don't tease---- ( Take it easy. )

Don't tense---- ( Take it easy. )

Doodlebug---- ( Small warehouse truck used to transport skids of cargo. )

D.O.T.---- ( Department of Transportation; used to indicate a truck weighing or inspection station. )

Dot Bear.---- ( State Trooper that specialize in Commercial Motorvehilce Enforcement. )

Dot man---- ( An employee of the Dept. of Transportation. )

Double-barrel picture taker---- ( 2 way radar trap. )

Double-bottom rigs---- ( Trucks with twin trailers. )

Double E---- ( To see clearly with both eyes. )

Double Eighty-eights---- ( Love and kisses. )

Double Harley---- ( Channel 11. )

Double-jointed cornflake box---- ( Trackor with two trailers. )

Double key---- ( Two stations talking at the same time. )

Double L---- ( Telephone call. Also referred to as "Landline". )

Double Nickel Highway---- ( Interstate 55. )

Double nickels---- ( 55 mph speed limit.Translates to 90 kilometers per hour. )

Doubles---- ( Double bottom. )

Double seven---- ( Negative copy. )

Double up---- ( Jackknife. )

Double Van Gogh---- ( Having no "ears." Signal is out or antenna is broken. )

Douche job---- ( Cleaning a car or truck. )

Douched out---- ( Robbing someone or someone who was robbed. )

Doughnut---- ( Tire or roundabout. )

Do what ?---- ( I did not copy/understand your last transmission, could you please repeat it ? )

Down---- ( Off the air,a closing. )

Down and doing it like Sonny Pruitt---- ( Having a good trip. )

Down and gone---- ( Stoped transmitting, a closing. )

Down and on the side---- ( Stopped transmitting but still listening. )

Down and out---- ( Transmission completed. )

Downed---- ( Stuck. )

Down in the corner---- ( Creeper gear. )

Down in the corner---- Low gear. )

Down stroke---- ( Going downhill. )

Do you have a copy ?---- ( Do you understand and can you hear me ? )

Do you have a copy on me ?---- ( Do you hear me ? )

Do you hear someone knocking on your back door ?---- ( Do you see me passing you ? )

Dozing---- ( Stopped or parked. )

Drag down---- ( Slow down, shifting. )

Drag your feet---- ( Wait a few seconds before transmitting to see if there is a "Breaker". )

Draggin wagon---- ( Wrecker or tow truck. )

Dragon Fly---- ( A Truck Who "Drags" Up a Hill And "Flies" Down. )

Dragon fly---- ( A truck without power. )

Dragon wagon---- ( A tow truck. )

Drawing lines---- ( Completing your log book . )

Dream weaver---- ( Tired driver. )

Dress for Sale---- ( A lady of the evening or prostitute, also known as a "Pavement Princess". )

Dressed for the bail---- ( Ears on and listening for police reports. )

Dressed for the ball---- ( You have your ears, listening to the road conditions. )

Dressed for sale---- ( Prostitute. )

Drive channel---- ( Channel 10. )

Driver---- ( Refers to the person you were talking to / the radio operator receiving your transmissions. )

Driver Awards---- ( Tickets. )

Driving on the peg---- ( Doing legal speed limit. )

Drop a dime---- ( Make a phone call. )

Drop it on the nose---- ( Separate truck from trailer without lowering the landing gear. )

Drop out---- ( Fading signal. )

Dropped a carrier---- ( Keyed the microphone to prevent someone else to talk. )

Dropped it off the shoulder---- ( Ran off the highway. )

Dropping carriers---- ( Same as chucking carriers. )

Dropping it down to one four---- ( Changing channel to Channel 14. )

Drop stop---- ( Quick stopover. )

Drop stop destination---- ( Where freight will be dropped off. )

Drop the body---- ( Detach truck from trailer. )

Drop the hammer---- ( Accelerate to top speed; put the gas pedal to the floor; run at full speed. )

Drop the hammer down---- ( Go as fast as you can. )

Drunk---- ( Form of being high. )

Dry box---- ( A freight trailer or un-refrigerated load. )

Dry carriers---- ( Same as chucking carriers. )

Duals---- ( Two tires mounted together. )

DUALWATCH---- ( Receiving two signals simultaneously. )

Duck plucker---- ( Obscene term. )

Dudley-Do-Right---- ( Missouri Highway Patrol Officer-USA. )

Duke City ---- ( Albuquerque,New Mexico-USA_ Named after the Duke of Albuquerque. )

Dummy---- ( Empty police car. )

Dump body---- ( Any truck that can discharge its load by raising up front of trailer. )

Dump Bucket---- ( Dump truck. )

Dump chump---- ( Dumptruck driver. )

Dusted my britches---- ( Passed me. )

Dusted yer britches---- ( Keyed up at the same time. )

Dusted your ears---- ( Transmission interrupted. )

Dusted your ears---- ( Stopped transmitting. )

Dusting---- ( Driving on or partially on the shoulder. )

Dusting my britches---- ( Passing me. )

D.X.---- ( Distance or long-distance. A long distance transmission usually caused by Skip. Often the cause of unnecessary QRM. )

Dynamite the brakes---- ( Stop quickly. )

Dysfunction Junction---- ( Birmingham,Alabama-USA I-65 & I-59/I-20 . )

Dysfunction Junction---- ( Dayton,Ohio-USA. )

Dark Channels---- ( Frequencies above and below the 40 CB channels used by CB pirates. )

D.B.---- ( Decibel. )

dBd---- ( Unit of RF Power as compared to a Dipole Antenna. )

dBi---- ( Unit of RF Power as compared to an Isotropic Antenna. )

dBm---- ( Decibels measure, 1mW with a load impedance of 600greek{W (0 dBm=1mW. )

DC---- ( Direct current. )

DC Ground---- ( A connection point directly to to chassis or battery ground to prevent
buildup of hazardous DC Voltages. )

Dead Key---- ( Activating the microphone, but not talking. Same as "keying the mike" (Pour CB ettiquette) . )

Decibel---- ( Unit of sound measurment. )

Decibel---- ( The smallest change in sound level that can be detected by the human ear, Power Gains
and Losses are also expressed in decibels. )

Delta Loop Antenna---- ( A Full wavelength loop antenna built with it's elements in the shape of equilateral triangles. )

Delta Tune---- ( Control on CB rig for fine tuning off frequency channels. )

Despair Box---- ( Box where square CB components are kept. )

Deviation---- ( A measurement for FM signals for the maximum carrier frequency changes either side of the carrier frequency. )

Deviation Ratio---- ( The ratio between the maximum change in RF-carrier frequency
and the highest modulating frequency used in an FM transmitter. )

DG---- ( Direct Ground. )

Dip Meter---- ( A device used to determine the resonant frequency of an electronic circuit. )

Dipole---- ( Antenna consisting of a length of wire or tubing, open and fed at the center. The entire
antenna is ½ wavelength long at the desired operating frequency. )

Director---- ( A parasitic element in Front of the Driven element in a multielement antenna. )

Directional Antenna---- ( An antenna that concentrates more of the transmitted energy in a particular directions, aka: Beams. )

Distress Call---- ( ie: SOS or MAYDAY--Signals a Life Threatening Situation.) . )

D.O.T.---- ( Department of Transportation; used to indicate a truck weighing or inspection station. )

Double key---- ( Two stations talking at the same time. )

Double L---- ( Telephone call. Also referred to as "Landline". )

Downlink ~ Uplink---- ( A frequency that a Repeater or Satellite transmits on to a user. )

D-Region---- ( The LOWEST Region of the Ionosphere. )

Driven Element---- ( The element connected directly to the FEED line in a multi element antenna. )

DSP---- ( Digital Signal Processor--Used to improve noise to ratio for cleaner and more legible communications. )

DTCS---- ( Digital Tone Coded Squelch--ie: A Selective call system. )

DTMF---- ( Dual Tone Multi Frequency ie: Touch Tone, Used for
Transmit / Receive, numeric information such as Repeater Frequencies, phone number, PIN. )

Dual Conversion---- ( Receiver circuit to cut out interference from stations using adjacent channels. )

DUMMY LOAD---- ( (A Non-Radiating 50greek{W load connected to the
Transmitter to replace the antenna for testing purposes. )

Duplexer---- ( A device which divides Transmit and Receive signals. )

Duty Cycle---- ( The ratio between the actual RMS value of an
RF signal and the RMS value of a continous signal having the same PEP value expressed as
a percentage. A duty cycle of 100% corresponds to a continious carrier, such as a Test signal. )

DVM---- ( Digital voltmeter. )

D.X.---- ( Distance or long-distance. A long distance transmission usually caused by Skip. Often the cause of unnecessary QRM. )

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