cb handle

[midget28]

Midget.. just a nickname ive had since high school that stuck.

[Eagle One]

Wife here- I have a couple questions if you's dont mind. Eagle One is my hubby's name here, but he would like to keep it for a handle. He used to have a handle back when we got married(went by "Red") when he drove for a small company, (small hauler, not semi)hauled harley's. He never kept it registered after we married. Do you still have to register a name for a handle, and have a cb licence like back then? And if so, where do you go to do that now? I know then you couldnt have dublicate names registered, is that still the same? So many things have changed since then. Thanks. Eagle One's Better Half.

[daddybear]

They call me Sideline, cuz I am usually broke down while everyone else is running. My kids call me Daddy Bear.

[MilkMan]

Originally Posted by Eagle One

Wife here- I have a couple questions if you's dont mind. Eagle One is my hubby's name here, but he would like to keep it for a handle. He used to have a handle back when we got married(went by "Red") when he drove for a small company, (small hauler, not semi)hauled harley's. He never kept it registered after we married. Do you still have to register a name for a handle, and have a cb licence like back then? And if so, where do you go to do that now? I know then you couldnt have dublicate names registered, is that still the same? So many things have changed since then. Thanks. Eagle One's Better Half.

When you asked this, I thought about that for the first time in a long, long while, so I went to FCC website and looked it up. Yeah, lol, I guess I'm just geek enough to go look it up....laughing at self again


Directly from FCC Web:

Licensing
License documents are neither needed nor issued and there are no age or citizenship requirements. As long as you use only an unmodified FCC certificated CB unit, you are provided authority to operate a CB unit in places where the FCC regulates radio communications.

Operations
You are provided authority to operate a CB unit in places where the FCC regulates radiocommunications, as long as you use only an unmodified FCC certificated CB unit. An FCC certificated unit has an identifying label placed on it by the manufacturer.

Ten Codes
Ten-codes are operating aids used by public safety and other professional communicators. The FCC does not regulate the meaning of the ten-codes. You may use an on-the-air pseudonym ("handle") of your choosing.


From Source Outside FCC: (Layman's Explanation of Above)

License Requirements
At first, users were required to obtain a CB Radio license and call letters from the FCC to operate a CB Radio. However, the FCC was so inundated with requests for CB Radio licenses that they finally abandoned formal licensing and allowed operators to buy CB Radio equipment and go on the air without any license or call letters.

[daddybear]

Originally Posted by MilkMan

When you asked this, I thought about that for the first time in a long, long while, so I went to FCC website and looked it up. Yeah, lol, I guess I'm just geek enough to go look it up....laughing at self again


Directly from FCC Web:

Licensing
License documents are neither needed nor issued and there are no age or citizenship requirements. As long as you use only an unmodified FCC certificated CB unit, you are provided authority to operate a CB unit in places where the FCC regulates radio communications.

Operations
You are provided authority to operate a CB unit in places where the FCC regulates radiocommunications, as long as you use only an unmodified FCC certificated CB unit. An FCC certificated unit has an identifying label placed on it by the manufacturer.

Ten Codes
Ten-codes are operating aids used by public safety and other professional communicators. The FCC does not regulate the meaning of the ten-codes. You may use an on-the-air pseudonym ("handle") of your choosing.


From Source Outside FCC: (Layman's Explanation of Above)

License Requirements
At first, users were required to obtain a CB Radio license and call letters from the FCC to operate a CB Radio. However, the FCC was so inundated with requests for CB Radio licenses that they finally abandoned formal licensing and allowed operators to buy CB Radio equipment and go on the air without any license or call letters.

So it is illegal to modify your radio? Does that mean you can not boost up the wattage or use echo boards, legally? Guess I could get these answers from the FCC website, but since you are "geek enough", maybe you could check it out.

[thetez]

yes... thats what the FCC is talking about, the max a CB is aloud to put out on its standard AM mode, is 4 watts, so boosting the wattage is illegal, and noise toys and other add ons are also illegal, for the most part, echo is legal, and a few other things as well.

[MilkMan]

Originally Posted by daddybear

So it is illegal to modify your radio? Does that mean you can not boost up the wattage or use echo boards, legally? Guess I could get these answers from the FCC website, but since you are "geek enough", maybe you could check it out.

LMFAO..... nah, already did my homework on that one too when I saw that statement. FCC doesn't expand on that one. Just says what it says.

[StigsFatAmericanCuzin]

I think Velveeta might sound a little better

[Eagle One]

Well then, Eagle One it is. That will be his handle. Thanks everyone for all the great information. Appreciate it very much.

[pathfinder]

Ive always been told that the original(John C. Fremont) was a relative. So here I be!