UHF CB Radio Etiquette

[@The_Aussie_Truckie]

As another truck driver I can 100% agree there are some absolute flogs on the UHF especially in Sydney Brisbane and Melbourne I have mine turned off most of the time unless I need it

[@shanehastattoos]

Copy that, and then 2 hours later you think, geez it's been quiet and realize you still have it off

[@gerardroll6468]

@ 3:52… THAT VOICE!!! 😱😱😆😆 Shane, I know you said those voices give you the shits but the way you did it cracked me up 🤣🤣🤣

[@shanehastattoos]

Man it gives me the sh1ts

[@gerardroll6468]

@@shanehastattoos … When I first watched & then heard it, I had a mouthful of food that I ended up spitting out everywhere as I just couldn’t not laugh at it. I have some idea of it, especially when you hear young girls on their phones having conversations that they think the rest of the world needs to know about or hear. That truly gives me the shits 😠😠😠

[@shanehastattoos]

@@gerardroll6468 the ones that do it are labelled as "squeaky" and make the high pitched voice just to purposely piss people off, such amusing lives they must live

[@gerardroll6468]

@@shanehastattoos … Amen to that 🙏😂

[@joandar1]

What you said makes good sense! Cheers from John, Australia.

[@shanehastattoos]

Cheers John

[@warwickmcdowall6611]

Hi Shane, I'm a caravan owner & what shits me is when you see a pilot car, they dont let us know anything about the wide load coming thats out of sight. they let the trucks know, but not the caravans.

[@takotravels]

The most useful video I've found. Cheers mate!

[@tim18118]

Great vid 😂 how you keep your shit together with so many cereal packet licensed, incompetent steering wheel attendants on the road is beyond me. About to start towing a van around, so it was great to see things from a trucks perspective. Thanks.

[@shanehastattoos]

Thanks mate, stay safe out there

[@dougtilley5977]

Good one Shane , hell I been using CB since around 1975 , the first was a Tandy 27Mhz 23 channel AM , , then in the 1980'S I had a Johnson Viking SSB with 4 added switches , go up half a channel or between channels.. ie between ch 7 and 8 (27.055) was a 20 Kc gap so could go to 27.045 , also had a 100w Linear in the truck , that put out some watts across the Barkley Hwy.

[@shanehastattoos]

You know your stuff Doug 👍

[@dougtilley5977]

@@shanehastattoos Yeh mate, it was around 1975 in Wagga Wagga I was out of a job for couple of months so started a course on Amateur radio, between ch's 15 and 16 was a good spot to work a lot of skip from USA , THAT WAS 27.145mHZ, anyhow did not finish the course because got a job driving a brand new UD CK40 Wagga / Sydney/Melbourne

[@shanehastattoos]

@@dougtilley5977 now you're talking about things well before my time 😆

[@dougtilley5977]

@@shanehastattoos Your probably right mate, yeh I retired out of trucks in 2002 , sometimes wish I'd kept at it for another 5 years,

[@kevinmcdonald7693]

Love your expressions bro love them

[@shanehastattoos]

Just sharing, glad you enjoyed

[@wh0dunnitgaming]

Hey Shane! Love the videos and stories, keep it up mate! When i was a ships agent and bored, we would follow other peoples conversations on VHF all the time just to see what was going on in the harbor

[@shanehastattoos]

Thanks mate, you hear some crap but also some interesting stuff

[@christurner1791]

“Keeping left unless overtaking” should be something that’s drilled into Australian drivers…

[@christurner1791]

@SaltyBrains 💯

[@shanehastattoos]

Even Police don't enforce it enough

[@BushKayakersCampingAustralia]

yeah that shits me and bloody tail gaiters

[@Wdeane1957]

I was told by a veteran truckie years ago that 29 was used instead of 40 only on the Pacific Highway between Pennant Hills Rd in Sydney and as you come into Brisbane around Beenleigh.

[@shanehastattoos]

I'm based in Newcastle hence why I use it, wasn't sure of how many people use 29, thanks for sharing

[@BamBamZ_Gaming]

29 is used on the coast rd because in spots you'll get interference from 40 that is ran along the new England. Swap 29 for 40 after the PH rd and coming into Brisbane if nth bnd.

[@longshanky8277]

New subscriber, love your vids. Would love to see a compilation of appreciation moves by car drivers. Shlt you liked to see them do to help out, my give ideas to others an so on an so so

[@joking7081]

Thanks for replying to my suggestion 🙂

[@shanehastattoos]

No problem, only basic stuff but it may of given someone some info they didn't know beforehand, thanks for tuning in again

[@tonywright560]

You said it was common sense. It was. Good tips for those who don't use it much.

[@aussiedrifter]

G'day Shane, Mate we travel the Outback & a bit of coastal stuff & we run 3 Three UHF radios, CH 40, CH 29 & the third on scan, we also run an old school CB just for shits & giggles' Probably our most important bit of kit is a Scanner so we can listen in to the Bush fire brigade & some others, this was due to the poor buggers that got caught in the WA fires a few years back if you remember that long ago, RIP. WE also run multiple DBI antennas to cope with differing terrain etc. Must say we have never heard of the caravans using CH 18, might be a Easter state thing mate.

[@shanehastattoos]

Can't miss much running 3 radios, stay safe mate

[@jamesaustralian9829]

31 to 38 are inputs for the duplexers on repeater channels 1 to 8. Don't use them unless your actively talking to people on said repeater channels.

[@gerardroll6468]

Shane… When you mentioned how if you’d never used a 2-way/CB radio before, you may be a little clueless… GREETINGS FROM “CAPTAIN CLUELESS” ✋️😂. I’ve never used one in a vehicle before myself but this was interesting to watch & listen to 👍😁

[@shanehastattoos]

Only sharing the "basics" but for some it may of helped

[@gerardroll6468]

@@shanehastattoos … I appreciate that mate & yeah, it did 👍😁. We actually use 2-ways in my job but we’re at just the one location (a rail depot) & don’t move around all that much. I know that truckies have a language all their own out on the roads but my bosses try to get us to use the “phonetic” alphabet when talking but half the time, I forget it & just make up stuff as I go along to get my message across 👍😎

[@shanehastattoos]

@@gerardroll6468 fake it till you make it my brother

[@gerardroll6468]

@@shanehastattoos … When all else fails, I can usually “McGyver” my way out of a sticky situation & improv the shit out of it in order to turn things in my favour 👍😁

[@shanehastattoos]

@@gerardroll6468 That's the way!

[@DukeoS]

With my 5 watt GME handheld I use to use for Traffic control I generally sit on channel 40. Didn't know about the 29 though, might have to try that out. When I was down in Melbourne last I had the pleasure of hearing the channel 40 city banter, honestly cracked me up having everyone talking shit for hours on end but other than that I find it pretty helpful for knowing whats going on if there's an accident or someshit.

[@shanehastattoos]

Also traffic control usually sit on a different channel to talk among site

[@CAIDMASTEROFPYRO]

One of the crews I work with use 29 so i've spent a lot of time on it never hear any random truck chatter in melb on 29 it's all on 40

[@martinosullivan9618]

Hey Shane, love ya raw unfiltered episodes, now you ask for us to request content, can you post any night driving episodes if you drive at night. And or get any footage of night driving on unsealed roads

[@CAIDMASTEROFPYRO]

To add one If you're using a random channel for a chat with your mate and you hear people using it for work, move to a different channel, It is much easier for a couple mates to switch channels than it is for a whole jobsite to switch

[@shanehastattoos]

yes forgot to add that one

[@debramage739]

I just want to hear someone say " breaker breaker" thanks Shane

[@shanehastattoos]

I got you

[@carlmagrath6389]

Everyone kept raving on, you need a CB you need a CB, a complete waste of monies, we went on our Big Lap, NSW, Vic, SA, NT, WA, SA, Vic, NSW, the only time we spoke to a truckie was in SA at Coober Pedy when the missus asked the road-train hauler to slow down for a pic, not only did he slow down but STOPPED, got out and had a chinwag with us, showed us around his rig, talked about weights, speeds, idiots on the roads, close calls, shared a coldie (Coke) told him where we come from, where we're going took a few pics and watched him start & move his train In all of the thousands of klms only used twice, the other time was in WA when we came up behind an unusual vehicle, never seen one like it before, I can still picture it in my mind, baked in yellow and he transports blood in a refrigerated truck, told us to come around On a lighter note, arriving at Kalbarri in WA, noticed a police patrol car booking a caravanner, after he finished they both came over and had another chinwag, we said,, You are the first coppers we've seen since leaving Taree in May 2017. You're kidding, nope, all this way, your the first, we were wondering if you guys were a myth, you'd think there be cops between Alice & Darwin, nope, none there either, got some hot tips on places to visit as we farewelled them

[@shanehastattoos]

atleast the times you used it, it was useful

[@RobB-vz2vo]

Remember when CB radios had a loudspeaker hooked up by default?... That voice at 3:52 will be a good one to harass the drivers who overtake then slow down... they'll be speeding back up to get away from it.

[@shanehastattoos]

I hear that and mine just goes off

[@davebrowne5891]

It’s really great when you are carting logs on a goat track that’s about wide enough for a push bike and need to know where and what’s coming lol

[@bing3253]

Ah, that wonderful term "common sense". As we all know, there is nothing common about it and you can't teach it. You also can't teach stupid - that is a gift that you are born with, but that is another story...

[@shanehastattoos]

Sometimes I think I am the fool for expecting people to have even the most basic amount of common sense

[@theSam91]

Around home for me channel 2 is the local banter channel, always hear the regular gronks spilling their guts over the air waves. You hear some funny shit sometimes though 😂

[@shanehastattoos]

Fighting with each other "your details will be passed on to the authorities" the next day they are best mates again

[@theleastofhisbrothers]

True mate Sydney or Melbourne talking shit and you don’t want to turn it off but I do cause it shits me people dribbling shit over west you have rajah talking there language it’s pretty disrespectful good channel Shane 👍

[@shanehastattoos]

Thanks mate

[@xcrockery8080]

The ACMA has direction-finding equipment they use to track down people who misuse the radio.

[@shanehastattoos]

It should be used and acted upon in certain areas way more often

[@xcrockery8080]

@@shanehastattoos I think they only really scramble into action if it affects emergency channels, although they told me they chase down CB clowns when they get a chance.

[@partymanau]

I drive that road to and from work each day, and adventure some days when the cockholes are out and about.

[@shanehastattoos]

stay safe mate

[@shanemulligan791]

Good job

[@mattgriffin6171]

I crank my tunes. UHF is off only use when needed.

[@shanehastattoos]

tunes are better in most scenarios

[@ObstreperousAntipodean]

Cheers Shane, really useful. As a newbie I'll strive not to be a cockhole. The struggle is real. 🤣🤣🤣

[@rogelsley8428]

From experience, if you're getting alot of chatter and irrelevant chats, before giving them a hard time..........make sure you aren't on scan!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@charlescraig8994]

Ha i lived on the left there just before the shops.

[@chastheplayer8367]

I got sick of the total idiots on cb when i was driving tankers…absolute garbage talk..only used it when i had too👍🏻

[@victorbitter583]

Mate, you sound like a good bloke and I don't really want to take you to task but you made no mention of repeater channel inputs and outputs and how truckies should avoid them unless necessary. There is a lot more etiquette involved with UHF CB radio than mentioned here and for that, I reckon you could remake this vid and do a lot better. cheers.

[@shanehastattoos]

Not wrong mate, was just a quick run-through as someone had asked about CB's

[@victorbitter583]

@@shanehastattoos Your run through was from a mud carter perspective only. And you wonder why the repeater gangs give you shit? You're clueless about UHF CB radio in Australia mate.

[@Rick-yk1pp]

​@@victorbitter583how ironic that on a video about etiquette you carry on like a proper twat 😂

[@jonnothetrucker]

Drop down 2 there cob

[@shanehastattoos]

Yeah mate, you there?

[@jonnothetrucker]

@@shanehastattoos rogee 👍

[@xxsnipez_ytxx3034]

Dadda

[@shanehastattoos]

was this really your name of did you change it after we laughed about this in the yard

[@xxsnipez_ytxx3034]

@@shanehastattoos nah I changed funny tho aye ahahah

[@shanehastattoos]

@@xxsnipez_ytxx3034 sure is 🤣

[@RussellBowen-o6d]

Channel 40 has always been known as the "safety call channel" for trucks, not sure when 29 on the coast started but it would of been because of all the idiots in Cities..

[@martinljubic84]

You and CB Radio Etiquette, I almost fell out of my seat. "Hooliganism" and not "Etiquette" is the word you're looking for. "Breaker, Breaker".... you break all the rules. They are looking for you, all over CB Radio .. they just can't PIN YOU DOWN, because you never reveal your 10-20. But, at some point, they'll triangulate your signal, and find you, and rip out your etiquette lacking vocal cords. **They won't find etiquette, but they will find a hooligan's vocal cords.** And mate, if your tattoos displeases them, they'll rip your arms off aswell. It is required by CB Radio Etiquette, because tattoos violate radio etiquette. 10-35: Lay low, and cover your arms. Go on the lamb if you have to.

[@shanehastattoos]

😆😆😆😆😆 geez I better stay off it then, and wear long pants, long sleeves, gloves and a scarf

[@martinljubic84]

@@shanehastattoos Its good to see you've kept a low profile these past past few weeks, quietly on the lamb, and not breaking radio silence, or was it! Because I've noticed a 'women' was driving your truck, along with a whole lot of CB chatter and a mousey voice pretending to be a YL. 'She' was a squelching and belching all over the airwaves just like a women and she was. Was that you? I have my suspicions. Damn good disguise impersonating a women truck driver. That scarf got me thinking. The only thing left to do is change your name from Shane to Shela, I think you could pull it off, and start using lipstick and eyeliner and botox.

[@76guzzi78]

Nice one mate, yeah here in Perth channel 40 which is good to warn other rigs of speed cameras, hazards etc but unfortunately there are quite a few brain dead fuckers who do nothing but make stupid noises, say stupid shit repeatedly and generally fuck it up for everyone else....

[@shanehastattoos]

They are brain dead that's for sure

[@ESPSJ]

i make seagull noises on there

[@shanehastattoos]

Don't be "one of them guys" 😆

[@forestfairy352]

Excuse me wtf was that lightning McQueen thing my son would DIE

[@davidhuett3579]

Now I've heard it all. A truck driver giving us a lecture on CB radio etiquette. Maybe you truck drivers could learn to make a radio call without the foul language every second word. There are MANY other people listening in the background at any given time and many have young kiddies in the car that don't need to hear the bad language. Would YOU talk around your kids that way? Maybe you do!

[@martinljubic84]

Where's the etiquette in uploading new podcasts. You're slower at uploading podcasts than the EELS are at winning Grand Finals. Stop with the Botox an the makeup- a tattoo is permanent makeup- and start swearing an wriggling. Else change your name to Sunday Shona. **A trucker's attire: not just singlets and thongs.** Steel cap boots for heads?

[@bonniemason8513]

I agree 😂😂 no one wants to hear about the fish