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HSS Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

Ten Codes

0As a thirty-five-year old timer in ham radio, I'm familiar with the expression, "That's a big 10-4," or, "That's a 10-4," although we don't use it --- it's a citizen's band radio jargon. I'm curious to know what other ten code may be used in general conversations, or understood by general people.02br
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0Hi Hiro,02br 02br 00None, I'd say. 02br 02br 00Clive0-

— Clive

  • 0Hi Hiro,02br 02br 00None, I'd say.
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0Hi Hiro,02br
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00None, I'd say. The CB radio fad has been finished for a very long time.02br
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0But you'd sometimes hear ten-four, wouldn't you? Particularly, in the talk of police, investigators, negotiators etc.?02br
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00Hiro02br
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0Hi Hiro,02br
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00I seldom if ever talk to such people, so I don't know. I've only ever heard anyone say '10-4' on TV or in the movies.02br
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00Perhaps you hear it a lot becuase of your interest in radio?02br
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0 Hi Hiro,02br
00only very rarely ten codes are used in general conversations, however if you are interested in them, maybe the following links might help:02br
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00So at least
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0Ham radio operators never use the ten codes, but only a few of them could understand what '10-4' means, as they may have been CB operators before. Not me. Yes, we hear it on TV and in films; it looks like we don't have to know the ten codes. Maybe only 10-4 so we know they are saying okay in the dramas and films.02br
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0 Occasionally, the police will use the ten codes, but the other public safety organizations are trying to get away from them. With the exception of 10-4, They're not really standard like the Q codes that we use on the ham bands. You see them used on TV a lot, but they have little application for practical use anymore. Why say "10-4" when a plain English word, such as "copy" or "understood," wil
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00QSL, that's a big roger. I was watching a police negotiator docudrama, and heard them say 10-4. That prompted me to put up the post.02br
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00Thanks. Very informative.02br
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0 10-4. roger. affirmative. check. copy. yes. got it. understood (?) 0-
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10 codes are not CB language. The armed forces use them as well as all law enforcement agencies. So let's not be rude hammers.
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