read the mail
verb1
To listen to CB radio conversations without taking part.
- You can “read the mail" with the U.S., you may violate local laws to transmit on amateur frequencies without a license […]1983, Cruising World, volume 9, number 7, page 41:
- And that's when the fun begins. You can read the mail, download the bulletins, keep up-to-date on OSCAR-13 operations, decode the numerical data and learn about the space environment, […]1989, 73 Amateur Radio, numbers 340-351, page 20:
1 more example
- Participating in the different emergency nets is very important to some, while others prefer to monitor or "read the mail."1994, Amateur Radio, volume 50, numbers 7-12, page 89:
2
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see read, mail.
- Related terms
- lurk