Abstract: An emergency, CB radio system is disclosed which includes a base station adapter having a wall mounted slide mount for a mobile CB transceiver and an emergency power supply for supplying power to the CB transceiver, the emergency power supply including a rectifier for rectifying line voltage, an internal battery and charger, automatic switching means for switching the transceiver to the internal battery when the line voltage fails, and a jack for patching the transceiver to an external battery when the internal battery is discharged. The base station adapted also includes complete instrumentation for optimizing the performance of the transceiver and its associated antenna. The system further includes remote operating units for operating the transceiver via remotely located microphones and speakers, and a switching center interconnecting the remote operating units and the base station adapter.