====== British Radio Voice Syntax ====== |**Proword** |**Explanation**| |THIS IS |This transmission is from the station whose designator immediately follows. | |UNKNOWN STATION |The identity of the station with whom I am attempting to establish communication is unknown. | |NOTHING HEARD |To be used when no reply is received from a call station. | |ROGER |This is a method of receipt. I have received your last transmission satisfactorily. | |OVER |This is the end of my transmission to you and a response is necessary. Go ahead, transmit | |WILCO |I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR SIGNAL, UNDERSTAND IT, AND WILL COMPLY. To be used only by the addressee. Since the meaning of ROGER is included in that of WILCO, the two prowords are never used together. | |OUT |This is the end of my transmission to you and no answer is required or expected. | |CQ |General call to all stations | |OUT TO YOU |This is the end of my transmission to you. I am about to call (or resume a call) with other station(s). | |WAIT |I must pause for a few seconds | |WAIT – OUT |I must pause for longer than a few seconds. | |FIGURES |Numerals or numbers follow. | |I SPELL |I shall spell the next word phonetically. | |SPEAK SLOWER |Your transmission is too fast. Reduce speed of transmission. | |WORD AFTER |The word of the message to which I have reference is that which follows………… | |WORD BEFORE |The word of the message to which I have reference is that which precedes………… | |ALL AFTER |The portion of the message to which I have reference is all that follows…………… | |ALL BEFORE |The portion of the message to which I have reference is all that precedes………… | |SAY AGAIN |Repeat all of your last transmission. Followed by identification data means "Repeat………… (portion indicated)." | |I SAY AGAIN |I am repeating transmission or portion indicated. | |CORRECTION |An error has been made in this transmission. Transmission will continue with the last word correctly transmitted. An error has been made in this transmission (or message indicated). The correct version is…… That which follows is a corrected version in answer to your request for verification" | |CORRECT |Yes, affirmative, you are correct, or what you have transmitted is correct. Because AFFIRMATIVE could be confused with NEGATIVE, always use CORRECT instead of YES or AFFIRMATIVE. | |NEGATIVE |No, or negative. WRONG Your last transmission was incorrect. The correct version is…… | |DISREGARD THIS TRANSMISSION – OUT |This transmission is in error, disregard it. (This proword shall not be used to cancel any message that has been completely transmitted and receipted. | |REQUEST TIME CHECK |I am requesting an accurate time check. | |TIME CHECK |I am about to confirm the exact time TIME The time I am transmitting is exact as at the moment I said TIME | |INTERCO |International Code of Signals groups follow (spoken IN-TER-CO)| ===== Radio checks ===== Plain language radio checks Whenever an operator is transmitting and uncertain of how good their radio and/or voice signal are, they can use the following procedure words to ask for a signal strength and readability report. This is the modern method of signal reporting that replaced the old 1 to 5 scale reports for the two aspects of a radio signal, and as with the procedure words, are defined in ACP 125(G). The prowords listed below are for use when initiating and answering queries concerning signal strength and readability. |**Proword** |**Meaning**| |RADIO CHECK |What is my signal strength and readability? | |ROGER |I have received your last transmission satisfactorily. | |NOTHING HEARD |To be used when no reply is received from a called station.| ==== Signal strength Prowords ==== |**Proword** |**Meaning** | |LOUD |Your signal is very strong. | |GOOD |Your signal strength is good. | |WEAK |Your signal strength is weak. | |VERY WEAK |Your signal strength is very weak. | |FADING |At times your signal strength fades to such an extent that continuous reception cannot be relied upon. | ==== Readability Prowords ==== |**Proword** |**Meaning** | |CLEAR |The quality of your transmission is excellent. | |READABLE |The quality of your transmission is satisfactory. | |DISTORTED |Having trouble reading you due to interference. | |WITH INTERFERENCE |Having trouble reading you due to interference. | |INTERMITTENT |Having trouble reading you because your signal is intermittent. | |UNREADABLE |The quality of your transmission is so bad that I cannot read you.|