BACKGROUND

DESPITE THE FACT THAT MOST POLICE OFFICERS ARE USERS OF RADIO
COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES AND HAVE
KNOWLEDGE OF COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURES. THEREFORE, THERE IS A
NEED TO STANDARDIZE PROCEDURES TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNICATION
FLOW AND PREVENT LANGUAGE BARRIERS THAT MIGHT CREATE
MISUNDERSTANDING. FOR THIS REASON CONCISE, CONSISTENT RADIO
PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS ARE VITAL TO ENSURE THAT MESSAGES ARE
ACCURATELY RELAYED AND ULTIMATELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF A
MISSION. ON THE OTHER HAND, POOR USE OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS CAN
MEAN A BREACH OF SECURITY AND MAY LEAD TO MAJOR PROBLEMS
INCLUDING DEATHS AND MISSION FAILURE. IN THIS SESSION THE MAIN
ELEMENTS REQUIRED, TO APPLY UN RADIO PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOL
WILL BE COVERED.
 AIM

TO ENHANCE THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF

RADIO COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE USE OF :

1. APPROPRIATE RADIO PROCEDURES;

2. PROCEDURE WORDS (PRO-WORDS);
3. THE INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET.
 LEARNING OUTCOMES
ON COMPLETION OF THE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
PROCEDURE MODULE, PARTICIPANTS/TRAINEES WILL
BE ABLE TO :

1. DEFINE COMMUNICATION;
2. LIST THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF A HAND RADIO;
3. APPLY PRO-WORDS AND INTERNATIONAL
PHONETIC ALPHABET;
4. USE APPROPRIATE RADIO PROCEDURES.
 TRAINING SEQUENCE
1. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE MATERIAL CONTAINED IN
THIS MODULE BE DELIVERED OVER TWO TRAINING UNITS.
THE FIRST PART OF THE MODULE CONTENT SHOULD BE
CONDUCTED AS INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION AND
DISCUSSION SUPPORTED BY POWER POINT
PRESENTATION/FLIPCHART;

2. THE SECOND PART OF THE MODULE CONSISTS OF

PRACTICAL EXERCISES. FINALLY, RADIO COMMUNICATION
SHOULD BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE FIELD EXERCISE.
PROCEDURES FOR RADIO COMMUNICATION
EQUIPMENT
1. A COVER OR POUCH, WHICH CAN BE ATTACHED TO YOUR WEBBING;
2. A BATTERY COMPARTMENT, NORMALLY AT THE BACK OR ON THE BOTTOM, USUALLY TAKING SEVERAL
BATTERIES OR A SPECIAL RECHARGEBLE PACK;
3. AN ANTENNA
4. AN ON / OFF CONTROL;
5. A VOLUME CONTROL;
6. A CHANNEL SELECTOR;
7. AN EARPHONE / HEADSET SOCKET;
8. A MICROPHONE SOCKET;
9. A PTT BUTTON;
10. A SPEAKER;
11. A SQUELCH CONTROL;
12. A DISPLAY, NOT ALWAYS PRESENT AS THE CONTROLS THEMSELVES SERVE TO “DISPLAY” THINGS
LIKE THE CURRENT CHANNEL.
 BASIC RADIO OPERATIONS
THE FOLLOWING ARE USEFUL TIPS
TO GOOD RADIO PROCEDURE :
C.A.R.O.T.
CONCISE : KEEP IT SHORT;
ACCURACY : BE SURE TO PASS THE RIGHT INFORMATION
CORRECTLY;
RELEVANCY : PASS ONLY THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE
PERSON TO WHOM YOU ARE TALKING;
OBJECTIVE : KEEP IN MIND WHAT THE INTENTION OR PURPOSE OF THE
MESSAGE IS, WHEN YOU COMPOSE IT;
TIMELY : PASS THE MESSAGE WHEN IT IS NEEDED.
 TO SEND A MESSAGE USE
THE FOLLOWING ROUTINE
1. COMPOSE : YOUR MESSAGE IN YOUR HEAD OR IF NECESSARY
WRITE IT DOWN
2. RELAX : TAKE A DEEP BREATH, SO YOU ARE NOT IN A PANIC,
ESPECIALLY NECESSARY WHEN YOU ARE UNDER
FIRE
3. ACTIVATE : THE PUSH TO TALK BUTTON (PTT)
4. PAUSE : FOR A SECOND BEFORE YOU TALK, AS OTHERWISE
THE FIRST THING YOU SAY WILL NOT BE
TRANSMITTED, AS RADIOS TEND TO TAKE TIME TO
TRANSMIT
5. SPEAK : SLOWLY, CLEARLY, WITH PAUSES AND DO NOT
SHOUT SO YOU CAN BE EASILY UNDERSTOOD;
6. TERMINATE : THAT IS FORMALLY END EACH PHASE OF YOUR
TRANSMISSION, WITH EITHER “THIS IS X,
OVER/OUT”, WHERE “X” IS YOUR CALL SIGN, OR
WHEN TIME IS SHORT, JUST USE “OVER” OR “OUT”
AS APPROPRIATE, BUT NEVER BOTH.;
7. INFORM : THAT IS SEND THE CONTENT;
WHEN RUNNING A STATION, WERE IN MESSAGES ARE EITHER WRITTEN
DOWN, OR VERBALLY REQUESTED BY A THIRD PARTY, EACH SUCH
MESSAGE IS GIVEN A STATUS AS A GUIDE TO IT’S URGENCY, AS
FOLLOWS :

1. IMMEDIATE : AN URGENT MESSAGE THAT MUST GO OUT OF ONCE,

WITH NO DELAY;
2. PRIORITY : AN URGENT MESSAGE THAT IS PUT OUT WITHIN NO
MORE THAN 15 MINUTES;
3. ROUTINE : A MESSAGE THAT CAN BE DELAYED UP TO 30
MINUTES;
4. SERVICE : A MESSAGE CONCERNED WITH THE RUNNING OF THE
RADIO NETWORK, PUT OUT AS AND WHEN
CONVENIENT.
 PREPARING THE SET FOR OPERATION
1. MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A POWER SOURCE, IT IS
SUFFICIENT AND ENSURE CORRECT CONNECTION
TO THE RADIO SET;
2. CHECK THE ANTENNA AND ALL CABLE ASSEMBLIES
ENSURING TIGHT AND CORRECT CONNECTION ON
THE SET;
3. CONNECT THE AUDIO ACCESSORIES AND CHECK
PROPER OPERATION OF FUNCTION SWITCHES.
 TRANSMITTING,
GENERAL INSTRUCTION
A. DECIDE WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SAY ENSURING IT WILL BE CLEAR AND
BRIEF;
B. MAKE SURE NO-ONE ELSE IS SPEAKING ON THE NET WHEN YOU START;
C. REMEMBER TO DEVIDE YOUR MESSAGE INTO SENSIBLE PHRASES,MAKE
PAUSES AND MAINTAIN A NATURAL RHYTHM TO YOUR SPEECH;
D. AVOID EXCESSIVE CALLING AND UNOFFICIAL TRANSMISSIONS;
E. USE STANDARD PRONOUNCIATION. EMPHASIZE VOWELS SUFFICIENTLY.
AVOID EXTREMES OF PITCH, SPEAK IN A MODERATELY STRONG VOICE,
DO NOT SHOUT;
F. KEEP A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 5 CM BETWEEN THE MIC AND YOUR LIPS.
SHIELD YOUR MIC FROM BACKGROUND NOISES.
 PHONETIC ALPHABET
THE FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET SHALL BE USED :

LETTER PHONETIC EQUIVALENT PRONOUNCED

1 2 3

A ALPHA AL-FAH
B BRAVO BRAH-VOH
C CHARLIE CHAR-LEE/SHAR-LEE
D DELTA DELL-TAH
E ECHO ECK-OH
F FOXTROT FOKS-TROT
G GOLF GOLF
H HOTEL HOH-TELL
I INDIA IN-DEE-AH
J JULIET JEW-LEE-ETT
K KILO KEY-LOH
L LIMA LEE-MAH
M MIKE MIKE
N NOVEMBER NO-VEM-BER
O OSCAR OSS-CAH
P PAPA PAH-PAH
Q QUEBEC KEH-BEC
R ROMEO ROW-ME-OH
S SIERRA SEE-AIR-RAH
T TANGO TANG-GO
 PHONETIC
LETTER PRONOUNCED
EQUIVALENT
1 2 3

YOU-NEE-FORM/OO-
U UNIFORM NE-FORM
V VICTOR VIK-TAH
W WHISKEY WISS-KEY
X XRAY ECKS-RAY
Y YANKEE YANG-KEY
Z ZULU ZOO-LOO
NUMERIAL PHONETIC EXAMPLES
NUMERAL SPOKEN AS NUMERAL SPOKEN AS
1 2 1 2

12 WUN,TOO
Ø ZE-RO
44 FOW-ER, FOW-ER
1 WUN
90 NIN-ER, ZE-RO
2 TOO
136 WUN, THUH-REE, SIX
3 TREE/THUH-REE
500 FI-YIV, ZERO, ZERO
4 FOW-ER
SEVEN, ZERO, ZERO,
7000
5 FIFE/FI-YIV ZERO
6 SIX WUN, SIX, ZERO, ZERO,
16 000
ZERO
7 SEVEN
WUN, FOW-ER, SEVEN,
1478
8 ATE/AIT ATE
9 NIN-ER 19A WUN, NIN-ER, ALPHA
 PUNCTUATION
PUNCTUATION SPOKEN AS PUNCTUATION SPOKEN AS
1 2 1 2

, COMMA ) BRACKET OFF

FULL STOP /
: COLON .
PERIOD
“... QUOTE QUESTION
?
MARK
...” UNQUOTE
- DASH / HYPHEN
BRACKET
( /
STROKE /
ON OBLIQUE
 PROWORDS
“PROWORDS” IS ABBREVIATION OF THE PHRASE
“PROCEDURAL WORDS”, WHICH ARE THE “SET”
WORD / PHRASES, USE TO ACHIEVE CLARITY OF
MEANING WHEN USING VOICE RADIO
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM IN THE BATTLEFIELD. ANY
WORDS IN BRACKETS WITH A PROWORDS ARE ONES
THAT ARE EITHER OPTIONAL, OR IS OTHERWISE
NORMALLY USED IN CONJUCTION WITH IT.
 TABLE 1 :
ESSENTIAL PROWORDS
PROWORD EXPLANATION
1 2

AFIRMATIVE USED INSTEAD OF JUST ‘YES’, AS THIS CAN BE LOST IN

TRANSMISSION. SEE ALSO ‘ROGER’ WHICH CAN BE USED AS AN
ALTERNATIVE. SEE NEGATIVE FOR ‘NO’
ALL CALL USED IN PLACE OF AN INDIVIDUAL CALL SIGN WHEN THE SIGNAL IS
SIGNS/STATION INTENDED FOR EVERY CALL SIGN/STATION ON THE NETWORK

CHANNEL ‘X’ USED IN PLACE OF AN INDIVIDUAL CALL SIGN WHEN THE SIGNAL IS
INTENDED TO GAIN A RESPONSE FROM ANY OTHER RANDOM CALL
SIGN/STATION ON THE NETWORK. FOR EXAMPLE WHEN
REQUESTING A ‘RADIO CHECK’
 PROWORD EXPLANATION
1 2

CONTACT USED TO DECLARE ‘CONTACT’ WITH AN ENEMY. AT THIS POINT ALL

NON-RELATED TRAFFIC MUST STOP TO GIVE PRIORITY TO
MESSAGES RELATED TO THIS ENGAGEMENT
THAT IS USED INSTEAD OF MORE COMMON ‘RIGHT’, AS IN SAYING ‘YOU ARE
‘CORRECT’ RIGHT’. ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN AVOIDING CONFUSION WHEN
GIVING DIRECTIONS
MY ‘CORRECTION’ 1. AN ERROR HAS BEEN MADE IN THIS TRANSMISSION.
IS TRANSMISSION WILL CONTINUE WITH THE LAST WORD
CORRECTLY TRANSMITTED
2. AN ERRROR HAS BEEN MADE IN THIS TRANSMISSION (OR THE
MESSAGE AS INDICATED). THE CORRECT VERSION IS ‘X’
3. THAT WHICH FOLLOWS IS A CORRECTED VERSION IN ANSWER TO
YOUR REQUEST FOR VERIFICATION. SEE ‘VERIFY’

DECIMAL USED TO VERBALLY MARKED THE DECIMAL POINT IN A NUMBER TO

PREVENT CONFUSION
‘DISREGARD THIS TRANSMISSION IS IN ERROR. DISREGARD IT. THIS
THIS TX’ OR PROWORD SHALL NOT BE USED TO CANCEL ANY MESSAGE
‘TRANSMISSION’ THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY TRANSMITTED AND FOR WHICH
-’OUT’ RECEIPT OR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED

ENDEX THE SIGNAL THAT IS SENT TO END A MILITARY EXERCISE. ALL

UNITS SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MESSAGE. THE WORD
‘ENDEX’ IS OFTEN REPEATED TWO OR THERE TIMES BEFORE
SAYING ‘OVER’

HELLO X USED AS THE OPENING WORD IN A CALL TO ANOTHER

STATION. IT ACTS AS A VERBAL ‘BING-BONG’ OR PAY
ATTENTION PEOPLE, TO ALERT ALL LISTENERS THAT A
MESSAGE IS ABOUT TO BE SENT. THE ‘X’ IS EITHER THE CALL
SIGN OF THE TARGET STATION, OR EITHER THE ‘ALL CALL
SIGN/STATION’, ‘ANY CALL SIGN/STATION’, OR ‘UNKNOWN
STATION, PROWORD SETS. IT IS ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY THE
‘THIS IS X’ PROWORD SET
I SAY AGAIN I AM REPEATING MY ENTIRE TRANSMISSION, OR THE PORTION INDICATED.
DO NOT USE THE WORD ‘REPEAT’, SEE ‘REPEAT’ BELOW. SEE ALSO ‘ALL
AFTER X’, ‘ALL BEFORE X’, ‘WORD AFTER X’ AND ‘WORD BEFORE X’. SEE
ALSO (REQUEST YOU) SAY AGAIN

I SPELL I SHALL SPELL THE NEXT WORD PHONETICALLY USING THE STANDARD
INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC CODE FOR EXTRA CLARITY

INTEROGATIVE USED TO PREFIX A QUESTION FOR WHICH AN ANSWER IS REQUIRED

NEGATIVE USED INSTEAD OF JUST ‘NO’, AS THIS CAN BE LOST IN TRANSMISSION.
SEE ALSO AFIRMATIVE AND ROGER FOR ‘YES’

OUT THIS IS THE END OF MY TRANSMISSION TO YOU AND NO ANSWER IS

REQUIRED OR EXPECTED. NB : NEVER USED WITH ‘OVER’ AS IN THE
INCORRECT SIGNAL ‘OVER AND OUT’ WHICH IS CONTRIDICTORY

OVER AND OUT THIS PROCEEDS A MESSAGE THAT IS NOT AN ‘IN-CHARACTER’

COMMUNICATION

OVER THIS IS THE END MY TRASMISSION TO YOU AND A RESPONSE IS

NECESSARY. GO AHEAD AND TRANSMIT. NB : NEVER USED WITH ‘OUT’ AS
IN THE INCORRECT SIGNAL ‘OVER AND OUT’, WHICH IS CONTRIDICTORY
RADIO CHECK ‘CAN ANYONE HEAR ME?’ ‘HOW LOUD/CLEAR IS MY
TRANSMISSION’
ROGER (THAT) 1. USED IN PLACE OF THE WORD ‘RIGHT’, TO ME ‘YES’ OR
‘CORRECT’. ROGER WAS THE FORMER PHONETIC EXPRESSION
FOR THE LETTER ‘R’. THE ADDITION OF ‘THAT’ IS COMMON
PRACTISE, OFTEN BEGIN USED IN NON-RADIO SPEECH AS AN
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OR AGREEMENT
2. OFTEN USED AS AN ABBREVIATION OF ‘I HAVE RECEIVED AND
UNDERSTOOD YOUR LAST TRANSMISSION SATISFACTORILY’. NB
: NEVER USED WITH ‘WILCO’ AS IN ‘ROGER, WILCO’, AS THE
FUNCTION OF ‘ROGER’ IS IMPLICIT IN THE ‘WILCO’ PROWORD.
THE ADDITION OF ‘THAT’ IS COMMON PRACTISE, OFTEN BEING
USED IN NON-RADIO SPEECH AS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OR
AGREEMENT

(REQUEST YOU) SAY A REQUEST TO REPEAT EITHER ALL OF YOUR LAST

AGAIN TRANSMISSION, OR THAT PORTION INDICATED BY THE ‘ALL AFTER
X’ OR ‘ALL BEFORE X’ PROWPRD. NB : DO NOT SAY ‘REPEAT’ SEE
‘REPEAT’IN THE FIRE CONTROL BEFORE
SIGN (ING) OFF SENT WHEN THE STATION IS SHUTTING DOWN AND CEASING RADIO
OPERATIONS ALTOGETHER
SILENCE THIS PROWORD IS REPEATED THREE OR MORE TIMES, AND USED TO
ORDER THE CEASATION OF TRANSMISSION ON THIS
CHANNEL/FREQUENCY IMMEDIATELY. RADIO SILENCE WILL BE
MAINTAINED UNTIL LIFTED. USED WHEN ABSOLUTE STEALTH IS REQUIRED
FOR THAT NETWORK. WHEN AN AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM IS IN FORCE,
THE TRANSMISSION IMPOSING SILENCE IS TOBE AUTHENTICATED

SILENCE LIFTED RADIO SILENCE IS LIFTED. WHEN AN AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM IS IN

FORCE, THE TRANSMISSION LIFTING SILENCE IS TO BE AUTHENTICATED
SIT-REP A REFERENCE TO, OR A REQUEST FOR A ‘SITUATION REPORT’
SPEAK SLOWER YOUR TRANSMISSION IS AT TOO FAST A SPEED, REDUCE SPEED OF
TRANSMISSION
(REQUEST YOU) PLEASE SPELL THE X WORD PHONETICALLY USING THE STANDARD NATO
SPELL X PHONETIC CODE FOR EXTRA CLARITY. IF THE WORD REQUIRING SPELLING
WAS UNHEARD OR UNCLEAR, USE THE PROWORD ‘WORD BEFORE X’ OR
‘WORD AFTER X’ TO GUIDE THE OPERATOR TO THE REQUIRED TARGET
WORD
STAND- A REQUEST FOR A PAUSE IN THE EXCHANGE. IF FOLLOWED BY
BY...OUT/OVER ‘OVER’ THE OTHER STATION MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE REQUEST
WITH ‘STANDING BY’, AND USUALLY ‘OUT’. IF THE MESSAGE IS
‘STAND-BY...OUT’, NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS REQUIRED, BUT IT
DOES REQUIRE THE OTHER STATION TO REMAIN ALERT FOR THE
FOLLOE UP TRANSMISSION. THIS IS USED WHEN AN INCOMING
SIGNAL COULD COMPROMISE THE STATION’S SECURITY. SEE ALSO
‘WAIT’ AND ‘WAIT ONE’

STANDING BY ... THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO THE REQUEST ‘STAND-BY...OVER’

OUT
TANGO USED TO MEAN THE ‘ENEMY OR A ‘TARGET’
THIS IS X THIS TRANSMISSION IS FROM THE STATION WHOSE CALL SIGN
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS. SEE ALSO ‘FROM X’
UNKNOWN THE IDENTITY OF THE STATION WITH WHOM I AM ATTEMPTING TO
STATION ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION IS UNKNOWN. USED AT THE START OF
A TRANSMISSION IN PLACE OF THE CALL SIGN OF A KNOWN
STATION
WAIT A REQUEST TO SUSPEND THE CONVERSATION FOR A FEW SECONDS. USED
AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ‘STAND-BY’, BUT MORE URGENT, OFTEN THE
MESSAGE IS NOT TERMINATED WITH AN ‘OVER’ PROWORD, AS THERE IS AN
IMPLIED ‘OUT’ IN IT’S USE. THE OTHER STATION MUST NOT ATTEMPT TO
RECONTACT THE ORIGINAL SIGNALER, AND MUST WAIT ON STANDBY UNTIL
THEY RETURN, OR UNTIL CONCERN FOR THE UNIT’S SITUATION BECOMES
CRITICAL, WARRANTING THE RISK OF BREAKING THE IMPLIED RADIO
SILENCE. IT CAN ALSO BE USED AT LESS CRITICAL MOMENTS WHEN THE
OPERATOR NEEDS LITERALLY JUST A FEW SECONDS TO SORT SOMETHING
OUT. THEY WILL BEGIN TRANSMITTING AGAIN ALMOST IMMEDIATELLY

WAIT ONE AS PER ‘WAIT’, BUT A REQUEST TO SUSPEND THE CONVERSATION FOR ONE
MINUTE RATHER THAN A FEW SECONDS. USED AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO
‘STAND-BY’, BUT MORE URGENT, OFTEN THE MESSAGE IS NOT TERMINATED
WITH AN ‘OVER’ PROWORD, AS THERE IS AN IMPLIED ‘OUT’ IN IT’S USE. IT
CAN BE PRESUMED THAT THE OPERATOR’S SECURITY IS AT RISK. THE
OTHER STATION MAY ATTEMPT TO RECONTACT THE ORIGINAL SIGNALER
SFTER ONE MINUTE HAS PASSED.
WILCO I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR SIGNAL,
UNDERSTAND IT, AND WILL COMPLY. TO BE
USED ONLY BY THE STATION ADDRESSED.
SINCE THE MEANING OF ‘ROGER’ IS
INCLUDED IN THAT OF WILCO, THE TWO
PROWORDS ARE NEVER USED TOGETHER

WRONG YOUR LAST TRANSMISSION WAS

INCORRECT. THE CORRECT VERSION IS ‘X’.
DO NOT USE ‘INCORRECT’ AS THIS CAN BE
CONFUSED WITH THE PROWORD ‘CORRECT’
 TABLE 2 :
OTHER GENERAL PURPOSE PROWORDS

PROWORD EXPLANATION
1 2
(MY) AUTHENTICATION IS THE TRANSMISSION AUTHENTICATION OF THIS MESSAGE IS ‘X’
X / I AUTHENTICATE
ACKNOWLEDGE USED TO DEMAND A RESPONSE FROM ANOTHER STATION WHEN THEIR
OPERATIONAL STATUS IS IN DOUBT. FOR EXAMPLE : ‘ALPHA TWO
ZERO, ALPHA TWO ZERO, THIS IS BRAVO ONE ZERO, ACKNOWLEDGE,
OVER. ‘THIS IS ALPHA TWO ZERO, ACKNOWLEDGE, STANDBY, OUT’

AUTHENTICATE THE STATION CALLED IS TO REPLY TO THE CHALLENGE WHICH

FOLLOWS. A PRE-ARRANGED CODE WORD OR PHRASE IS USED FOR
THIS PURPOSE. USED WHEN THE IDENTITY OF THE STATION IS
UNCERTAIN OR SUSPECT
CASEVAC A REQUEST FOR CASUALTY EVACUATION BY ANY MEANS. SEE ALSO
MEDEVAC
CHANNEL UP/DOWN A REQUEST TO MOVE EITHER UP OR DOWN ONE CHANNEL
EXECUTE CARRY OUT THE PURPOSE OF THE MESSAGE OR
SIGNAL TO WHICH THIS APPLIES
EXECUTE TO ACTION ON THE MESSAGE WHICH PROCEEDS OR
FOLLOW FOLLOWS IS TO BE CARRIED OUT UPON RECEIPT OF
THE PROWORD ‘EXECUTE’

EXEMPT THE STATIONS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING ARE

EXEMPTED FROM THE COLLECTIVE CALL
GRID X USED AS A PREFIX TO AN ALPHA/NUMERIC OR
SIMPLY A NUMERIC STRING GIVING A MAP CO-
ORDINATE, WHERE ‘X’ IS THE CO-ORDINATE

I AUTHENTICATE-X THE GROUP THAT FOLLOWS IS THE REPLY TO YOUR

/ MY CHALENGE TO “AUTHENTICATE”
AUTHENTICATION
IS X
IMMEDIATELY THE ACTION OF THE MESSAGE OR SIGNAL
EXECUTE FOLLOWING IS TO BE CARRIED OUT IMMEDIATELY
ON COMPLETION OF THIS TRANSMISSION

I THAT WHICH FOLLOWS HAS BEEN VERIFIED AT

VERIFY/REPEAT YOUR REQUEST AND IS REPEATED. TOBE USED
ONLY AS A REPLY TO “VERIFY”. THIS IS USED TO
CONFIRM THE TRUTH OF A STATEMENT OR A PIECE
OF INTELLIGENCE

MARK USED TO MARK A PRECISE MOMENT IN TIME, TO

ENSURE ACCURACY. PROCEDED BY EITHER “AT MY”
MARK OR “ON MY” MARK, THEN “MARK”. FOR
EXAMPLE FOR SYNCHRONISING WATCHES OR
ACTIONS SUCH AS AN ATTACK
MEDEVAC A MORE SPECIALISED REQUEST FOR CASUALTY
EVACUATION, REQUIRING A PURPOSE BUILT AMBULANCE
AND CREW SEE ALSO CASEVAC

MINIMIZE PLEASE LIMIT YOUR TRANMISSIONS TO ESSENTIAL

TRAFFIC. EMERGENCY OPERATIONAL TRAFFIC IS IN
PROGRESS. MINIMIZE IS IMPOSED BY THE NEXT
CONTROLLER OR BY THE INCIDENT COMMANDER

MINIMIZE LIFTED THE MINIMIZE ORDER IS LIFTED BY EITHER THE NET

CONTROLLER OR BY THE INCIDENT COMMANDER
MORE TO FOLLOW TRANSMITTING STATION HAS ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC FOR
THE RECEIVING STATION, PLEASE WAIT
NOTHING HEARD USED WHEN NO REPLY IS RECEIVED FROM A CALLED
(OVER) STATION, THUS ALERTING OTHERS TO THE FACT THAT YOU
HAVE NOT HEARD A RETURN SIGNAL. THIS IS IMPORTANT,
AS ANOTHER STATION MAY BE ABLE TO RELAY THE
MESSAGES
RELAY TO TRANSMIT THIS MESSAGE TO ALL ADDRESSEES (OR
ADDRESSEES IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS PROWORD).
THE ADDRESS COMPONENT IS MANDATORY WHEN THIS
PROWORD IS USED

TIME CHECK A REQUEST FOR THE CURRENT CORRECT TIME, GIVEN 24

HOURS FORMAT FOR THE TIME ZONE OF THE THEATRE OF
OPERATIONS. “ZULU” EQUALS GMT. AND IS THE DEFAULT
TIME ZONE. THE TIME GIVER USES THE “MARK” PROWORD
TO ENSURE ACCURACY

VERIFY VERIFY ENTIRE MESSAGE (OR PORTION INDICATED) WITH

THE ORIGINATOR AND SEND THE CORRECT VERSION.
USED WHEN THE RECEIVING STATION HAS A DOUBT
ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THE MESSAGE. TO BE USED
ONLY AT THE DISCREATION OF OR BY THE STATIONS TO
WHICH THE MESSAGE WAS DIRECTED
 TABEL 3
SIGNAL REPORTING CODE
NO STRENGTH READIBILITY

1. LOUD YOUR SIGNAL IS VERY CLEAR EXCELLENT QUALITY

STRONG
2. GOOD YOUR SIGNAL IS GOOD READABLE QUALITY IS SATISFACTORY
3. WEAK YOUR SIGNAL IS WEAK UNREADABLE THE QUALITY OF YOUR
TRANSMISSION IS SO BAD THAT
I CANNOT READ YOU
4. VERY YOUR SIGNAL IS VERY DISTORTED HAVING TROUBLE READING
WEAK WEAK YOU BECAUSE YOUR SIGNAL IS
DISTORTED
5. FADING YOUR SIGNAL STRENGTH WITH INTERFERENCE TROUBLE READING DUE TO
FADES TO SUCH AN INTERFERENCE
EXTENT THAT
CONTINUOUS RECEPTION
CANNOT BE RELIED UPON
QUESTIONS
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