Proword Explanation Prosign/ OPSIG

This transmission is from the station whose

THIS IS DE
designator immediately follows.

The identity of the station with whom I am

UNKNOWN
attempting to establish communication is AA
STATION
unknown.

ZGN (military)
To be used when no reply is received from a
NOTHING HEARD
call station. NIL
(civilian)

This is a method of receipt. I have received your

last transmission satisfactorily.[9]
This usage comes from the Morse code prosign
"R", which means "received": from 1943 to early
1956, the code word for R was Roger in
the Allied Military phonetic spelling alphabets in
use by the armed forces, including the Joint
Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet and RAF
phonetic alphabet.[40][41] This use was officially
ROGER continued even after the spelling word for R was R
changed to ROMEO.[42] Contrary to popular
belief, Roger does not mean or imply both
"received" and "I will comply." That distinction
goes to the contraction wilco (from, "will
comply"), which is used exclusively if the
speaker intends to say "received and will
comply". The phrase "Roger Wilco" is
procedurally incorrect, as it is redundant with
respect to the intent to say "received". [43][9]

This is the end of my transmission to you and a

OVER K
response is necessary. Go ahead, transmit
I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR SIGNAL,
UNDERSTAND IT, AND WILL COMPLY. To be
WILCO used only by the addressee. Since the meaning
of ROGER is included in that of WILCO, the two
prowords are never used together.
This is the end of my transmission to you and
OUT AR
no answer is required or expected.
CQ General call to all stations CQ
This is the end of my transmission to you. I am
OUT TO YOU about to call (or resume a call) with other AR
station(s).
WAIT I must pause for a few seconds AS
WAIT – OUT I must pause for longer than a few seconds. AS AR
FIGURES Numerals or numbers follow. n/a
I SPELL I shall spell the next word phonetically. n/a
Your transmission is too fast. Reduce speed of
SPEAK SLOWER QRS
transmission.
The word of the message to which I have
WORD AFTER WA
reference is that which follows…………..
The word of the message to which I have
WORD BEFORE WB
reference is that which precedes…………..
The portion of the message to which I have
ALL AFTER AA
reference is all that follows……………
The portion of the message to which I have
ALL BEFORE AB
reference is all that precedes…………..
Repeat all of your last transmission. Followed
SAY AGAIN by identification data means "Repeat………… IMI?
(portion indicated)."
I SAY AGAIN I am repeating transmission or portion indicated. IMI
An error has been made in this transmission.
Transmission will continue with the last word
correctly transmitted.
CORRECTION An error has been made in this transmission (or EEEEEEEEC C
message indicated). The correct version is……
That which follows is a corrected version in
answer to your request for verification"

Yes, affirmative, you are correct, or what you

have transmitted is correct. Because
CORRECT AFFIRMATIVE could be confused with C
NEGATIVE, always use CORRECT instead of
YES or AFFIRMATIVE.
ZUG (military)
NEGATIVE No, or negative.
N (civilian)

Your last transmission was incorrect. The

WRONG ZWF
correct version is…….
This transmission is in error, disregard it. (This
DISREGARD THIS
proword shall not be used to cancel any
TRANSMISSION – EEEEEEEE AR
message that has been completely transmitted
OUT
and receipted.
INT ZUA (military)
REQUEST TIME
I am requesting an accurate time check.
CHECK QTR IMI (civilian)

TIME CHECK I am about to confirm the exact time

ZUA
The time I am transmitting is exact as at the (military) QTR
TIME
moment I said TIME
(civilian)
 International Code of Signals groups follow
INTERCO INTERCO
(spoken IN-TER-CO)

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.

Proword Meaning Prosign/OPSIG

LOUD Your signal is very strong. QSA5

GOOD Your signal strength is good. QSA4

WEAK Your signal strength is weak. QSA3

VERY WEAK Your signal strength is very weak. QSA2

At times your signal strength fades to such an extent

FADING QSA1 or QSB
that continuous reception cannot be relied upon.

Proword Meaning Prosign/OPSIG

The quality of your

CLEAR QRK5
transmission is excellent.

The quality of your

READABLE QRK4
transmission is satisfactory.

Having trouble reading you QRK3

DISTORTED
due to distortion.

WITH INTERFERENCE Having trouble reading you

 due to interference.

Having trouble reading you

INTERMITTENT because your signal is QRK2
intermittent.

The quality of your

UNREADABLE transmission is so bad that I QRK1
cannot read you.

The reporting format is one of the signal strength prowords followed by an appropriate
conjunction, with that followed by one of the readability prowords:
LOUD AND CLEAR means Excellent copy with no noise
GOOD AND READABLE means Good copy with slight noise
FAIR BUT READABLE means Fair copy, occasional fills are needed
WEAK WITH INTERFERENCE means Weak copy, frequent fills are needed because of
interference from other radio signals.
WEAK AND UNREADABLE means Unable to copy, a relay is required
According to military usage, if the response would be LOUD AND CLEAR, you may also
respond simply with the proword ROGER. However, because this reporting format is not
currently used widely outside of military organizations, it is better to always use the full format, so
that there is no doubt about the response by parties unfamiliar with minimization and other
shorthand radio operating procedures.

Letter Code word

A Alfa

B Bravo

C Charlie

D Delta

E Echo

F Foxtrot
G Golf

H Hotel

I India

J Juliett

K Kilo

L Lima

M Mike

N November

O Oscar

P Papa

Q Quebec

R Romeo

S Sierra

T Tango

U Uniform

V Victor

W Whiskey
X X-ray

Y Yankee

Z Zulu

ACP 121(I) and ACP 125(G) Punctuation

ICAO and
Character Code word[citation needed] ITU[citation Abbreviated as[citation needed]
needed]

. Full Stop / period Full stop PD

, Comma Comma CMM

/ Slant/oblique Slant Slant

- Hyphen Hyphen Hyphen

Brackets
( Left-hand bracket Paren
on

Brackets
) Right-hand bracket Unparen
off

: Colon Colon CLN

Semi-
; Semi-colon SMCLN
colon

Question
? Question mark Ques
mark
" Open quote Quote Quote

" Close quote Unquote Unquote

. Decimal Decimal Point

Priorit Signal Prosign/OPSI

Proword Use For Handling
y Type G

FLASH
messages are to
be handled as
fast as humanly
possible, ahead
of all other
messages, with
in-station
Events
handling time
that are a
not to exceed 10
Message grave
1 FLASH minutes.[37] U.S. Z
precedence threat to
Government use
the nation
only per CFR
or a region
47. FLASH
messages are
handled before
all three types of
international
priority signals,
including
MAYDAY.[38][38]

2 MAYDAY International Lives or Immediate! All SOS SOS SOS

priority property radio traffic not
MAYDAY signals are in actively
danger engaged in
MAYDAY assisting the
station in
distress stops or
moves to
another
frequency. This
rule applies on
all frequencies
allocated to
emergency use.
On other
frequencies, the
rule is modified
 to allow FLASH
precedence
traffic,[39] becaus
e FLASH
messages have
a similar scope
of immediate
danger
(especially when
it is a military
communication)
and also need
immediate
responses.

Immediate,
unless there is
an ongoing
Mayday issue.
This is
Urgent considered to be
PAN-PAN
situations IMMEDIATE
that are precedence
3 PAN-PAN XXX XXX XXX
not life- traffic.[39] If the
threatenin condition is
PAN-PAN
g medical, use
PAN-PAN
MEDICAL, PAN-
PAN MEDICAL,
PAN-PAN
MEDICAL.

Immediate,
unless there is
an ongoing
Mayday or Pan-
pan issue. Must
be sent as T T T
SÉCURITÉ
Important instead of TTT
safety in order to
4 SÉCURITÉ TTT TTT TTT
informatio differentiate it
n from the Morse
SÉCURITÉ
code symbol for
O. This is
considered to be
IMMEDIATE
precedence
traffic.[39]

5 IMMEDIATE Message Handling IMMEDIATE O

within 30 messages are
 precedence processed,
transmitted, and
delivered in the
order received
and ahead of all
messages of
lower
precedence.
minutes
They are to be
handled as
quickly as
possible, with in-
station handling
time not to
exceed 30
minutes.[37]

PRIORITY
precedence
messages are
processed,
transmitted, and
delivered in the
order received
and ahead of all
Handling messages of
6 PRIORITY within 3 ROUTINE P
hours precedence.
They are to be
handled as
quickly as
possible, with in-
station handling
time not to
exceed 3 hours.
[37]

7 ROUTINE Handling Used for all R

by the types of
next day message traffic
justifying
transmission by
rapid means,
but not of
sufficient
urgency to
require higher
precedence.
They should be
handled as soon
as traffic flow
allows, but no
later than the
 beginning of the
next duty day.[37]

Use to let the

Net Control
Providing Station know
a you have a
CORRECTIO
8 correction correction for EEEEEEEE
N
to another something that
station the NCS or
another station
transmitted.
Message
handling
Use to let the
NCS know that
you have
Providing
information
an answer
9 INFO relating to a INFO
to another
topic or question
station
transmitted by
the NCS or
another station.

ABC—Accuracy, Brevity, Clarity