Two Way Radio

Aims
To be able to identify different types of two
way radio and their use
To identify different radio bands
Phonetic alphabet
Correct radio voice procedure
Practical session
 Types of two way radio
Hand Held/Portable
Volume/On/
Off Knob

Rotary
Selector
LED

Emergency
Speaker Button

Microphone
Types of two way radio
Mobile
 Bands

Ultra-High Frequency: 300MHz to 3000MHz

Very-High Frequency: 30MHz to 300MHz
Phonetic Alphabet
 Phonetic Alphabet
1 one 8 eight
2 two 9 niner
3 three 0 zero
4 four
5 fife
6 six
7 seven
 Correct radio voice procedure
Making a call

Control to Echo Charlie one over

To contact another person start with your call sign followed by to
then the call sign of the person you wish to contact
End with OVER. Over means you are finished speaking and waiting for a reply

Control this is Echo Charlie One - over

EC1 should acknowledge control is calling
Then follow with their call sign EC1
End with over to await a reply or request from control.
 Correct radio voice procedure

Thing to note
Do not use names over the radio
Do not call out personal details or phone numbers
Do not use profanity over the radio
Do not transmit while eating or chewing gum

Commands
Over Finished talking and waiting on a reply
Out Finished talking and not waiting for a reply
Break Break to interrupt a transmission for emergency or urgent call

Other code words can be established locally to identify things such as bomb
threats, missing children, etc... This should be agreed before issuing radios and all
radio operators should be aware of the code words.
 Correct radio voice procedure

Making a call

Echo Charlie One, Can you proceed to swords Rd -

over
Control will confirm call sign EC1
then control will issue a request
End with OVER.

Control, Echo Charlie One, en-route to swords rd -

out
EC1 should acknowledge control is calling
Then follow with their call sign EC1
EC1 should confirm the request once again
End with OUT. Out means the conversation is over and you are not waiting on a reply.
 Participation
Echo Charlie 2 to contact control about a blue taxi blocking the
north road, reg number 00-d-1293

Control to contact Echo Charlie 4 to close off north road outside the
school

Echo Charlie 23 to contact control for a medical incident. 22 year

old David Byrne fell and may have broken his leg.

Echo Charlie 45 to break a transmission and report a 2 car collision

on the old airport road with 4 persons injured.
 Participation
Echo Charlie 2 to contact control with crowd control issue at the
top of main street swords

Control to contact Echo Charlie 2 for an update on the crowd

control issue in swords.

Echo Charlie 30 to contact control to say they require urgent

assistance with a member of the public who has collapsed