What is the name of your station? How far are you from my station? Where are you from? Will you tell me my exact frequency? Does my frequency vary? How is the tone of my transmission? What is the readability of my signals Are you busy? Are you being interfered Are you troubled by Atmosphere noise Shall I increase power? Shall I degrease power? Faster Slower Shall i stop sending?-"on-the-side" Have you anything for me? Are you ready? Shall i tell that you are calling him When will you call again?-"off-the-air" What is my turn? Who is calling me? What is the strength of my signals Are my signals fading?(up and down) Is my keying defective?
Shall I send ... messages at a time? Break into a conversation Can you acknowledge Shall I repeat the last messages I send you? Did you hear me on ... MHz? Can you communicate Will you relay to ...? General call preceding a message addressed to all amateurs. Shall I send or replay on this frequency? Shall I send a series of whistles on this frequency? Do wish to transmit on frequency? Will you listen to on channel..? Shall i change frequency Shall I send each word or group more than once? Shall I cancel message number ...? Do you agree with my counting of words? How many messages have you to send? What is my TRUE bearing from you What is your position What is your TRUE course? What is your speed? What is the exact time? Time (GMT) What are the hours during which your station is open? Will you keep your station open for further communication whit me until further notice (or until hours)? Have you news of..? Have you received the urgent signals sent by.? Have you received the distress signals sent by:?
PHONETIC ALPHABET
A = ALFA B = BRAVO C = CHARLIE D = DELTA E = ECHO F = FOXTROT G = GOLF H = HOTEL I = INDIA J = JULIET 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 = ZOULOU
CODES from QSL CARDS
MAIN CODES
TNX = Thanks TKS = Thanks PSE = Please HPE CUAGN = "Hope To See You Again" PWR = Power (watts) WX = Weather conditions VY = Very DE = From Working Conditions = Radio equipment Transceiver = Radio transmitter; (or: TX/RX) Beam = Directional antenna (horizontal/vertical) Propagation = Ionosphere conditions (known as "skip") CQ General call CQ DX Call to distant stations 73s "Best wishes" 51 "Greetings" 88 "Love and kisses" 10-4 "O.K." Roger, O.K. "Received
