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This Is

The section on This Is seems pretty absolutist. I've worked with law enforcement and SAR on the west coast who have it in their procedures to reverse the order from what's described. If it's "Never" allowed, it should specify by whom. JeffreyBeckman (talk) 05:10, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Broadsword calling Danny Boy - a very famous example which presumably should be, "Danny Boy, this is Broadsword" --84.69.14.30 (talk) 14:28, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Send

I changed the word 'pass' to 'send me'. "Pass" is ambiguous, and could also mean its opposite, either I 'pass' or decline the rest of the message, or 'please send the message on to someone else'. --Boldklub-PJs (talk) 14:59, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Omissions

I read this article when I was revising for my VHF licence exam, and updated it from my course notes to contain the prowords SAY AGAIN and STATION CALLING, which are used in cases of poor reception. I also added prowords for distress, urgency and safety calls in a separate section as they are important calls. Tuesday 09/04/07 1438 UTC.

I noticed the omission of READ BACK FOR CHECK, I READ BACK and CORRECT. These have been added under a new section 86.143.162.224 19:01, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reformating

When I initially started this page I'd done it from the perspective of the radio communications doctrine of the US Army. But now with the additions of other editors I now see that there is an wide variety of different prowords from all different places (maritime, aviation, military, Ham, etc.). The article looks really sloppy now, and I'm thinking that perhaps to straighten it out we should create different sections (Maritime, Aviation, Military, Ham, etc.) in the article so the prowords will be organized by their respective uses. The problem arises that many prowords are universal like "Roger", "Over", and "Out". Perhaps a "Universal Prowords" section could also be created. I'd like to hear the input of other editors before beginning this undertaking. Ultratone85 20:16, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, agree with you there. For example, in the example of the proword REPEAT, this means different things in maritime radio and military fire discipline parlance. Editus Reloaded 20:42, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I split Universals from MVHF prowords; we really need a CB or Ham enthusiast to fill in civilian uses, and the rest is up to you - you're the soldier here. Editus Reloaded 20:51, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"I read you five by five"

I saw that somebody changed the radio check demonstration response to "I read you five by five". I've never heard this before and I wonder if someone could enlighten me as to it's origin, use, and meaning? Ultratone85 20:16, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know. But "read you lima charlie", means read you loud and clear (in response to a comms check). —Preceding unsigned comment added by TCO (talk • contribs) 18:00, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

5 by 5 is taken from the Amateur context of Radio Traffic. This refers to the RST Readability Strength and Tone. Tone is only used to describe the pureity of a CW signal CW relates to Morse. all the signals are graded from 1 exteremly poor to 5 very strong. "R" is Readability and "S" Strength. therefore 5 by 5 is readability 5 by strength 5 a very strong signal that is broadcast quality —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.82.187 (talk) 21:40, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

5 by 5 is sometimes subbed for "Radio 5" in the UK, meaning good signal. I have no sources though. ZellDenver (talk) 23:41, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

@ZellDenver: I'm pretty sure you mean

"5 by 5" is sometimes replaced by "Radio 5" in the UK

or

"Radio 5" is sometimes subbed [substituted] for "5 by 5" in the UK.

--Thnidu (talk) 22:45, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

When to say 'over' or 'out'?

I notice from playing too much Call of Duty 4 that sometimes people will use the words 'over' and 'out' and sometimes they will not. I know what they mean and when they should be said, but why is it that sometimes they are not? An example would be on this page, when it states that there are two helicopters in formation and they are communicating, but neither say out or over. Why is this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.12.18 (talk) 10:29, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Radio users, certainly in maritime VHF and probably in other systems should ALWAYS use over or out; the idea is to differentiate between the end of a message and a message interrupted due to interference. Editus Reloaded (talk) 11:09, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You say either "over" OR "out". "Over" means you are done transmitting, but await response. Essentially you are done saying something, waiting for the other party to talk. "Out" means you are done with the conversation. Saying "over and out" is something little boys do because it sounds cool. But it is not proper radio talk.

Pronunciation of PAN PAN and SECURITE

I added IPA pronunciations to PAN PAN and SECURITE. I made my best effort to sound them out and pick the right characters but no guarantee that I got it exactly right. Rsduhamel (talk) 07:06, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know about PAN-PAN, but SEELONCE, MAYDAY, PRU-DONCE, and FEENEE are English respellings of French silence (silence), m'aidez (help me), prudence (prudence, cautiousness, discretion), and fini (finished, done), respectively. MAYDAY from m'aidez is well known, but I'm not familiar with the others. Such respelling makes sense in a code/regulation intended for English-speakers. Please {{Ping}} me to discuss. --Thnidu (talk) 03:31, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wilco

I believe in the US Navy, only the commanding officer of a ship is allowed to say "wilco", can someone verify? Mcswell (talk) 17:51, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Module 5, page 2-20, of the U. S. Navy Nonresident Training Course for information Systems Technicians (NAVEDTRA 14226 dated October 1997) states "Only the commanding officer or his or her authorized representative can authorize communications personnel to send an acknowledgment." and "The reply is the proword WILCO."

I was taught in Radioman "A" School back in 1970 that pilots were considered "commanding officers" when they we in command of their plane and could use WILCO when required. Robertshobe (talk) 20:30, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Roger out

Just a comment.. I was bitched out by my CO for saying "Roger out" over the radio during a training exercise. Ether my CO was wrong or this is wrong..—Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎159.247.3.210 (talk • contribs) 11:50, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

SEELONCE FEENEE etc.

I'm a bit confused by the use of spellings like "SEELONCE FEENEE" in this article. Surely this is just the French words "SILENCE FINI", and the entry below should give pronunciation advice, as with the "SÉCURITÉ" entry. -- The Anome (talk) 09:59, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Formatting

Any good reason why WP:ALLCAPS doesn't apply?

The only reason I see is that radio procedure words normally are written in all capitals. --Vbakke (talk) 22:36, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]