Operating signals

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Operating signals are a type of brevity code used in operational communication among radio and telegraph operators. For example:

  • Prosigns for Morse code
  • 92 Code: telegraph brevity codes
  • Q code: initially developed for commercial radiotelegraph communication and adopted by other radio services
  • QN Signals: published by the ARRL and used in Amateur radio
  • R code and S Code: published by the British Post Office for coastal wireless stations and ships[1]
  • X code: used by European military services in wireless telegraphy
  • Z code: used in early radiotelegraph communication

See also[]

  • Brevity code
  • SINPO code - code used to describe the quality of radio transmissions, especially in reception reports written by shortwave listeners
  • R-S-T system- information about the quality of a radio signal being received. Used by amateur radio operators, shortwave listeners.
  • Morse code abbreviations
  • Telegraphese

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References[]

  1. ^ "R - CODES AND S - CODES".
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