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Q-Codes for Amateur Radio

QRA What is the name of your station?
QRB How far are you from my station?
QRG Will you tell me my exact frequency?
QRH Does my Frequency vary?
QRI How it the tone of my trnasmission?
QRJ Are you receiving me badly?
QRK What is the readability of my signals?
QRL Are you busy?
QRM Are you being interfered with?
QRN Are you troubled by static?
QRO Shall I increase transmitter power?
QRP Shall I decrease transmitter power?
QRQ Shall I send faster?
QRR Are you ready for autumatic operation?
QRS Shall I send more slowley?
QRT Shall I stop sending?
QRU Have you anything for me?
QRV Are you ready?
QRW Shall I inform_____that you are calling them?
QRZ When will you call me again?
QRY What is my turn?
QRZ Who is calling me?
QSA What is the strength of my signals?
QSB Are my signals fading?
QSD Is my keying defective?
QSJ What is the charge to be collected per word to_____including your international telegraph charge?
QSK Can you hear me between your signal and if so can I break in on your transmission?
QSL Can you acknowledge receipt?
QSM Shall I repeat the last messege which I sent you?
QSN Did you hear me on ____kHz?
QSO Can you communicate with____direct or relay?
QSP Will you relay to_____?
QSQ Have you a Doctor on Board?
QST Is there any messages for radio-hams?
QSU Shall I send or reply on this frequency?
QSV Shall I send a series of Vs on this frequency?
QSW Will you send on this frequecy or on ___khz or___ Mhz?
QSY Shall I change to another frequency?
QSZ Shall I send each word or group more than once?
QTA Shall I cancel my message number___?
QTB Do you agree with my counting of words?
QTC How many messages do you have to send?
QTE What is my true bearing from you?
QTG Will you send two dashes of 10 seconds each followed by your call sign?
QTH What is your location?
QTI What is your true track___degrees?
QTJ What is your speed?
QTL What is your tru heading?
QTN At what time did you depart from___?
QTO Have you left Dock or Port?
QTP Are you going to enter dock or port?
QTQ Can you communicate with my station by means of the International Code od Signals?
QTR What is the COrrect time?
QTS Will you send me your call sign for____minutes so that your frequency can verified?
QTU What are the hours which your station is Open?
QTV Shall I stand guard for you on the frequency of____kHz?
QTX Will you keep your station open for further communication with me?
QUA Have ytou news of___?
QUB Can you give me information on visibility / height of clouds / direction and velocity of ground wind at___?
QUC What is the number of the last message you received from me?
QUD Have you received the urgency signal sent by___?
QUF Have you received the Distress signal sent by___?
QUG Will you be forced to land?
QUH Will you give me the present barometic pressure?

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The RST Reporting System


RST Reports: An RST report is a report from a receiving station on the quality and strength and/or tone of a CW signal of a transmitting station's radio signal at the receiving station's location (QTH).

Here is what it means:

R = Readability - Understanding what is said and how well. On a scale of 1 to 5, the readability of your signal with a "5" being perfect with no difficulty. In other words the ability of the other operator to understand what you are saying. A "1" is unreadable....a "5" is perfectly readable.

S = Strength - On a scale of 1 to 9, indicates how strong your stations signal is. A "1" is a very faint signal. A "9" is an extremely strong signal.

T = Tone - Used for morse code signal reports. Indicates on a scale of 1 to 9 the quality of the tone of the morse code "dits and dahs". From a "60 cycle harsh tone" (a 1).... To a "very pure tone", (a 9)

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UTC Time

In simple terms UTC is the world wide time that Hams use to Record / Log Contacts so everyone is always on the same time.

Click on the LINK Below and save it to your Favorites for future use.

UTC = Coordinated Universal Time

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Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 8:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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