It appears to me that the use of "Over," "Standby," "Please," "Sorry,"
etc. fall right in line with the Incident Command System (ICS) and
National Incident Managament System (NIMS) adopted by emergency
comunications personnel in the USA. These systems urge the use of common,
plain wording in message communication.
I have never used "QSL?" to replace "Over". I HAVE heard it done and it
irks me too.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Tue, 3 Jun 2008, LA5HE Ragnar Otterstad wrote:
T his reminds me:
Why are new hams using QSL instead of OVER ?
The Q-code was made for telegraphy to save time and avoid language
confusion. !
73
" RAG " Ragnar Otterstad LA5HE JW5HE OZ8RO
Located in Telemark - Home of skiing.
For more information about Telemark take a look at :
http://en.telemarkreiser.no/
From UK:
Has anyone out there got a copy of Standard Radio Procedures ?
The reason I ask is that the police (I work in a police control room) are
introducing what they call 'Airwave Speak' which is being adopted by police
forces nationally. The grandly titled 'National Police Improvement Agency'
has come up with a definitive list of words which are classed as good
procedure, i.e 'OVER' 'STAND BY' 'ACKNOWLDGE' 'NEGATIVE' etc...... the
usual stuff.
However, they have binned for some unknown reason 'ROGER' and
replaced it with 'RECEIVED' and have also brought in 'PLEASE' 'SORRY' and
'THANK YOU' amongst other changes!
No, this is not april 1st. This is genuine.
Although it will standardise terminology used by all police forces they
have omitted to consult the armed forces who also have access to 'Airwave'
and I believe have missed an opportunity to standardise Radio Procedures
amongst ALL emergency services with whom we are supposed to be able to work
if the proverbial you know what hit the fan.
If I could get hold off or even print out from some internet site a
definitive copy of CORRECT Radio Speak I intend to make my disapproval
known.
SORRY? THANK YOU? ....... give me strength!
Mick Martin
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