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©LTCOL(AAC) G.R. NEWMAN-MARTIN, 2011

AUSTRALIAN ARMY CADETS

Radiotelephone procedures

Recruit introduction to RATEL


What is a proword? A proword is:

a pronounceable word or phrase:which has been given a particular meaning – for the purpose of speeding up messages between users on radio circuits


Examples of prowords ROGER Means ‘I have received your last transmission satisfactorily’ or ‘I understand your message’ Can also mean ‘loud and clear’

SEND Means ‘I am ready to receive your message’

WILCO Means ‘Message understood, and will be complied with’

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A full list of authorised prowords is at ANNEX A of your RATEL AIDE MEMOIRE


Prowords DO NOT USE INCORRECT PROWORDS

YES and NO Are correct prowords

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‘AFFIRMATIVE’ and ‘NEGATIVE’ Are NOT correct prowords

“DO YOU READ ME” and similar expressions Are NOT correct prowords

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‘AFFIRMATIVE’ and ‘NEGATIVE’ Are NOT correct prowords

“DO YOU READ ME” and similar expressions Are NOT correct prowords

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The phonetic alphabet

Enables spelling of words or phrases in a radiotelephone message

to be conveyed accurately and consistently

in a standard format that all users know



A ALPHA AL-FAH B BRAVO BRAH-VOH C CHARLIE CHAR-LEE D DELTA DELL-TAH E ECHO ECK-OH F FOXTROT FOKS-TROT G GOLF GOLF



H HOTEL HOH-TELL I INDIA IN-DEE-AH J JULIETT JOO-LEE-ETT K KILO KEY-LOH L LIMA LEE-MAH M MIKE MIKE N NOVEMBER NO-VEM-BER


The phonetic alphabet O OSCAR OSS-CAH P PAPA PAH-PAH Q QUEBEC KEH-BECK R ROMEO RO-ME-OH S SIERRA SEE-AIR-RAH T TANGO TANG-GO U UNIFORM YOU-NEE-

FORM



V VICTOR VIK-TAH W WHISKEY WISS-KEY X X-RAY ECKS-RAY Y YANKEE YANG-KEY Z ZULU ZOO-LOO


Spelling using the phonetic alphabet

Spelling using the phonetic alphabet is preceded by the proword

‘I SPELL’ Example:

‘WALK – I SPELL – WHISKEY-ALPHA-LIMA – KKILO – WALK’


Pronunciation of Pronunciation of figuresfigures

0 ZERO1 WUN Emphasis on ‘n ’2 TOO Sharp ‘t ’, long ‘oo’ 3 THU-REE Short ‘u ’, roll ‘r ’, long

‘ee’ 4 FO-WER Long ‘o ’ 5 FI-YIV Emphasise ‘f ’, ‘v ’, first ‘i’ is

long, second ‘i’ is short



6 SIX Emphasis on ‘x ’7 SEV-ENTwo distinct syllables,

‘en’ as in ‘hen’8 ATE Long ‘a ’9 NINER Long ‘i’, emphasis both

‘n ’s 10 WUN ZERO



• Numbers are transmitted digit by digit

• Example FIY-IV WUN TOO for ‘512’

• Exact multiples of hundreds and of thousands may be spoken as such

• Example FIY-IV HUNDREDFIY-IV HUNDRED



• In good conditions numbers may be sent as in normal speech

• Example ‘Forty-four’ for ’44’• Example ‘Two thousand and eight’

for ‘2008’• Example: ‘Twenty-three fifty-nine

hours’ for ‘2359 hours’



• Under poor or difficult conditions, figures are sent digit by digit,

preceded by the proword FIGURES• Example: ‘FIGURES SEV-EN THUH-REE FO-

WER’ for ‘734’



• Proword ‘FIGURES’ is NOT used with:

• Callsigns• Grid references• Time checks



• Decimal point spoken as ‘DAY-SEE-MAL’

• Example

‘Wun Too Thuh-ree DAY-SEE-MAL Fow-er’ for ‘123.4’


Grid referencesGrid references

GRID REFERENCE IN CLEAR

‘GRID Three Two Six – Eight Four Seven’


Fixed CallsignsFixed Callsigns

A fixed callsign is a callsign assigned to a unit

Does not change daily

Stays the same (‘fixed’)

Arranged in a tiered sequence

e.g. 10 (ONE ZERO), 11 (ONE ONE), 12 (ONE e.g. 10 (ONE ZERO), 11 (ONE ONE), 12 (ONE

TWO)…TWO)…

The NCS callsign is usually The NCS callsign is usually 0A0A (ZERO ALPHA)(ZERO ALPHA)


Layout of typical command structure Layout of typical command structure showing fixed callsignsshowing fixed callsigns

0A* (headquarters station)

10* (A 'Company')

11*(11Platoon') 12*(12 Platoon)

12A* (4 'Section')

12B* (5 'Section')

12C* (6 'Section')

11A (1 'Section')

11B (2 'Section')

11C (3 'Section')

20* (B 'Company')

21* 22* 23*

(etc)

callsigns are indicated by an asterisk, thus: 0A*

* * *

11A 11B* 11C* (1 Section) (2 Section) (3 Section)

12* (12 Platoon) 13* (13 Platoon)

12A 12B 12C

13A* 13B* 13C*(7 Section) (8 Section) (9 Section)

Radio appointment titles

Purpose is to hide identity of the person in that appointment. Same appointment titles for all units.

SUNRAY Commander

SUNRAY MINOR Deputy Commander

MOLAR Quartermaster

MOONBEAM Executive Officer

PLAYTIME Transport

STARLIGHT Medical

SEAGULL MINOR Adjutant©LTCOL(AAC) G.R. NEWMAN-MARTIN,

2011


CALLING

To communicate on a radio net, make an initial call

(‘transmission’).

An initial call has several parts:


Initial Call

CALLSIGN identifies station/s being called

‘THIS IS’ proword - means callsign of caller follows

CALLSIGN identifies caller

TEXT the message itself

ENDING:

‘OVER’ proword - means ‘your turn to talk, NOW’

‘OUT’ proword - means ‘end of my transmission, no answer required’


ANSWERING

An answer to an initial call has several parts:


Parts of an answer

CALLSIGN identifies station/s now being called

‘THIS IS’ proword – means callsign of caller follows – compulsory in first reply

CALLSIGN identifies caller now calling

RECEIPT


Parts of an answer

RECEIPT:

‘ROGER’, or

‘WILCO’, OR

‘WAIT’


Parts of an answer

‘ROGER’ proword – means ‘‘Message received’Message received’

‘WILCO’ proword – means: Message received, andMessage received, and I understand, andI understand, and I will complyI will comply..

Parts of an answer

‘WAIT’ proword – means:

Your message received, and There will be a brief delay – less than

5 seconds, and No other station is to transmit

during this pause.


Parts of an answer

‘WAIT OUT’

Proword – means:

‘Received your message, There will be a delay more than 5

seconds, I will come back to you later, and Any station is free to transmit now.


Parts of an answer – 25

‘OUT TO YOU’

Proword – means:

‘This ends my transmission to you, and No answer needed, and I am going to call another station

immediately.


INITIAL CALLS

• At time designated for opening of net, NCS makes ‘initial call’ to all stations

• NCS uses proword ‘RADIO CHECK’

• RADIO CHECK means ‘what is my signal strength & readability?’

INITIAL CALLS

• Substations then reply in correct answering order, stating how they hear the NCS.

INITIAL CALLS

• Substations use these prowords to report signal strength:

•LOUD LOUD Your signal strength isYour signal strength is excellentexcellent•GOOD GOOD Your signal strength isYour signal strength is goodgood•WEAK WEAK Your signal strength isYour signal strength is weakweak•VERY WEAKVERY WEAK Your signal strength isYour signal strength is very weak very weak•FADINGFADING Your signal strength at timesYour signal strength at times

fadesfades so that continuous so that continuous reception reception cannot be relied upon cannot be relied upon

DO NOTS

DO NOT SAY ‘LOUD AND CLEAR’ - THE CORRECT PROWORD IS: ‘ROGER’

DO NOT say ‘how do you read’ – the correct proword is ‘RADIO CHECK’

DO NOT use any other unauthorised prowords

EXAMPLE OF INITIAL CALLNCS (0A) initiates the call: “XRAY PAPA - THIS IS 0A – RADIO CHECK – OVER”

11 replies: “(0A) - (THIS IS) 11 - (ROGER) - OVER”

12 replies: “(0A) - (THIS IS) 12 – WEAK BUT READABLE – OVER”

13 replies: “(0A) - (THIS IS) 13 – LOUD WITH INTERFERENCE - OVER”

14 replies: “(0A) - (THIS IS) 14 – (ROGER) – OVER”

Procedure if station fails to join the net

When a substation fails to answer in proper sequence, it must

wait until all other substations have wait until all other substations have answeredanswered.


If NCS does not receive a reply to the final request, NCS transmits:

‘NOTHING HEARDNOTHING HEARD’’


When able to join net, substation reports in, using proword:

‘REPORTING INTO THE NETREPORTING INTO THE NET’

EXAMPLE OF FIXED STATION JOINING A WORKING NET

Substation 12 joins the net after it has already been opened

12 initiates call:“0A - THIS IS 12 – REPORTING INTO THE NET – OVER”

NCS (0A) replies: “(12) - (THIS IS) 0A - (ROGER) - OVER”

12 replies: “(0A) - (THIS IS) 12 – OUT”


OFFERING MESSAGES

II’’ve got a message ve got a message for you!for you!


OFFERING MESSAGES

Messages are ‘offered’:

to see if called station is ready to receive

before sending reports or orders

in poor or difficult conditions

if message must be written down

when NCS states that net is directed


OFFERING MESSAGES

When message is offered, it is not given during initial transmission

Message is offered using one of these prowords:

MESSAGE

CRYPTO MESSAGE

SITREP, CASEVAC REQUEST, MAINTDEM, etc

Receiver must take down offered message in writing


LONG MESSAGES

Long message – one which takes > 30 seconds to transmit

Sent in sections each lasting approx 30 seconds

Each section terminates with ‘MORE TO FOLLOW – OVER’

Receiving stations acknowledge each section in turn – with callsign followed by ‘OVER’


LONG MESSAGES

Procedure may be interrupted after any section by urgent traffic

If no interruption, next section is transmitted using ‘ALL AFTER’ – followed by last word or phrase of section previously transmitted

This procedure is continued until message is completed

Receiving stations then acknowledge the last section & end with proword ‘OUT’‘OUT’


REPORTSREPORTS


REPORTS

LOCSTAT – location statement

SITREP – situation report

MAINTDEM – demand for essential supplies

INCIDENTREP – report of an incident

MOVEREQ – movement (i.e. transport) request

NOTICAS – notification sick/injured not requiring evacuation.)

FATALCAS – SHORT NOTICAS format – reports fatality

CASEVAC – sick or injured requiring urgent evacuation

LOCSTAT©LTCOL(AAC) G.R. NEWMAN-MARTIN,

2011

LOCSTAT LOCSTAT

LOCSTATALPHA. CallsignBRAVO. Time (Date/Time Group)CHARLIE. Location (GR)DELTA. Direction (if moving) or length

of halt (if halted)

LOCSTAT to be provided on request

If no change from previous LOCSTAT, state ‘LOCSTAT: No change’


LOCSTATConversation between 0A and

11


Note how punctuation marks such as full stops are spelled out as prowords.

This draws attention to the start of each section.

It also allows a brief catch up time when the receiver writes down the message.


EXAMPLE - LOCSTAT

At 0900 hours on 31 July 2006,

11 sends a LOCSTAT to 0A

stating that they are at GR 563 728

and are heading North to checkpoint 3 (nickname CLEAR FOX)


EXAMPLE - LOCSTAT

11 initiates call:

“0A – THIS IS 11 – LOCSTAT – OVER”


EXAMPLE - LOCSTAT

11 initiates call:


NCS replies:

“(11) – (THIS IS) – 0A – SEND LOCSTAT – OVER”


EXAMPLE - LOCSTAT

11 initiates call:


NCS replies:


11 replies with LOCSTAT:

“(0A) – (THIS IS) 11 – LOCSTAT –


EXAMPLE - LOCSTAT

11 initiates call:


NCS replies:




ALPHA – FULL STOP – One One [callsign]


EXAMPLE - LOCSTAT

11 initiates call:


NCS replies:




ALPHA – FULL STOP – One One

BRAVO – FULL STOP – Three One–Zero Niner Zero Zero – JULY – Zero Six [Date/Time Group]


EXAMPLE - LOCSTAT

CHARLIE – FULL STOP – GRID – Six–Five–Three – Seven– Two–Eight [Grid Reference]

(continued)(continued)


EXAMPLE - LOCSTAT

CHARLIE – FULL STOP – GRID – Six–Five–Three – Seven– Two–Eight

DELTA – FULL STOP – heading North to CLEAR FOX

[direction]



EXAMPLE - LOCSTAT



0A acknowledges receipt of the LOCSTAT:

“(11) – (THIS IS) – 0A – OVER”



EXAMPLE - LOCSTAT



0A acknowledges receipt of the LOCSTAT:

“(11) – (THIS IS) – 0A – OVER”

11 (originator) ends:

“(0A) – (THIS IS) – 11 – OUTOUT”



SITREP – Situation report

SITREP



SITREP

ALPHA. Callsign



SITREP

ALPHA. Callsign

BRAVO. Current situation overview



SITREP

ALPHA. Callsign


CHARLIE. Remarks



SITREP

ALPHA. Callsign


CHARLIE. Remarks

DELTA. Admin situation



SITREP

ALPHA. Callsign


CHARLIE. Remarks


ECHO. General (must include future intentions)



SITREP

ALPHA. Callsign


CHARLIE. Remarks


ECHO. General (must include future intentions)

FOXTROT. Commander’s evaluation


EXAMPLE OF SITREP

Conversation between 11A and 0A


Punctuation marks – such as FULL STOP and COMMA – in

the written message are pronounced as prowords

when the message is transmitted by voice.


EXAMPLE – SITREP

11A initiates call: “0A – THIS IS 11A – SITREP – OVER”


EXAMPLE – SITREP


0A replies: “(11A) – (THIS IS) – 0A – SEND SITREP – OVER”


EXAMPLE – SITREP



11A sends SITREP: “(0A) – (THIS IS) 11A – SITREP –


EXAMPLE – SITREP



11A replies: “(0A) – (THIS IS) 11A – SITREP –ALPHA – FULL STOP – One One Alpha – [callsign]

EXAMPLE – SITREP



11A replies: “(0A) – (THIS IS) 11A – ALPHA – FULL STOP – One One Alpha – BRAVO – FULL STOP – behind time due to terrain [current situation overview]


EXAMPLE – SITREP

CHARLIE – FULL STOP – Nil – [remarks]


EXAMPLE – SITREP

CHARLIE – FULL STOP – Nil –

DELTA – FULL STOP – Moving slowly and will not reach destination until after ETA – [admin situation]


EXAMPLE – SITREP


DELTA – FULL STOP – Moving slowly and will not reach destination until after ETA –

ECHO – FULL STOP – Moving slowly and will not reach destination until after ETA. Intend to reach checkpoint one tonight. [general – must include future intentions]


EXAMPLE – SITREP



ECHO – FULL STOP – Moving slowly and will not reach destination until after ETA. Intend to reach checkpoint one

tonight. FOXTROT – FULL STOP – Intend to reach checkpoint two tomorrow as arranged [Commander’s intentions]


EXAMPLE – SITREP




tonight. FOXTROT – FULL STOP – Intend to reach checkpoint two tomorrow as arranged

0A gives a receipt: “(11A) – (THIS IS) – 0A – (ROGER) – OVER”


EXAMPLE – SITREP




tonight. FOXTROT – FULL STOP – Intend to reach checkpoint two tomorrow as arranged

0A gives a receipt: “(11A) – (THIS IS) – 0A – (ROGER) – OVER”

11A (the originator) ends: “(0A) – (THIS IS) – 11A – OUT”


ANY FINALQUESTIONS

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THAT’S ALL FOLKS


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