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REGION EIGHT BROADCASTS

DE NNN0ASA 016
R 221300Z FEB 2012
FM CHNAVMARCORMARS WILLIAMSBURG VA
TO ALNAVMARCORMARS
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SUBJ: CHNAVMARCORMARS BCST  03-12 - RADIO CHECK PROWORDS
A. ACP-125F ARTICLE 611
B. NTP 8(D) CHAPTER 7
1. REF B (PREVIOUSLY THE JOINT VOICE SOP) DOES NOT CONTAIN THE
PROWORDS FOR RADIO CHECKS. USE THE FOLLOWING COMPLETE QUOTE FROM REF
A AND INCLUDE THEM IN YOUR AREA OPERATIONS GUIDES:
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611. RADIO CHECKS, SIGNAL STRENGTH AND READABILITY
  A. A STATION IS UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE GOOD SIGNAL STRENGTH AND
READABILITY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTIFIED. STRENGTH OF SIGNALS AND
READABILITY WILL NOT BE EXCHANGED UNLESS ONE STATION CANNOT CLEARLY
HEAR ANOTHER STATION.
  B. A STATION THAT WISHES TO INFORM ANOTHER OF HIS SIGNAL STRENGTH
AND READABILITY WILL DO SO BY MEANS OF A SHORT AND CONCISE REPORT OF
ACTUAL RECEPTION SUCH AS, WEAK BUT READABLE, LOUD BUT DISTORTED,
WEAK WITH INTERFERENCE, ETC. REPORTS SUCH AS "FIVE BY FIVE," "FOUR BY
FOUR," ETC., WILL NOT BE USED TO INDICATE STRENGTH AND QUALITY OF
RECEPTION.
  C. THE PROWORDS LISTED BELOW ARE FOR USE WHEN INITIATING AND
ANSWERING QUERIES CONCERNING SIGNAL STRENGTH AND READABILITY:
    (1) GENERAL:

  RADIO CHECK     WHAT IS MY SIGNAL STRENGTH AND READABILITY;
                  HOW DO YOU HEAR ME?

  ROGER           I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR LAST TRANSMISSION
                  SATISFACTORILY. THE OMISSION OF COMMENT ON
                  SIGNAL STRENGTH AND READABILITY IS UNDERSTOOD
                  TO MEAN THAT RECEPTION IS LOUD AND CLEAR. IF
                  RECEPTION IS OTHER THAN LOUD AND CLEAR, IT
                  MUST BE DESCRIBED WITH THE PROWORDS FOR (2)
                  AND (3) BELOW.

  NOTHING HEARD   TO BE USED WHEN NO REPLY IS RECEIVED FROM A
                  CALLED STATION.

    (2) REPORT OF SIGNAL STRENGTH:

  LOUD        YOUR SIGNAL IS VERY STRONG.

  GOOD        YOUR SIGNAL STRENGTH IS GOOD.

  WEAK        YOUR SIGNAL STRENGTH IS WEAK.

  VERY WEAK   YOUR SIGNAL STRENGTH IS VERY WEAK.

  FADING      AT TIMES YOUR SIGNAL STRENGTH FADES TO SUCH AN EXTENT
              THAT CONTINUOUS RECEPTION CANNOT BE RELIED UPON.

    (3) REPORT OF READABILITY:

  CLEAR             THE QUALITY OF YOUR TRANSMISSION IS EXCELLENT.

  READABLE          THE QUALITY OF YOUR TRANSMISSION IS SATISFACTORY.

  UNREADABLE        THE QUALITY OF YOUR TRANSMISSION IS SO BAD THAT I
                    CANNOT READ YOU.

  DISTORTED         HAVING TROUBLE READING YOU DUE TO INTERFERENCE.

  WITH INTERFERENCE HAVING TROUBLE READING YOU DUE TO INTERFERENCE.

  INTERMITTENT      HAVING TROUBLE READING YOU BECAUSE YOUR SIGNAL IS
                    INTERMITTENT.

  D. EXAMPLE (ASSUMING ABBREVIATED CALL SIGNS ARE IN USE):

     Z34D DESIRES A RADIO CHECK WITH Y13C AND TRANSMITS:

     THREE CHARLIE - THIS IS - FOUR DELTA - RADIO CHECK - OVER

     ALL STATIONS OF THE COLLECTIVE CALL HEAR Z34D LOUD AND CLEAR
EXCEPT C206 AND D381. THE REPLIES OF EACH STATION, IN ORDER, ARE:

     THIS IS - NINE TWO - ROGER - OVER

     THIS IS - ZERO SIX - READABLE - OVER

     THIS IS - EIGHT ONE - WEAK WITH INTERFERENCE - OVER

     THIS IS - SIX NINE - ROGER - OVER

     THIS IS - SEVEN EIGHT - ROGER - OVER

     THIS IS - NINE FIVE - ROGER - OVER

     Z34D INDICATES HIS RECEPTION OF EACH OF THE CALLED STATIONS WAS
LOUD AND CLEAR EXCEPT FOR C206, WHO WAS DISTORTED, AND D381, WHO WAS
NOT HEARD, BY REPLYING:

     THIS IS - FOUR DELTA - ROGER - ZERO SIX DISTORTED - EIGHT ONE -
     NOTHING HEARD - OVER

     IN THE EVENT Z34D HEAR ALL STATIONS LOUD AND CLEAR, THE REPLY
WOULD HAVE BEEN:

     THIS IS - FOUR DELTA - ROGER - OUT
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