| ITU Phonetic Alphabet A = Alpha B = Bravo C = Charlie D = Delta E = Echo F = Foxtrot G = Golf H = Hotel I = India J = Juliet K = Kilo L = Lima M = Mike N = November O = Oscar P = Papa Q = Quebec R = Romeo S = Sierra T = Tango U = Uniform V = Victor W = Whiskey X = X-Ray Y = Yankee Z = Zulu | Common Q Signals QTH Location “What’s your QTH?” QRZ Who is calling me? “KE7XXX QRZ?” QSL Acknowledge receipt “Copy KE7XXX in Redmond, Washington. QSL?” “QSL Redmond, Washington” (response) QSY Change Frequency “Can you QSY up to 10 (kHz)? QSO Conversation/Contact “Thanks for the QSO” QRP Low Power (< 5 watts on HF, 10 on VHF) “I’m running QRP from Washington” QRM Man-made noise “I have a lot of QRM here in the car” QRN Atmospheric noise “Lots of QRN or 40 meters today” | R-S-T- Signal Reporting System R (Readability) 1 - Unreadable 2 - Barely readable 3 - Readable with considerable difficulty 4 - Readable with little difficulty 5 - Perfectly readable S (Signal strength) 1 - Faint signals, barely perceptible 2 - Very weak signals 3 - Weak signals 4 - Fair signals 5 - Fairly good signals 6 - Good signals 7 - Moderately strong signals 8 - Strong signals 9 - Extremely strong signals T (Tone) Tone is used on CW (morse code) QSOs. Only R and S are generally used with voice transmissions “Your signal is 5 9 today” |