Affirmative                                        Yes

Copy                                                  "Ready to copy.", "I am ready to copy" message.

Copy by intercept                          Overheard information acknowledged, no need to repeat.

Disregard                                         Ignore previous

Emergency Traffic                         Suspend current activities and respond to Emergency.

ETA                                                    Estimated time or arrival.  "What is your ETA?"

How copy?                                      Loud and clear / Medium and readable / Weak and unreadable

Is this frequency in use?              Inquire if frequency is unused.  Proceed if nothing heard.

Negative                                           No

Request permission to secure  

Roger                                                Confirm, does not mean "yes".  Acknowledge message receipt.

Say again                                         I say again <subject>  example:  I say again "City: San Rafael".

Wait                                                    Stop transmitting and wait until called.

 

 

When necessary to identify any letter of the alphabet, use the standard phonetic alphabet

 

Letter

Phonetic

Letter

Phonetic

Letter

Phonetic

A

ALFA

J

JULIET

S

SIERRA

B

BRAVO

K

KILO

T

TANGO

C

CHARLIE

L

LIMA

U

UNIFORM

D

DELTA

M

MIKE

V

VICTOR

E

ECHO

N

NOVEMBER

W

WHISKEY

F

FOXTROT

O

OSCAR

X

XRAY

G

GOLF

P

PAPA

Y

YANKEE

H

HOTEL

Q

QUEBEC

Z

ZULU

I

INDIA

R

ROMEO