Radio code
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Radio codes include:
- ICAO spelling alphabet
- Procedure words
- Brevity code
- Operating signals
- Prosigns for Morse code
- 92 Code Western Union telegraph brevity codes
- Q code - initially developed for commercial radiotelegraph communication, and later adopted by other radio services, especially amateur radio. Used since circa 1909.
- QN Signals - published by the ARRL and used by Amateur radio operators to assist in the transmission of ARRL Radiograms in the National Traffic System.
- R code - published by the British Post Office in 1908 for use only by British coastal wireless stations and ships licensed by the Postmaster General.[1]
- S code - published by the British Post Office in 1908 for use only by British coastal wireless stations and ships licensed by the Postmaster General.[1]
- X code - used by European military services as a wireless telegraphy code in the 1930s and 1940s
- Z code - also used in the early days of radiotelegraph communication.
- Morse code
- Radiotelephony procedure
Also see encoding generally.
- ^ a b "R - CODES AND S - CODES".
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