|
CODE |
MEANING |
SIGNIFICATION |
USAGE |
|
CQ |
Seek You – Calling all stations |
Appel à toutes les stations |
CQ, CQ ,CQ |
|
Hi |
Laughter |
Rire (ou Hello) |
Very funny, Hi Hi |
|
73 |
Best Regards |
Sincères salutations |
73, Joe |
|
88 |
Love and kisses |
Bisous |
88 from Julie |
|
YL |
Young Lady |
Jeune fille |
Nice to hear a YL on the band |
|
OM |
Old Man |
Vieil homme (ou radioamateur) |
See you later OM |
|
DX |
Long distance |
Longue distance |
I’m looking for a DX contact |
|
CW |
Continuous Wave (Morse code) mode |
Code morse |
I’m going to send you CW now |
|
WX |
Weather |
Météo |
The WX is getting bad here |
|
Phone |
Voice communication mode |
Conversation orale |
Switching to phone mode now |
|
80,40,20 etc |
Wavelength of the amateur band |
Longueur d'onde |
I will be operating on 40 |
|
7100 |
7.100 kilohertz |
7,100 Kz |
Change frequency to 7100 |
|
Roger |
Yes, OK |
Oui, ok |
Roger Joe |
|
Negative |
No |
Non |
Negative copy Julie |
|
Over |
Back to you |
A vous |
I’m finished talking, over |
|
Copy |
Heard and understood |
Entendu, compris |
I did not copy that |
|
Rig |
Radio Transceiver |
Emetteur |
I just switched on my rig |
|
Eyeball |
Face to face meeting |
Rencontre visuelle |
Let’s have an eyeball |
|
Doubled |
Two stations transmitting at the same time |
Deux stations émettent en même temps |
Julie, you just doubled with Joe. Go again please. |
|
Ragchew |
A long rambling contact |
Contact perdu |
You have been ragchewing for hours |
|
Zulu |
The time in UTC |
L'heure universelle (GMT) |
It is 2359 zulu here |
|
PAN |
Urgency call – Emergency situation |
Appel d'urgence - situation urgente |
PAN PAN PAN … engine failure, taking on water… |
|
MAYDAY |
Distress call – Life and death situation |
Appel de détresse |
MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY … ship sinking… |
