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Q code

Index Q code

The Q code is a standardized collection of three-letter codes all of which start with the letter "Q". [1]

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ACP 131

ACP-131 is the controlling publication for the listing of Q codes and Z codes.

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Aeronautical Code signals

The Aeronautical Code signals are radio signal codes.

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Altimeter setting

Altimeter setting is the value of the atmospheric pressure used to adjust the sub-scale of a pressure altimeter so that it indicates the height of an aircraft above a known reference surface.

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Amateur radio

Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, describes the use of radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communication.

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Amateur radio call signs

Amateur radio call signs are allocated to amateur radio operators around the world.

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Amateur radio in India

Amateur radio or ham radio is practised by more than 16,000 licensed users in India.

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American Radio Relay League

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the largest membership association of amateur radio enthusiasts in the USA.

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APRS Calling

APRS Calling is a manual procedure for calling stations on the Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) to initiate communications on another frequency, or possibly by other means.

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BSAA Star Ariel disappearance

Star Ariel (registration G-AGRE) was an Avro Tudor Mark IVB passenger aircraft owned and operated by British South American Airways (BSAA) which disappeared without a trace over the Atlantic Ocean while on a flight between Bermuda and Kingston, Jamaica on 17 January 1949.

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Call signs in Canada

Call signs in Canada are three, four or five letters long (not including the "–FM", "TV" or "–DT" suffix) and are assigned to a variety of broadcasters.

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CB radio in the United Kingdom

Citizens band radio (often shortened to CB radio) is a system of short-distance radio communications between individuals on a selection of 40 channels within the 27-MHz (11 m) band.

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Contact (amateur radio)

An amateur radio contact, more commonly referred to as simply a "contact", is an exchange of information between two amateur radio stations.

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CQ (call)

CQ is a code used by wireless operators, particularly those communicating in Morse code, (— · — · — — · —), but also by voice operators, to make a general call (called a CQ call).

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ICAO airport code

The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world.

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Index of aviation articles

Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft.

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Index of electronics articles

This is an index of articles relating to electronics and electricity or natural electricity and things that run on electricity and things that use or conduct electricity.

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ITU prefix

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) allocates call sign prefixes for radio and television stations of all types.

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KQRZ-LP

KQRZ-LP (100.7 FM) is a low-power radio station licensed to Hillsboro, Oregon, United States.

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KQSL

KQSL, virtual and VHF digital channel 8, is a TLN West-affiliated television station licensed to Fort Bragg, California, United States.

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List of acronyms: Q

(Main list of acronyms).

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List of airports by ICAO code: Q

Q is reserved by the ICAO for international radiocommunications and other non-geographical special uses.

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List of aviation, aerospace and aeronautical abbreviations

A glossary of abbreviations used in relation to aviation, in alphabetical order.

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List of international common standards

A list of common and basic information standards, that are related by their frequent and widespread use, and which are conventionally used internationally by industry and organizations.

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List of radio stations in Greece

Greece has over 1,000 licensed radio stations.

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Maritime Mobile Service Q Codes

Part of a larger set of Q Codes designated by the ITU-R, the QOA–QQZ code range is reserved for the Maritime Mobile Service.

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Morse code

Morse code is a method of transmitting text information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment.

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Morse code abbreviations

Morse code abbreviations are used to speed up Morse communications by foreshortening textual words and phrases.

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NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO phonetic alphabet, officially denoted as the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, and also commonly known as the ICAO phonetic alphabet, and in a variation also known officially as the ITU phonetic alphabet and figure code, is the most widely used radiotelephone spelling alphabet.

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Non-ITU prefix

Prefixes that are used for radio and television are usually allocated by ITU.

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NOTAM Code

NOTAM Code is an aeronautical radiotelegraph and radiotelephony brevity code used to transmit information about radio navigation aids, airports, lighting facilities, dangers to aircraft, and actions related to search and rescue.

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Operating signals

Operating signals are one type of brevity code wherein the signals are designed and used primarily to support the communication of the communications (radio and telegraph) operators among themselves with respect to communications operations, instead of communicating abbreviated messages about non-communications related activities.

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Play.Rock.Music

Play.Rock.Music. is the fifth studio album by Toadies produced and mixed by Chris "Frenchie" Smith at The Bubble studio in Austin,TX.

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Prosigns for Morse code

Procedure signs or prosigns are shorthand signals used in radio telegraphy procedures, for the purpose of simplifying and standardizing communications related to radio operating issues among two or more radio operators.

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Q and Z signals

Q and Z signals are brevity codes widely used in Morse code radio telegraphy.

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QDR

QDR may mean.

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QFE

QFE is a three letter acronym which can have meanings in aviation, in software development, and in network usage.

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QFF

QFF is a Q code.

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QN Signals

The QN Signals are Morse code operating signals that were introduced for Amateur radio net operation in 1939 on the Michigan QMN Net to lighten the burdens of net control operators.

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QNH

QNH is a Q code indicating the atmospheric pressure adjusted to mean sea level.

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QQK

QQK may refer to.

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QRB

QRB may refer to.

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Qrc

QRC may refer to.

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QRG

QRG can refer to any of the following.

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QRH

QRH may refer to.

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QRL

QRL is a three letter acronym that can stand for several things.

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QRN sur Bretzelburg

QRN sur Bretzelburg (Eng. Lit., QRN over Bretzelburg), written by Franquin and Greg, drawn by Franquin with assistance by Jidéhem, is the eighteenth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series.

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QRP operation

In amateur radio, QRP operation refers to transmitting at reduced power while attempting to maximize one's effective range.

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QRZ.com

QRZ.com is an amateur radio callsign website, which houses almost every callsign in the world.

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QSA and QRK radio signal reports

The QSA code and QRK code are interrelated and complimentary signal reporting codes for use in wireless telegraphy (Morse code).

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QSC

QSC may refer to.

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QSD

QSD may refer to.

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QSK operation (full break-in)

Turning over a communications channel is the change in communications protocol transmission status that occurs when a transmitting station releases transmitting control of a communications channel thus turning it over to allow another station to transmit.

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QSL

QSL may refer to.

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QSL card

A QSL card is a written confirmation of either a two-way radiocommunication between two amateur radio stations or a one-way reception of a signal from an AM radio, FM radio, television or shortwave broadcasting station.

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QSR

QSR may refer to.

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QST

QST is a magazine for amateur radio enthusiasts, published by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL).

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QTC

QTC may refer to.

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QTR

QTR may refer to.

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Radio code

Radio codes include.

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Radiotelephony procedure

Radiotelephony procedure (also on-air protocol and voice procedure) includes various techniques used to clarify, simplify and standardize spoken communications over two-way radios, in use by the armed forces, in civil aviation, police and fire dispatching systems, citizens' band radio (CB), and Amateur radio.

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Radioteletype

Radioteletype (RTTY) is a telecommunications system consisting originally of two or more electromechanical teleprinters in different locations connected by radio rather than a wired link.

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RAF slang

The Royal Air Force developed a distinctive slang which has been documented in works such as Piece of Cake and the Dictionary of RAF slang.

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Reception report

A reception report is a means by which radio stations (usually short- and medium-wave broadcasters) receive detailed feedback from their listeners about the quality and content of their broadcasts.

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September 1966

The following events occurred in September 1966.

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Signal strength and readability report

A signal strength and readability report is a standardized format for reporting the strength radio signal and the readability (quality) of the radiotelephone (voice) or radiotelegraph (Morse code) signal transmitted by another station as received at the reporting station's location and by their radio station equipment.

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Standard Marine Communication Phrases

The Standard Marine Communication Phrases (SMCP) is a set of key phrases in the English language (which is the internationally recognised language of the sea), supported by the international community for use at sea and developed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

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Ten-code

Ten-codes, officially known as ten signals, are brevity codes used to represent common phrases in voice communication, particularly by law enforcement and in Citizens Band (CB) radio transmissions.

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The Bulls & the Bees

The Bulls & The Bees is an EP by the Melvins, released on March 13, 2012 through Scion A/V for free download.

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Three-letter acronym

A three-letter acronym (TLA), or three-letter abbreviation, is an abbreviation, specifically an acronym, alphabetism, or initialism, consisting of three letters.

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Time synchronization over radio

Time synchronization over radio is the procedure used for time transfer performed by humans over two-way radio circuits, including voice, telegraph, and teletype.

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Venus Equilateral

The Venus Equilateral series is a set of 13 science fiction short stories by American writer George O. Smith, concerning the Venus Equilateral Relay Station, an interplanetary communications hub located at the Lagrangian point of the Sun-Venus system.

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Vintage amateur radio

Vintage amateur radio is a subset of amateur radio activity and is considered a form of nostalgia or hobby much like antique car collecting, where enthusiasts collect, restore, preserve, build, and operate amateur radio equipment from bygone years, most notably those using vacuum tube technology.

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WFLA (AM)

WFLA 970 AM ("Newsradio 970 WFLA") is talk-formatted AM radio station in Tampa, Florida, serving the Tampa Bay media market.

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Z code

Z Code (like Q Code and X Code) is a set of operating signals used in CW, TTY and RTTY radio communication.

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131 (number)

131 (one hundred thirty-one) is the natural number following 130 and preceding 132.

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1936 KLM Croydon accident

The 1936 KLM Croydon accident was the crash of a KLM airliner on 9 December 1936, shortly after taking off from the Croydon Air Port (as it was known at the time) on a scheduled flight to Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash

The 1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 Crash occurred on 11 January 1947 when Douglas C-47A G-AGJX of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) crashed into a hill at Stowting, Kent, in southeast England, killing five people outright, with a further three dying from injuries received.

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2200-meter band

The 2200 meter or 136 kHz band is the lowest frequency band in which amateur radio operators are allowed to transmit.

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500 kHz

The radio frequency of 500 kilohertz (500 kHz) has been an international calling and distress frequency for Morse code maritime communication since early in the 20th century.

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73 (number)

73 (seventy-three) is the natural number following 72 and preceding 74.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_code

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