Table of Contents
49 relations: ACP 131, Air traffic control, Altimeter setting, Amateur radio, Amateur radio operator, American Radio Relay League, Aviation, Bletchley Park, Brevity code, Call sign, Combined Communications-Electronics Board, Contact (amateur radio), Coordinated Universal Time, Instrument flight rules, International Civil Aviation Organization, International Code of Signals, International maritime signal flags, International Radiotelegraph Convention (1912), International Telecommunication Union, ITU prefix, ITU-R, List of ITU letter codes, Lorenz cipher, Maritime Mobile Service Q Codes, METAR, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Mnemonic, Morse code, National Traffic System, NATO, NOTAM, NOTAM Code, Operating signals, Pilot report, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, Prosigns for Morse code, QN Signals, QRA locator, QRP operation, QSK operation (full break-in), QSL card, QST, Radio atmospheric signal, Radioteletype, Spark-gap transmitter, Ten-code, Transceiver, Wireless telegraphy, Z code.
- Morse code
- Operating signals
- Telecommunications-related introductions in 1909
ACP 131
ACP-131 is the controlling publication for the listing of and It is published and revised from time to time by the Combined Communications Electronics Board (CCEB) countries: Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United Kingdom, and United States. Q code and ACP 131 are amateur radio and Encodings.
Air traffic control
Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers (people) who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled airspace.
See Q code and Air traffic control
Altimeter setting
Altimeter setting is the value of the atmospheric pressure used to adjust the scale of a pressure altimeter so that it indicates the height of an aircraft above a known reference surface.
See Q code and Altimeter setting
Amateur radio
Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communications.
Amateur radio operator
An amateur radio operator is someone who uses equipment at an amateur radio station to engage in two-way personal communications with other amateur operators on radio frequencies assigned to the amateur radio service. Q code and amateur radio operator are amateur radio.
See Q code and Amateur radio operator
American Radio Relay League
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the largest membership association of amateur radio enthusiasts in the United States. Q code and American Radio Relay League are amateur radio.
See Q code and American Radio Relay League
Aviation
Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry.
Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park is an English country house and estate in Bletchley, Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire), that became the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War.
Brevity code
Brevity codes are used in amateur radio, maritime, aviation and military communications.
Call sign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station.
Combined Communications-Electronics Board
The Combined Communications-Electronics Board (CCEB) is a five-nation joint military communications-electronics (C-E) organisation whose mission is the coordination of any military C-E matter that is referred to it by a member nation.
See Q code and Combined Communications-Electronics Board
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. Q code and contact (amateur radio) are amateur radio.
See Q code and Contact (amateur radio)
Coordinated Universal Time
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time.
See Q code and Coordinated Universal Time
Instrument flight rules
In aviation, instrument flight rules (IFR) is one of two sets of regulations governing all aspects of civil aviation aircraft operations; the other is visual flight rules (VFR).
See Q code and Instrument flight rules
International Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth.
See Q code and International Civil Aviation Organization
International Code of Signals
The International Code of Signals (INTERCO) is an international system of signals and codes for use by vessels to communicate important messages regarding safety of navigation and related matters.
See Q code and International Code of Signals
International maritime signal flags
International maritime signal flags are various flags used to communicate with ships.
See Q code and International maritime signal flags
International Radiotelegraph Convention (1912)
The second International Radiotelegraph Convention met in London, England in 1912.
See Q code and International Radiotelegraph Convention (1912)
International Telecommunication Union
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)French: Union Internationale des Télécommunications is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies.
See Q code and International Telecommunication Union
ITU prefix
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) allocates call sign prefixes for radio and television stations of all types.
ITU-R
The ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) is one of the three sectors (divisions or units) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and is responsible for radio communications.
See Q code and ITU-R
List of ITU letter codes
The radiocommunication division of the International Telecommunication Union uses the following letter codes to identify its member countries.
See Q code and List of ITU letter codes
Lorenz cipher
The Lorenz SZ40, SZ42a and SZ42b were German rotor stream cipher machines used by the German Army during World War II.
Maritime Mobile Service Q Codes
The Maritime Mobile Service Q Codes are art of a larger set of Q Codes designated by the ITU-R. The QOA–QQZ code range is reserved for the Maritime Mobile Service. Q code and Maritime Mobile Service Q Codes are amateur radio and operating signals.
See Q code and Maritime Mobile Service Q Codes
METAR
METAR is a format for reporting weather information.
See Q code and METAR
Miami-Dade County, Florida
Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida.
See Q code and Miami-Dade County, Florida
Mnemonic
A mnemonic device or memory device is any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval in the human memory, often by associating the information with something that is easier to remember.
Morse code
Morse code is a telecommunications method which encodes text characters as standardized sequences of two different signal durations, called dots and dashes, or dits and dahs. Q code and Morse code are amateur radio and Encodings.
National Traffic System
The National Traffic System (NTS) is an organized network of amateur radio operators sponsored by the American Radio Relay League for the purpose of relaying messages throughout the U.S. and Canada.
See Q code and National Traffic System
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.
See Q code and NATO
NOTAM
A NOTAM (Notice to Airmen, Notice to Air Men, Notice to Airman or Notice to Air Missions) is a notice filed with an aviation authority to alert aircraft pilots of potential hazards along a flight route or at a location that could affect the flight.
See Q code and NOTAM
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.
Operating signals
Operating signals are a type of brevity code used in operational communication among radio and telegraph operators. Q code and Operating signals are amateur radio.
See Q code and Operating signals
Pilot report
A pilot report or PIREP is a report of actual flight or ground conditions encountered by an aircraft.
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom was a Cabinet ministerial position in HM Government.
See Q code and Postmaster General of the United Kingdom
Prosigns for Morse code
Procedural signs or prosigns are shorthand signals used in Morse code telegraphy, for the purpose of simplifying and standardizing procedural protocols for landline and radio communication. Q code and prosigns for Morse code are Morse code and operating signals.
See Q code and Prosigns for Morse code
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. Q code and QN Signals are amateur radio, Encodings, Morse code and operating signals.
QRA locator
The QRA locator, also called QTH locator in some publications, is an obsolete geographic coordinate system used by amateur radio operators in Europe before the introduction of the Maidenhead Locator System. Q code and QRA locator are amateur radio.
QRP operation
In amateur radio, QRP operation refers to transmitting at reduced power while attempting to maximize one's effective range. Q code and QRP operation are amateur radio.
QSK operation (full break-in)
In CW Morse code operations, QSK or full break-in operation describes an operating mode in which the transmitting station can detect signals from other stations between the elements (dots and dashes) or letters of the Morse transmission. Q code and QSK operation (full break-in) are Morse code.
See Q code and QSK operation (full break-in)
QSL card
A QSL card is a written confirmation of either a two-way radiocommunication between two amateur radio or citizens band stations; a one-way reception of a signal from an AM radio, FM radio, television or shortwave broadcasting station; or the reception of a two-way radiocommunication by a third party listener. Q code and QSL card are amateur radio.
QST
QST is a magazine for amateur radio enthusiasts, published by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL).
See Q code and QST
Radio atmospheric signal
A radio atmospheric signal or sferic (sometimes also spelled "spheric") is a broadband electromagnetic impulse that occurs as a result of natural atmospheric lightning discharges.
See Q code and Radio atmospheric signal
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.
Spark-gap transmitter
A spark-gap transmitter is an obsolete type of radio transmitter which generates radio waves by means of an electric spark.
See Q code and Spark-gap transmitter
Ten-code
Ten-codes, officially known as ten signals, are brevity codes used to represent common phrases in voice communication, particularly by US public safety officials and in citizens band (CB) radio transmissions. Q code and ten-code are Encodings.
Transceiver
In radio communication, a transceiver is an electronic device which is a combination of a radio ''trans''mitter and a re''ceiver'', hence the name.
Wireless telegraphy
Wireless telegraphy or radiotelegraphy is transmission of text messages by radio waves, analogous to electrical telegraphy using cables.
See Q code and Wireless telegraphy
Z code
Z Code (like Q Code and X Code) is a set of operating signals used in CW, TTY and RTTY radio communication. Q code and z code are Encodings, Morse code and operating signals.
See also
Morse code
- 500 kHz
- Aeronautical Code signals
- Alfred Vail
- American Morse code
- Better Days (Natalia Gutierrez y Angelo song)
- CQ (call)
- CQD
- Chinese telegraph code
- Colt Acetylene Flash Lantern
- Friedrich Clemens Gerke
- Hog-Morse
- Instructograph
- Keyer
- Modulated continuous wave
- Morse code
- Morse code abbreviations
- Morse code for non-Latin alphabets
- Morse code mnemonics
- Prosigns for Morse code
- Q code
- QN Signals
- QSK operation (full break-in)
- Russian Morse code
- SKATS
- SOS
- Signal lamp
- Telegraph key
- Wabun code
- Z code
Operating signals
- CQ (call)
- Maritime Mobile Service Q Codes
- Morse code abbreviations
- Operating signals
- Plain language radio checks
- Procedure word
- Prosigns for Morse code
- Q code
- QN Signals
- QSA and QRK radio signal reports
- R-S-T system
- SINPO code
- Signal strength and readability report
- Z code
Telecommunications-related introductions in 1909
References
Also known as Q Codes, Q signal, Q signals, Q-code, Q-codes, Q-signal, QNB (amateur radio), QNB:Amateur Radio, QNH, QRN, QRO, QRZ.