| Acknowledge |
Asking the other party to
confirm they have received and understand
the current message. |
| Affirmative |
To grant permission or YES |
| Break |
Indicating a separation
between parts of the message. You may use
this to draw a clear distinction between
text and another portion of the message. |
| Channel |
You may use this in a
sentence.... (Change to channel __ before
proceeding) |
| Confirm |
Did you understand or is
that correct. |
| Correction |
|
| Go Ahead |
Telling the person on the
other end to proceed with their message. |
| How Do You Read |
Asking the person on the
other end to confirm how well they are
receiving your signal or message. |
| I Say Again |
To be used in place of "I
Repeat" |
| Mayday |
The spoken word you would
use to indicate that you where in distress |
| Negative |
Indicating to someone that
1-That is not correct 2-You do not agree
3-NO |
| Over |
You have ended your
transmission and now expect a response
from the other person |
| Out |
You are finished your
conversation with that person and do not
require a response. |
| Pan Pan |
The spoken word you would
use to let others know your message is
urgent |
| Prudonce |
While a long distress
situation is taking place this indicates
that communication can resume however on a
restricted basis. Examples of restricted
communication would be ships business or
any messages of a higher priority. |
| Read Back |
Asking the person on the
other end to repeat all of the message
back to you exactly as it was said in the
last transmissions once you have said the
word over. You should avoid using the word
"repeat". |
| Roger |
Indicating that you
received and understood the last message |
| Roger Number |
Indicating that you received and
understood the last message with numbers |
| Stand By |
Letting the person on the
other end know that you will be pausing
for a few seconds or minutes. |
| Say Again |
Asking the person on the
other end to repeat |
| Securite |
The spoken word used for
the safety signal, (French for Security) |
| Seelonce |
Letting others know that
they should remain silence on this channel
due to a distress situation. (French for
Silence) |
| Seelonce Distress |
Letting others know that a
distress situation is currently in
progress. Comes from a source other then
the vessel in distress. (French for
Silence Distress) |
|
Seelonce Feenee |
Letting others know that a distress
situation has now ended. (French for
Silence Over) |
| Seelonce Mayday |
Letting others know that
there is a distress situation in progress.
Comes from the ship in distress. (French
for Silence Mayday) |
| That is correct |
No explanation needed I
hope:-) |
| Verify |
Asking the other person
transmitting to check their coding & text
and send correct version. |
| Wilco |
Instructions have been
received, are understood and will be
complied with. |
| Words Twice |
Can be used in two ways.
1-Indicating that communication is
difficult and asking that each word be
sent twice. 2-Letting the other person
know that communication is difficult and
you will be sending each word twice. |
