Talk:Procedure word

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Contents 1 Omissions 2 Reformating 3 "I read you five by five" 4 When to say 'over' or 'out'?

[edit] Omissions

I read this article when I was revising for my VHF licence exam, and updated it from my course notes to contain the prowords SAY AGAIN and STATION CALLING, which are used in cases of poor reception. I also added prowords for distress, urgency and safety calls in a separate section as they are important calls. Tuesday 09/04/07 1438 UTC.

I noticed the omission of READ BACK FOR CHECK, I READ BACK and CORRECT. These have been added under a new section 86.143.162.224 19:01, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reformating

When I initially started this page I'd done it from the perspective of the radio communications doctrine of the US Army. But now with the additions of other editors I now see that there is an wide variety of different prowords from all different places (maritime, aviation, military, Ham, etc.). The article looks really sloppy now, and I'm thinking that perhaps to straighten it out we should create different sections (Maritime, Aviation, Military, Ham, etc.) in the article so the prowords will be organized by their respective uses. The problem arises that many prowords are universal like "Roger", "Over", and "Out". Perhaps a "Universal Prowords" section could also be created. I'd like to hear the input of other editors before beginning this undertaking. Ultratone85 20:16, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Yup, agree with you there. For example, in the example of the proword REPEAT, this means different things in maritime radio and military fire discipline parlance. Editus Reloaded 20:42, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

OK, I split Universals from MVHF prowords; we really need a CB or Ham enthusiast to fill in civilian uses, and the rest is up to you - you're the soldier here. Editus Reloaded 20:51, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "I read you five by five"

I saw that somebody changed the radio check demonstration response to "I read you five by five". I've never heard this before and I wonder if someone could enlighten me as to it's origin, use, and meaning? Ultratone85 20:16, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] When to say 'over' or 'out'?

I notice from playing too much Call of Duty 4 that sometimes people will use the words 'over' and 'out' and sometimes they will not. I know what they mean and when they should be said, but why is it that sometimes they are not? An example would be on this page, when it states that there are two helicopters in formation and they are communicating, but neither say out or over. Why is this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.12.18 (talk) 10:29, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Radio users, certainly in maritime VHF and probably in other systems should ALWAYS use over or out; the idea is to differentiate between the end of a message and a message interrupted due to interference. Editus Reloaded (talk) 11:09, 16 February 2008 (UTC)