Talk:Q code

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from article: "QSL used to verify time when communicating with TSC" what is behind TSC abbreviation? could there be a link or short explanation in parentneses? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.81.208.41 (talk) 15:43, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

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Gosh, unless things have changed considerably in the 37 years since I earned my amateur license, Q signals were never intended for use on phone. The table in the Amateur Radio section containing "Sample Use" is a ridiculous misuse of the Q signals (or codes); IMHO it should be stricken from the page entirely.

I'll wait some period of time to see if anyone wishes to rebut my claim. If I see nothing added to this discussion page, I will strike that column from the table entirely.

--PhilTemples, K9HI 19:50, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

From personal experience as both a civilian and Royal Naval operator I've definitely used Q and Z codes on voice and heard others both military and civilians use them. I agree that the amateur radio "sample use" is not very good but my experience of amateurs using the 'q' codes is that they did use them slightly differently but I would not have enought experience of amateur usage to know whether the examples given are a ridiculous misuse.Watchkeeper (talk) 18:30, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

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I'm removing the following:

They may also be qualified by the word "no", to negate their normal meaning, or the letter "c" to reply in the affirmative. For example, a reply of "QRPC" would mean "Yes, please decrease your transmitter power".

I have been an active and quite proficient amateur radio CW operator for over 46 years and I have never once heard this practice.

3-Quinuclidinyl_benzilate has a notice that QNB directs to that page, but to see QNB (amateur radio) for the spoof amateur radio Q code. QNB (amateur radio) redirects here, but this page has no mention of what the spoof amateur Q code might mean or if it was ever used. Cheyinka 01:16, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I changed the number in the sample use of QSA from 9 to 5 IAW ITU Recomendation M.1172 (already the 2nd to last link in this article) which shows QSA ranging from 1 to 5.

Aviation Procedures - QGH. Please could someone more at home with this topic consider this for the main article ? For a long time in RAF usage QGH was not the question "May I land using ... (procedure or facility)? " but rather the name of an ATC approach procedure. The aircraft would start overhead the destination airfield at altitude. From its transmissions the ATC would detect the overhead, would authorise it to descend and would subsequently steer it to remain within a defined tear-drop pattern. At a predetermined altitude ATC would authorise it to turn inbound so that it was positioned for a straight-in instrument or visual approch to land.

When I last looked QGH was still a valid instrument approach procedure in the UK at some military fields (albeit a back-up). BaseTurnComplete 21:33, 12 March 2007 (UTC)