| Q signal |
Meaning |
| QRA |
What is the name of your station? The name of my station is ________. |
| QRG |
Will you tell me my exact frequency? Your exact frequency is ______ kHz. |
| QRH |
Does my frequency vary? Your frequency varies. |
| QRI |
How is the tone of my transmission? The tone of your transmission is ___ (1. Good; 2. Variable; 3. Bad). |
| QRJ |
Are you receiving my badly? I am receiving you badly. You signals are too weak. |
| QRK |
What is the intelligibility of my signals? The intelligibility of your signals are ___ (1. Bad; 2. Poor; 3. Fair; 4. Good; 5. Excellent). |
| QRL |
Are you busy? I am busy. Please do not interfere. |
| QRM |
Is my transmission being interfered with? Your transmission is being interfered with. General term for interference. |
| QRN |
Are you troubled by static? I am troubled by static. |
| QRO |
Shall I increase power? Increase power. |
| QRP |
Shall I decrease power? Decrease power. General term for low power operation. |
| QRQ |
Shall I send faster? Send faster. |
| QRS |
Shall I send slower? Send slower. |
| QRT |
Shall I stop sending? Stop sending. |
| QRU |
Have you anything for me? I have nothing for you. |
| QRV |
Are you ready? I am ready. |
| QRW |
Shall I inform _______ that you are calling on ______? Please inform _________ that I am calling on ______. |
| QRX |
When will you call me again? I will call you again at _____ hours. |
| QRY |
What is my turn? Your turn is numbered ___. |
| QRZ |
Who is calling me? You are being called by ________ on ________. |
| QSA |
What is the strength of my signals? The strength of your signals are ___. |
| QSB |
Are my signals fading? Your signals are fading. |
| QSD |
Is my keying defective? Your keying is defective. |
| QSG |
Shall I send ___ messages at a time? Send ___ Messages at a time. |
| QSK |
Can you hear me between your signals and if so can I break in on your transmission? I can hear you between my signals; break in on my transmission. |
| QSL |
Can you acknowledge receipt? I am acknowledging receipt. |
| QSM |
Shall I repeat message number ___? Repeat message number ___. |
| QSN |
Did you hear me on _______? I heard you on _______. |
| QSO |
Can you communicate with ________ direct or by relay? I can communicate with ________ direct or by relay. |
| QSP |
Will you relay to _______? I will relay to _______. |
| QST |
General call preceding a message addressed to all amateurs and ARRL members. This is in effect "CQ ARRL." |
| QSU |
Shall I send a reply on this frequency? Send a reply on this frequency. |
| QSV |
Shall I send a series of Vs on this frequency? Send a series of Vs on this frequency. |
| QSW |
Will you send on this frequency? I will send on this frequency. |
| QSX |
Will you listen to _______ on _______? I will listen to _______ on _______. |
| QSY |
Can you change frequency? I am changing frequency. |
| QSZ |
Shall I send each word or group more than once? Send each word or group ___ times. |
| QTA |
Shall I cancel message number ___? Cancel message number ___. |
| QTB |
Do you agree with my counting of words? I do not agree with your counting of words. I will repeat the first letter of each word or group. |
| QTC |
How many messages have you to send? I have ___ messages for you. |
| QTH |
What is your location? My location is _________. |
| QTR |
What is the correct time? The correct time is _______. |
| QTV |
Shall I stand guard for you? Stand guard for me. |
| QTX |
Will you keep your station open for further communications with me? I will keep my station open for further communications with you. Keep your station open for me. |
| QUA |
Have you news of ________? I have news of ________. |
| Precedence |
Meaning |
| Routine |
A Routine message is one that has no urgency aspect of any kind, such as a greeting. 99 out of 100 messages have a Routine precedence. |
| Health & Welfare |
An H&W message is one that is either an inquiry to the health and welfare (hence the term) of an individual in a disaster area or an advisory from the disaster area that all is well. H&W traffic will be handled before any Routine traffic is handled. |
| Priority |
A Priority message is one that has a specific time limit, official messages not covered by the next category, press dispatches and emergency-related traffic not of the utmost urgency, and notice of death or injury in a disaster area, personal or official. Priority traffic will be handled before any H&W traffic is handled. |
| EMERGENCY (always spelled out) |
An EMERGENCY message is one that has life-or-death urgency to any persons or group of persons. This includes official messages from welfare agencies during times of emergency requesting supplies, materials, or instructions, that are vital to relief efforts. These types of messsages should only be sent by Amateur Radio when there are no alternate forms of communication to a disaster area. EMERGENCY traffic will be handled before any Priority traffic is handled. When in doubt, do NOT use this designation!!! |