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Below are a number of "Q" code definitions. The "Q" codes are typically used when there is a need/desire to express a particular idea and do so as quickly and simply as possible. "Q" codes take the form of a question only when sent followed by a question mark.
 
Below are a number of "Q" code definitions. The "Q" codes are typically used when there is a need/desire to express a particular idea and do so as quickly and simply as possible. "Q" codes take the form of a question only when sent followed by a question mark.
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|-
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!CODE
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!DEFINITION
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|-
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!QHF
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|Are you going to the Hamfest?  I am going to the Hamfest!
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|-
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!QRA
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|What is the name of your station? The name of my station is ___.
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|-
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!QRB
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|How far are you from my station? I am ____ km from your station.
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|-
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!QRD
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|Where are you bound and where are you coming from? I am bound ___ from ___.
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|-
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!QRG
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|Will you tell me my exact frequency? Your exact frequency is ___ kHz.
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|-
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!QRH
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|Does my frequency vary? Your frequency varies.
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|-
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!QRI
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|How is the tone of my transmission? The tone of your transmission is ___ (1-Good, 2-Variable, 3-Bad.)
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|-
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!QRJ
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|Are you receiving me badly? I cannot receive you, your signal is too weak.
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|-
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!QRK
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|What is the intelligibility of my signals? The intelligibility of your
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signals is ___ (1-Bad, 2-Poor, 3-Fair, 4-Good, 5-Excellent.)
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|-
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!QRL
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|Are you busy? I am busy, please do not interfere
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|-
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!QRM
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|Is my transmission being interfered with? Your transmission is being
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interfered with ___ (1-Nil, 2-Slightly, 3-Moderately, 4-Severly,
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5-Extremely.)
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|-
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!QRN
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|Are you troubled by static? I am troubled by static ___ (1-5 as under
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QRM.)
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|-
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!QRO
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|Shall I increase power? Increase power.
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|-
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!QRP
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|Shall I decrease power? Decrease power.
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|-
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!QRQ
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|Shall I send faster? Send faster (___ WPM.)
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|-
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!QRR
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|Are you ready for automatic operation? I am ready for automatic
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operation. Send at ___ WPM.
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|-
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!QRS
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|Shall I send more slowly? Send more slowly (___ WPM.)
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|-
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!QRT
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|Shall I stop sending? Stop sending.
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|-
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!QRU
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|Have you anything for me? I have nothing for you.
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|-
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!QRV
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|Are you ready? I am ready.
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|-
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!QRW
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|Shall I inform ___ that you are calling? Please inform ___ that I am
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calling.
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|-
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!QRX
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|When will you call me again? I will call you again at ___ hours.
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|-
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!QRY
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|What is my turn? Your turn is numbered ___.
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|-
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!QRZ
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|Who is calling me? You are being called by ___.
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|-
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!QSA
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|What is the strength of my signal? The strength of your signal is
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___ (1-Scarcely perceptible, 2-Weak, 3-Fairly Good, 4-Good, 5-Very
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Good.)
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|-
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!QSB
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|Is my signal fading? Your signal is fading.
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|-
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!QSD
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|Is my keying defective? Your keying is defective.
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|-
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!QSG
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|Shall I send ___ messages at a time? Send ___ messages at a time.
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|-
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!QSJ
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|What is the charge to be collected per word to ___ including your
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international telegraph charge? The charge to be collected per word is
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___ including my international telegraph charge.
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|-
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!QSK
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|Can you hear me between your signals and if so can I break in on your
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transmission? I can hear you between my signals, break in on my
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transmission.
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|-
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!QSL
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|Can you acknowledge receipt? I am acknowledging receipt.
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|-
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!QSM
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|Shall I repeat the last message which I sent you? Repeat the last
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message.
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|-
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!QSN
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|Did you hear me on ___ kHz? I did hear you on ___ kHz.
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|-
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!QSO
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|Can you communicate with ___ direct or by relay? I can communicate
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with ___ direct (or by relay through ___.)
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|-
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!QSP
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|Will you relay to ___? I will relay to ___.
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|-
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!QSQ
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|Have you a doctor on board? (or is ___ on board?) I have a doctor on
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board (or ___ is on board.)
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|-
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!QST
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|Message to all radio Amateurs (also USA ham magazine).
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|-
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!QSU
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|Shall I send or reply on this frequency? Send a series of Vs on this
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frequency.
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|-
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!QSV
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|Shall I send a series of Vs on this frequency? Send a series of Vs on
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this frequency.
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|-
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!QSW
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|Will you send on this frequency? I am going to send on this frequency.
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|-
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!QSY
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|Shall I change to another frequency? Change to another frequency.
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|-
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!QSZ
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|Shall I send each word or group more than once? Send each word or
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group twice (or ___ times.)
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|-
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!QTA
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|Shall I cancel message number ___? Cancel message number ___.
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|-
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!QTB
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|Do you agree with my counting of words? I do not agree with your
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counting of words. I will repeat the first letter or digit of each word
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or group.
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|-
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!QTC
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|How many messages have you to send? I have ___ messages for you.
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|-
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!QTE
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|What is my true bearing from you? Your true bearing from me is ___
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degrees.
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|-
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!QTG
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|Will you send two dashes of 10 seconds each followed by your call
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sign? I am going to send two dashes of 10 seconds each followed by my
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call sign.
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|-
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!QTH
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|What is your location? My location is ___.
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|-
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!QTI
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|What is your true track? My true track is ___ degrees.
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|-
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!QTJ
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|What is your speed? My speed is ___ km/h.
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|-
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!QTL
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|What is your true heading? My true heading is ___ degrees.
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|-
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!QTN
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|At what time did you depart from ___? I departed from ___ at ___
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hours.
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|-
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!QTO
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|Have you left dock (or port)? I have left dock (or port).
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|-
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!QTP
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|Are you going to enter dock (or port)? I am going to enter dock (or port.)
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|-
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!QTQ
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|Can you communicate with my station by means of the International
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Code of Signals? I am going to communicate with your station by means of
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the International Code of Signals.
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|-
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!QTR
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|What is the correct time? The time is ___.
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|-
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!QTS
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|Will you send your call sign for ___ minutes so that your frequency
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can be measured? I will send my call sign for ___ minutes so that my
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frequency may be measured.
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|-
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!QTU
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|What are the hours during which your station is open? My station is
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open from ___ hours to ___ hours.
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|-
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!QTV
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|Shall I stand guard for you on the frequency of ___ kHz? Stand guard
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for me on the frequency of ___ kHz.
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|-
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!QTX
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|Will you keep your station open for further communication with me? I
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will keep my station open for further communication with you.
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|-
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!QUA
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|Have you news of ___? I have news of ___.
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|-
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!QUB
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|Can you give me information concerning visibility, height of clouds,
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direction and velocity of ground wind at ___? Here is the information
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you requested...
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|-
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!QUC
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|What is the number of the last message you received from me? The
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number of the last message I received from you is ___.
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|-
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!QUD
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|Have you received the urgency signal sent by ___? I have received the
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urgency signal sent by ___.
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|-
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!QUF
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|Have you received the distress signal sent by ___? I have received the
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distress signal sent by ___.
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|-
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!QUG
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|Will you be forced to land? I am forced to land immediately.
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|-
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!QUH
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|Will you give me the present barometric pressure? The present
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barometric pressure is ___ (units).
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|}

Revision as of 17:44, 14 September 2017

The Q Code came into being internationally in 1912 to overcome the language problems involved in communications by radio among ships and shore stations of all countries. The original list of 50 adopted by international agreement in London contain many which are still familiar to amateur operators-QRN, QRM, QSO, the traffic operator's QRK, QSY and QRV - are now nearing the century mark of continuous usage. QSL still has the official 1912 definition despite the changed informal usages it is subjected to in amateur parlance.

The QN signals for amateur net operation were introduced in the late 1930s by E. L. Battey W1UE (W4IA-SK) to lighten the burdens of net control operators.

The telegraph call CQ was born on the English Telegraph over a century ago as a signal meaning "All stations. A notification to all postal telegraph offices to receive the message." Its meaning was close to the present meanings of QNC and QST. Like many other telegraph terms which originated on the landlines, CQ was brought over into radio and used as a general call to all ships by the Marconi Company. Other companies used KA until the London Convention of 1912, which adopted CQ as the international general call or "attention" signal. CQ still means, literally, "attention" but in amateur radio its meaning is perhaps more accurately described by Thomas Raddell who compared it to yelling "Hey, Mac!" down a drain pipe.

Is CQ a C code? The existence of CQ predates the invention of Q codes, however, operators today often consider CQ a member of the Q codes even though technically CQ is not a Q code.

Below are a number of "Q" code definitions. The "Q" codes are typically used when there is a need/desire to express a particular idea and do so as quickly and simply as possible. "Q" codes take the form of a question only when sent followed by a question mark.


CODE DEFINITION
QHF Are you going to the Hamfest? I am going to the Hamfest!
QRA What is the name of your station? The name of my station is ___.
QRB How far are you from my station? I am ____ km from your station.
QRD Where are you bound and where are you coming from? I am bound ___ from ___.
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 me badly? I cannot receive you, your signal is too weak.
QRK What is the intelligibility of my signals? The intelligibility of your

signals is ___ (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 ___ (1-Nil, 2-Slightly, 3-Moderately, 4-Severly, 5-Extremely.)

QRN Are you troubled by static? I am troubled by static ___ (1-5 as under

QRM.)

QRO Shall I increase power? Increase power.
QRP Shall I decrease power? Decrease power.
QRQ Shall I send faster? Send faster (___ WPM.)
QRR Are you ready for automatic operation? I am ready for automatic

operation. Send at ___ WPM.

QRS Shall I send more slowly? Send more slowly (___ WPM.)
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? Please inform ___ that I am

calling.

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 ___.
QSA What is the strength of my signal? The strength of your signal is

___ (1-Scarcely perceptible, 2-Weak, 3-Fairly Good, 4-Good, 5-Very Good.)

QSB Is my signal fading? Your signal is fading.
QSD Is my keying defective? Your keying is defective.
QSG Shall I send ___ messages at a time? Send ___ messages at a time.
QSJ What is the charge to be collected per word to ___ including your

international telegraph charge? The charge to be collected per word is ___ including my international telegraph charge.

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 the last message which I sent you? Repeat the last

message.

QSN Did you hear me on ___ kHz? I did hear you on ___ kHz.
QSO Can you communicate with ___ direct or by relay? I can communicate

with ___ direct (or by relay through ___.)

QSP Will you relay to ___? I will relay to ___.
QSQ Have you a doctor on board? (or is ___ on board?) I have a doctor on

board (or ___ is on board.)

QST Message to all radio Amateurs (also USA ham magazine).
QSU Shall I send or reply on this frequency? Send a series of Vs 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 am going to send on this frequency.
QSY Shall I change to another frequency? Change to another frequency.
QSZ Shall I send each word or group more than once? Send each word or

group twice (or ___ 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 or digit of each word or group.

QTC How many messages have you to send? I have ___ messages for you.
QTE What is my true bearing from you? Your true bearing from me is ___

degrees.

QTG Will you send two dashes of 10 seconds each followed by your call

sign? I am going to send two dashes of 10 seconds each followed by my call sign.

QTH What is your location? My location is ___.
QTI What is your true track? My true track is ___ degrees.
QTJ What is your speed? My speed is ___ km/h.
QTL What is your true heading? My true heading is ___ degrees.
QTN At what time did you depart from ___? I departed from ___ at ___

hours.

QTO Have you left dock (or port)? I have left dock (or port).
QTP Are you going to enter dock (or port)? I am going to enter dock (or port.)
QTQ Can you communicate with my station by means of the International

Code of Signals? I am going to communicate with your station by means of the International Code of Signals.

QTR What is the correct time? The time is ___.
QTS Will you send your call sign for ___ minutes so that your frequency

can be measured? I will send my call sign for ___ minutes so that my frequency may be measured.

QTU What are the hours during which your station is open? My station is

open from ___ hours to ___ hours.

QTV Shall I stand guard for you on the frequency of ___ kHz? Stand guard

for me on the frequency of ___ kHz.

QTX Will you keep your station open for further communication with me? I

will keep my station open for further communication with you.

QUA Have you news of ___? I have news of ___.
QUB Can you give me information concerning visibility, height of clouds,

direction and velocity of ground wind at ___? Here is the information you requested...

QUC What is the number of the last message you received from me? The

number of the last message I received from you is ___.

QUD Have you received the urgency signal sent by ___? I have received the

urgency signal sent by ___.

QUF Have you received the distress signal sent by ___? I have received the

distress signal sent by ___.

QUG Will you be forced to land? I am forced to land immediately.
QUH Will you give me the present barometric pressure? The present

barometric pressure is ___ (units).

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