Operating signals explained

Operating signals are a type of brevity code used in operational communication among radio and telegraph operators. For example:

• Prosigns for Morse code
• 92 Code: telegraph brevity codes
• Q code: initially developed for commercial radiotelegraph communication and adopted by other radio services
  • QN Signals: published by the ARRL and used in Amateur radio R and S brevity codes: published by the British Post Office in 1908 for coastal wireless stations and ships, superseded in 1912 by Q codes^[1]
• X code: used by European military services in wireless telegraphy
• Z code: used in early radiotelegraph communication

See also

• Brevity code
• SINPO code - code used to describe the quality of radio transmissions, especially in reception reports written by shortwave listeners
• R-S-T system- information about the quality of a radio signal being received. Used by amateur radio operators, shortwave listeners.
• Morse code abbreviations
• Telegraphese

External links

• Nonsecret Code: An Overview of Early Telegraph Codes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pre-1912 Brevity Codes. Anderson. Scott. 2002-07-31.