Division SERA.14045 Transmitting techniqueF1
United Kingdom
- (a)
Transmissions shall be conducted concisely in a normal conversational tone.
- (b)
The following words and phrases shall be used in radiotelephony communications as appropriate and shall have the meaning ascribed in Table S14-4:
Table S14-4 Phrase Meaning ACKNOWLEDGE ‘ Let me know that you have received and understood this message. ’ AFFIRM ‘ Yes. ’ APPROVED ‘ Permission for proposed action granted. ’ BREAK ‘ I hereby indicate the separation between portions of the message. ’ BREAK BREAK ‘ I hereby indicate the separation between messages transmitted to different aircraft in a very busy environment. ’ CANCEL ‘ Annul the previously transmitted clearance. ’ CHECK ‘ Examine a system or procedure. ’ CLEARED ‘ Authorised to proceed under the conditions specified. ’ CONFIRM ‘I request verification of: ( clearance, instruction, action, information ).’ CONTACT ‘ Establish communications with… ’ CORRECT ‘ True ’ or ‘ Accurate ’ . CORRECTION ‘An error has been made in this transmission ( or message indicated). The correct version is…’ DISREGARD ‘ Ignore. ’ HOW DO YOU READ ‘ What is the readability of my transmission? ’ (see point SERA.14070(c)) I SAY AGAIN ‘ I repeat for clarity or emphasis. ’ MAINTAIN ‘ Continue in accordance with the condition(s) specified ’ or in its literal sense. MONITOR ‘ Listen out on (frequency). ’ NEGATIVE ‘No’ or ‘Permission not granted’ or ‘That is not correct’ or ‘Not capable’. OVER ‘ My transmission is ended, and I expect a response from you. ’ OUT ‘ This exchange of transmissions is ended and no response is expected. ’ READ BACK ‘ Repeat all, or the specified part, of this message back to me exactly as received. ’ RECLEARED ‘ A change has been made to your last clearance and this new clearance supersedes your previous clearance or part thereof. ’ REPORT ‘ Pass me the following information… ’ REQUEST ‘I should like to know…’ or ‘I wish to obtain…’ ROGER ‘ I have received all of your last transmission. ’ SAY AGAIN ‘ Repeat all, or the following part, of your last transmission. ’ SPEAK SLOWER ‘ Reduce your rate of speech. ’ STANDBY ‘ Wait and I will call you. ’ UNABLE ‘ I cannot comply with your request, instruction, or clearance. ’ WILCO (Abbreviation for ‘ will comply ’ )
‘ I understand your message and will comply with it. ’
WORDS TWICE - (a)
As a request: ‘Communication is difficult. Please send every word, or group of words, twice.’
- (b)
As information: ‘Since communication is difficult, every word, or group of words, in this message will be sent twice.’
- (a)