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RTO Procedure
Soldier's Manual for Skill Level 1, unknown date (probably post 1975)
PROWORDS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY
| PROWORD | EXPLANATION |
| ALL AFTER | The portion of the message to which have reference is all that which follow |
| ALL BEFORE | The portion of the message to which I have reference is all that which precedes- |
| AUTHENTICATE | The station called is to reply to the challenge which follows. |
| AUTHENTICATION IS | The transmission authentication of this message is .......... |
| BREAK | I hereby indicate the separation of the text from other portions of the message. |
| CORRECTION | An error has been made in this transmission. Transmission will continue with the last word correctly transmitted. |
| GROUPS | This message contains the number of groups indicated by the numeral following. |
| I AUTHENTICATE | The group that follows it is the reply to your challenge to authenticate. |
| I SAY AGAIN | I am repeating transmission or portion indicated. |
| I SPELL | I shall spell the next word phonetically. |
| MESSAGE | A message which requires recording is about to follow. Transmitted immediately after the call. (This proword is not used on nets primarily employed for conveying messages. It is intended for use when messages are passed on tactical or reporting net.) |
| MORE TO FOLLOW | Transmitting station has additional traffic for the receiving station. |
| OUT | This is the end of my transmission to you and no answer is required or expected. |
| OVER | This is the end of my transmission to you and a response is necessary. Go ahead; transmit. |
| RADIO CHECK | What is my signal strength and readability, i.e., how do you hear me. |
| ROGER | I have received your last transmission satisfactorily, and loud and clear. |
| SAY AGAIN | Repeat all of your last transmission. Followed by identification data means "Repeat————— (portion indicated)." |
| THIS IS | This transmission is from the station whose designator immediately follows. |
| TIME | That which immediately follows is the time or date-time group of the message. |
| WAIT | I must pause for a few seconds. |
| WAIT-OUT | I must pause longer than a few seconds. |
| WILCO | I have received your signal, understand it, and will comply. To be used only by the addressee. Since the meaning of ROGER is included in that of WILCO, the two prowords are never used together. |
| WORD AFTER | The word of the message to which I have reference is that which follows ———— |
| WORD BEFORE | The word of the message to which I have reference is that which precedes———— |
2. Transmit isolated letters and abbrevia-
tions andphonetically spell unusual or
difficult words using the phonetic alphabet
as listed below:
| LETTER | PHONETIC | SPOKEN AS |
| A | ALFA | AL FAH |
| B | BRAVO | BRA VOH |
| C | CHARLIE | CHAR LEE or SHAR LEE |
| D | DELTA | DELL TAH |
| E | ECHO | ECK OH |
| F | FOXTROT | FOXS TROT |
| G | GOLF | GOLF |
| H | HOTEL | Ho TELL |
| I | INDIA | IN DEE AH |
| J | JULIETT | JEWLEEETT |
| K | KILO | KEY LOH |
| L | LIMA | LEE MAH |
| M | MIKE | MIKE |
| N | NOVEMBER | NOVEMBER |
| O | OSCAR | OSS CAH |
| P | PAPA | PAH PAH |
| Q | QUEBEC | KEY BECK |
| R | ROMEO | ROW ME OH |
| S | SIERRA | SEE AIR RAH |
| T | TANGO | TANG GO |
| U | UNIFORM | YOU NEE FORM or OO NEE FORM |
| V | VICTOR | VIK TAH |
| W | WHISKEY | WISS KEY |
| X | XRAY | ECKS RAY |
| Y | YANKEE | YANG KEY |
| Z | ZULU | ZOO LOO |
| NUMERAL | SPOKEN |
| 0 | ZE-RO |
| 1 | WUN |
| 2 | TOO |
| 3 | TREE |
| 4 | FOW-ER |
| 5 | FIFE |
| 6 | SIX |
| 7 | SEV-EN |
| 8 | ATE |
| 9 | NIN-ER |
Numbers will be transmitted digit by digit except that exact multiples of thousands may be spoken as such. However, there are special cases, such as identifying a specific code group in a coded message, when the normal pronunciation of numerals is prescribed; for example, 17 would then be "seventeen."
| NUMERAL | SPOKEN AS |
| 44 | FOW-ER FOW-ER |
| 90 | NIN-ER ZE-RO |
| 136 | WUN TREE SIX |
| 500 | FIFE ZE-RO ZE-RO |
| 1200 | WUN TOO ZE-RO ZE-RO |
| 1478 | WUN FOW-ER SEV-EN ATE |
| 7000 | SEV-EN TOU-SAND |
| 16000 | WUN SIX TOU-SAND |
| 812681 | ATE WUN TOO SIX ATE WUN |
SAMPLE MESSAGE: ROAD TO TILLEPS WILL BE FLOODED BY 1800
HRS. INITIATE PLAN B.
TRANSMITTING STATION CALLSIGN: Z8C 28
RECEIVING STATION CALLSIGN: U4I7
——————(SAMPLE TRANSMISSION)——————
(TRANSMITTING STATION):
INDIASEVEN THIS IS CHARLIE TOO
ATE MESSAGE ... OVER
(RECEIVING STATION):
INDIA SEVEN... OVER
(TRANSMITTING STATION):
ROAD TO TILLEPS I SPELL TANGO
INDIA LIMA LIMA ECHO PAPA SIERRA
TILLEPS WILL BE FLOODED BY WUN
ATE ZERO ZERO HOTEL ROMEO SIERRA
PERIOD INITIATE PLAN BRAVO PERIOD
... OVER
(RECEIVING STATION):
WILCO...OUT
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