The Amateur Radio Q-Code

The Amateur Radio Q-Code

REPRINTED 2018

First Twelve Q Codes Listed in the 1912 International Radiotelegraph Convention Regulations

Code	Question	Answer or Notice
QRA	What ship or coast station is that?	This is ____.
QRB	What is your distance?	My distance is ____.
QRC	What is your true bearing?	My true bearing is ____ degrees.
QRD	Where are you bound for?	I am bound for ____.
QRF	Where are you bound from?	I am bound from ____.
QRG	What line do you belong to?	I belong to the ____ Line.
QRH	What is your wavelength in meters?	My wavelength is ____ meters.
QRJ	How many words have you to send?	I have ____ words to send.
QRK	How do you receive me?	I am receiving (1–5) where 1 is unreadable and 5 is perfect.
QRL	Are you busy?	I am busy.
QRM	Are you being interfered with?	I am being interfered with.
QRN	Are the atmospherics strong?	Atmospherics are very strong.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_code

Signal Question Answer, Advice or Order

QRG Will you indicate my exact frequency in kilocycles? Your frequency is ... kc.

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.

73 -- Ham lingo for "best regards."

73 -- Ham lingo for "best regards." Used on both phone and CW toward the end of a contact.

The first authentic use of 73 is in the publication The National Telegraph Review and Operators' Guide, first published in April 1857. At that time, 73 meant "My love to you!"

In the National Telegraph Convention, the numeral was changed to a friendly "word" between operators.

In 1859, the Western Union Company set up the standard "92 Code." A list of numerals from one to 92 was compiled to indicate a series of prepared phrases for use by the operators on the wires. Here, in the 92 Code, 73 changes to "accept my compliments," which was in keeping with the florid language of that era.

Over the years from 1859 to 1900, the many manuals of telegraphy show variations of this meaning. Dodge's The Telegraph Instructor shows it merely as "compliments." The Twentieth Century Manual of Railway and Commercial Telegraphy defines it two ways, one listing as "my compliments to you;" but in the glossary of abbreviations it is merely "compliments." Theodore A. Edison's Telegraphy Self-Taught shows a return to "accept my compliments." By 1908, however, a later edition of the Dodge Manual gives us today's definition of "best regards" with a backward look at the older meaning in another part of the work where it also lists it as "compliments."

ONTARIO DMR Repeaters List

ONTARIO DMR Repeaters
DMR ID	Callsign	City	State/Prov	Country	Frequency	Color	Offset	Timeslot	Trustee	Network
302300	VE3RGM	London	Ontario	Canada	444.61250	7	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VE3NMZ	DMR-MARC - Canada
302301	VE3NXS	Kitchener	Ontario	Canada	444.53750	7	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VE3NXT	DMR-MARC - Canada
302302	VE3BNI	Milton	Ontario	Canada	443.98750	1	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VE3BNI	DMR-MARC - Canada
302303	VA3XPR	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	442.33750	1	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VA3XFT	DMR-MARC - Canada
302304	VE3UUU	Windsor	Ontario	Canada	444.40000	7	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VE3EXT	DMR-MARC - Canada
302305	VE3BTE	Peterborough	Ontario	Canada	443.13750	1	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VA3RZS	DMR-MARC- Canada
302306	VE3URU	Ballantrae	Ontario	Canada	443.38750	1	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VE3BNI	DMR-MARC - Canada
302307	VA3RFT	Ottawa	Ontario	Canada	444.47500	1	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VA3YOW	DMR-MARC - Canada
302308	VA3URU	Orillia	Ontario	Canada	444.68250	1	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VE3BNI	DMR-MARC - Canada
302309	VA3BMI	Raglan	Ontario	Canada	442.13750	0	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VE3BNI	DMR-MARC - Canada
302310	VE3TOM	Leamington	Ontario	Canada	443.26250	7	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VE3UCY	DMR-MARC - Canada
302311	VA3XPR	Fonthill	Ontario	Canada	442.71250	1	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VA3XFT	DMR-MARC - Canada
302312	VE3UHF	Edgar	Ontario	Canada	442.88750	1	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VE3SQT	DMR-MARC - Canada
302313	VE3WWD	Whitechurch	Ontario	Canada	443.07500	1	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VA3EMT	DMR-MARC - Canada
302314	VE3OBC	Goderich	Ontario	Canada	442.07500	1	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VA3EMT	DMR-MARC - Canada
302315	VE3UHM	Hamilton	Ontario	Canada	442.67500	1	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VA3RQ	DMR-MARC - Canada
302316	VA3XLT	Chatham	Ontario	Canada	443.98750	7	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VE3MUN	DMR-MARC - Canada
302317	VE3ORC	Orillia	Ontario	Canada	444.56250	1	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VE3SQT	DMR-MARC - Canada
302318	VA3BMR	Collingwood	Ontario	Canada	442.38750	1	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VE3SQT	DMR-MARC - Canada
302319	VE3OBI	Raglan	Ontario	Canada	442.13750	1	+5.000	TS1 TS2	VE3OBI	DMR-MARC - Canada