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.

Citizens Band (CB) 11-Meter Citizen Radio Band Frequencies

11-Meter Citizen Radio Band Frequencies

Citizens Band (CB)

The Citizens Band radio service is a private, two-way, short-distance voice communications service for personal or business activities of the general public.

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
26.96500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 01	CB Channel 01 - Common Use	AM	Other
26.97500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 02	CB Channel 02 - Common Use	AM	Other
26.98500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 03	CB Channel 03- Common Use	AM	Other
27.00500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 04	CB Channel 04 - Common Use	AM	Other
27.01500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 05	CB Channel 05 - Common Use	AM	Other
27.02500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 06	CB Channel 06 - Common Use	AM	Other
27.03500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 07	CB Channel 07 - Common Use	AM	Other
27.05500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 08	CB Channel 08 - Common Use	AM	Other
27.06500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 09	CB Channel 09 - Emergency or Traveler's Aid	AM	Other
27.07500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 10	CB Channel 10 - Common Use	AM	Other
27.08500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 11	CB Channel 11 - Common Use	AM	Other
27.10500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 12	CB Channel 12 - Common Use	AM	Other
27.11500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 13	CB Channel 13 - Common Use	AM	Other
27.12500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 14	CB Channel 14 - Common Use	AM	Other
27.13500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 15	CB Channel 15 - Common Use	AM	Other
27.15500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 16	CB Channel 16 - Common Use (SSB also used)	AM	Other
27.16500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 17	CB Channel 17 - Common Use	AM	Other
27.17500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 18	CB Channel 18 - Common Use	AM	Other
27.18500		M	CSQ	CB Ch 19	CB Channel 19 - Highway Traffic (Truckers)

Canada - Toronto-area repeaters

Toronto-area repeaters

Freq    Call    Location
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442.475 VA3URU  Agincourt
145.47  VE3ULR  Aurora
224.88  VD3ULR  Aurora
442.025 VE3ULR  Aurora
447.125 VE3RKT  Aurora
146.835 VA3BAL  Ballantrae
443.7   VE3ZBA  Ballantrae
145.17  VE3WDW  Brampton
146.88  VE3PRC  Brampton
443.55  VE3PRC  Brampton
444.575 VE3FBI  Brampton
53.19   VE3PRC  Brampton (-)
443.775 VE3WDW  Brampton
145.27  VE3DXU  Brantford
147.15  VE3TCR  Brantford
442     VE3MMN  Brantford
443.025 VE3TCR  Brantford
443.45  VE3MMX  Brantford
146.895 VE3RAE  Burlington
147.21  VE3RSB  Burlington
224.74  VE3IMN  Burlington
443.2   VE3IWL  Burlington

Canada Repeater Committees and Contact Persons

Repeater Committees and Contact Persons

Contact us by Postal Mail:

Affiliated

- in Canada at:

W.N.Y.S.O.R.C.
34 Manning Crescent
Newmarket
Ontario  L3Y 6H4

Providing frequency coordination of analog and digital Amateur Radio Services in all, or portions of, 10 western counties in the State of New York (USA) and in all, or portions of, 31 counties/regions in the Province of Ontario (Canada).

 

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

TORONTO ARES CHANNELS

TWO METER SIMPLEX
Channel	Frequency	Description
21	146.460	ARES Simplex NET (103.5)
22	146.400	ARES Simplex WORKING
23	146.520	VHF CALLING CHANNEL
24	146.550	VHF Working
25	146.580	VHF Working
TWO METER VHF REPEATERS (offset 0.600 MHz)
Repeater	Frequency	Callsign	CTCSS	Description
2-Alpha	145.130-	VA3GTU	(103.5)	TORONTO - linked
2-Bravo	147.270+	VE3TNC		Finch & 404 - o/o TARC
2-Charlie	145.110-	VE3WOO	82.5	CENTRAL - o/o VE3WOO
2-Echo	146.985-	VE3SKY		ETOBICOKE - o/o Skywide ARC
2-Tango	145.410-	VE3TWR	(103.5)	CN Tower - o/o TFMCS
2-Wiskey	146.715-	VE3WIK	(131.8)
2-Oscar	146.940-	VE3TOR	103.5	SCARBOROUGH - o/o ETRC
440/70cm UHF SIMPLEX
Channel	Frequency	Description
40	446.000	UHF Simplex Calling
41	446.025	ARES UHF WORKING
42	446.050	UHF Working
43	446.075	UHF Working
440/70cm UHF REPEATERS (offset +5.000 MHz)
Repeater	Frequency	Callsign	CTCSS	Description
4-Alpha	442.375	VE3GTU	103.5	DON MILLS - MAIN UHF ARES

Toronto CANADA Amateur Radio Repeaters

Toronto amateur radio repeaters
33 repeaters found at or near Toronto.

Frequency	Tone	Location	County	Call	Use
144.9400+		Toronto		VE3YYZ	OPEN
145.1100-	82.5	Toronto		VE3WOO	OPEN
145.2300-	103.5	Toronto		VE3OBN	OPEN
145.4100-	103.5	Toronto, CN Tower		VE3TWR	OPEN
146.9400-	103.5	Toronto		VE3TOR	OPEN
146.9850-	103.5	Toronto		VE3SKY	OPEN
147.1800+		Toronto		VE3YYZ	OPEN
224.3000-	103.5	Toronto		VA3WHQ
224.4000-	103.5	Toronto		VE3KRC	OPEN
224.8400-		Toronto		VE3UKW	OPEN
224.9800-		Toronto		VE3TTR	OPEN
442.1750+	136.5	Toronto		VA3UKW
442.3750+	103.5	Toronto		VA3GTU	OPEN
442.6500+	100.0	Toronto		VA3GTU	OPEN
442.7000+		Toronto		VE3YYZ	OPEN
442.7500+	103.5	Toronto		VE3WOO	OPEN
442.9750+	103.5	Toronto		VA3GTU	OPEN
443.0250+	103.5	Toronto		VA3SCR	OPEN
443.0500+	103.5	Toronto		VE3YYZ	OPEN
443.1000+		Toronto		VE3SKI	OPEN
443.3250+	103.5	Toronto		VE3VOP	CLOSED

Amateur Radio Clubs - Ontario South Region

Amateur Radio Club
Below is a list of Ontario South Region Amateur Radio Clubs.

CLUB INFORMATION IS A SERVICE PROVIDED BY  RADIO AMATEURS OF CANADA.
https://www.rac.ca
https://www.rac.ca/cdn_clubs/region_ontario_south.htm

Escarpment Repeater Association
http://www.eraradio.ca/
http://www.eraradio.ca/repeaters.htm
yyz repeater club

Pickering Amateur Radio Club
http://www.ve3spc.org/
Pickering Recreation Complex (O'Brien Room A)
1867 Valley Farm Road (South of Kingston Road, east of Liverpool.)

Whitby Amateur Radio Club
http://www.whitbyarc.org/

Scarborough Amateur Radio Club
http://ve3we.org/

Central Toronto Amateur Radio Club (CenTor)
https://www.facebook.com/VA3CTA
http://va3cta.net/

Toronto Amateur Radio Club

Southern Ontario Repeater Team
www.ve3ttt.ca

Burlington Amateur Radio Club 
BARC Repeaters
http://barc.ca/repeaters/
Burlington Amateur Radio Club – Spring Fleamarket
http://barc.ca/barc-events/spring-fleamarket/

CCARS Repeater frequencies in Toronto
General QSO for Toronto core
VE3RTC 443.350MHz (+5MHz) PL 131.8
VE3RTC 146.745MHz (-600KHz) PL 103.5 *** Echolink node 108868(via VE3FLF-R)
Special project and research, Markham area
VA3CTR 442.275MHz (+5MHz) PL 103.5 *** Echolink node 111921 VA3CTR-R
http://www.qsl.net/ccars/

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The RAC Events Database
The RAC Events Database for Fleamarkets, Hamfests, Courses, etc.
http://rac.eton.ca/events/upcoming.php

Ontario Hamfest
http://barc.ca/barc-events/ontario-hamfest/

Central Ontario Hamfest & Fleamarket
http://www.hamfest.on.ca/
Central Ontario Hamfest SUNDAY, June 7, 2015

Hamex 2015 
Peel Amateur Radio Club & Mississauga Amateur Radio Club
Starts on Saturday, March 28, 2015
http://ham-ex.ca/

39th Annual Durham Region Hamfest --- (37 days from now)
North Shore Amateur Radio Club and South Pickering Amateur Radio Club
Starts on Saturday, April 18, 2015

Pickering, Ontario
http://rac.eton.ca/events/upcoming.php

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Amateur Radio Users Support Group
https://groups.io/g/AmateurRadio 


North America - USA 🇺🇸 / Canada 🇨🇦 Amateur Frequencies
A shared discussion about North America Frequencies.
https://groups.io/g/Frequency


Radio Scanners
https://groups.io/g/Scanners
Whistler Scanners [Whistler, Uniden]

Ontario HAM Amateur Band Plan List

Band Plan

Wavelength                        Frequency
(Meters)                            (MHz)
10-meter                        28.000-29.700
6-meter                         50.000-54.000
2-meter                        144.000-148.000
70-cm                          420.000-450.000

http://support.radioshack.com/support_electronics/doc17/17653.htm

2 Meters (144-148 MHz)
144.00-144.05    EME (CW)
144.05-144.10    General CW and weak signals
144.10-144.20    EME and weak-signal SSB
144.200    National calling frequency
144.200-144.275    General SSB operation
144.275-144.300    Propagation beacons
144.30-144.50    New OSCAR subband
144.50-144.60    Linear translator inputs
144.60-144.90    FM repeater inputs
144.90-145.10    Weak signal and FM simplex (145.01,03,05,07,09 are widely used for packet)
145.10-145.20    Linear translator outputs
145.20-145.50    FM repeater outputs
145.50-145.80    Miscellaneous and experimental modes
145.80-146.00    OSCAR subband
146.01-146.37    Repeater inputs
146.40-146.58    Simplex
146.52    National Simplex Calling Frequency

TORONTO ONTARIO DAILY NETS

General Mobile Radio Service - Ch.20 (462.6750 MHz), tone 22.
If needed, 2nd channel would be Ch.21, then Ch.22.
Family Radio Service - Ch.7 (462.7125 MHz), no tone.
If needed, 2nd channel would be Ch.6 and then downward.
If needed, PL would be 103.5 - (#13) check manual.


- - DAILY NETS - - CQ - CQ -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- 11.00 am - Toronto ARES Morning Net - VA3GTU 145.130- (103.5)
- - - - - - - - - on Saturday use VE3TOR 146.940- (103.5)
- - - - - - - - - on Sunday use VE3TNC 147.270+
- 5.45 pm - Toronto ARES Mobile/Base Roundtable/Monitoring
- - - - - - - - - VA3GTU 2A 145.130- (103.5) (Not run on Sundays)
- 6.30 pm - NTS Open Line Net - VE3RPT 147.060
- 7.00 pm - NTS Phone Net - 3.742 MHz.
- 8.00 pm - Toronto ARES Net – See below for frequencies
- 7am-6pm - ONTARS 75 Meter Net - 3.755 MHz
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- - MONDAY NETS - - CQ - CQ -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- 5.45 pm - Toronto ARES Mobile/Base Roundtable/Monitoring -
- - - - - - - - - VA3GTU 2A 145.130- (103.5)
- 7.00 pm - Niagara Peninsula ARC - VE3NRS 147.240 (107.2)
- 7.30 pm - Skywide ARC 1st & 3rd Mondays - VE3SKY 146.985 -
- 7.30 pm - South Pickering ARC - VE3SPA 147.375 + (103.5)
- 7.30 pm - Barrie & Simcoe ARC - VE3RAG 147.000 (156.7)
- 7.30 pm - Oakville ARES - VE3OAK 147.015 +
- 8.00 pm - Toronto ARES Net - VA3GTU 2A - 145.130- (103.5)
- 8.00 pm - A.R.E.S Niagara - VE3RAF 145.190 (107.2)
- 8.00 pm - Guelph Radio Club - VE3ZMG 145.210 -
- 9.00 pm - Ontario SATERN IRLP Net - VE3TWR 145.410
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- - TUESDAY NETS - - CQ - CQ -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- 5.45 pm - Toronto ARES Mobile/Base Roundtable/Monitoring -
- - - - - - - - - VA3GTU 2A 145.130- (103.5)
- 7.00 pm - C.N.I.B. Net - VE3NIB 443.500+ (103.5)
- 7.00 pm - Regional D-Star Net - 146.460 simplex
- 7.30 pm - Scarborough ARC - VE3RPT 147.060
- 7.30 pm - Halton Regional Emg Team Net - VE3PDX 147.345
- 8.00 pm - Toronto ARES Net - Simplex 21 - 146.460 (103.5)
- 8.00 pm - Halton ARC - VE3OD 147.135 (131.8)
- 8.30 pm - Missaussaga ARC - VE3MIS 145.430 (103.5 444.575+ (103.5)
- 8.30 pm - Niagara Peninsula Informal Round Table - 28.415

Ontario Canada Amateur Radio

Ontario Canada Amateur Radio Emergency Communications to have any value to anyone,it must first operate as an organized network of stations.

- For many operators, they would have no Amateur Radio activity without the nets.

- Please support your local net with a check in.

Toronto Amateur Radio Emergency Service Group
Toronto ARES : http://ares.meskes.ca/

Conventional frequencies
Toronto County Ontario - Amateur Radio
2 M Band

Frequency	License	Type	Tone Out	Tone In	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
144.94000	VE3YYZ	RM			VE3YYZ	VE3YYZ	FM	Ham
145.11000	VE3WOO	RM		82.5 PL	VE3WOO	VE3WOO	FM	Ham
145.13000	VA3GTU	RM		103.5 PL	VA3GTU	VA3GTU	FM	Ham
145.23000	VE3OBN	RM		103.5 PL	VE3OBN	VE3OBN	FM	Ham
145.37000	VE3CTV	RM		103.5 PL	VE3CTV	VE3CTV - Canwarn	FM	Ham
145.41000	VE3TWR	RM		103.5 PL	VE3TWR	VE3TWR - CN TOWER - IRLP	FM	Ham
146.74500	VA3RTC	RM		131.8 PL	VA3RTC	VA3RTC -Scarborough	FM	Ham
146.94000	VE3TOR	RM		103.5 PL	VE3TOR	VE3TOR - Scarborough	FM	Ham
146.98500	VE3SKY	RM			VE3SKY	VE3SKY - IRLP	FM	Ham
147.18000	VE3YYZ	RM			VE3YYZ	VE3YYZ D-STAR	D-STAR	Ham
147.27000	VE3TNC	RM			VECTNC	VE3TNC	FM	Ham

70 cm Band

Frequency	License	Type	Tone Out	Tone In	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
441.95000	VA3XPR	RM		100.0 PL	VA3XPR	VA3XPR - St. Jamestown	FM	Ham
442.17500	VA3UKW	RM		136.5 PL	VA3UKW	VA3UKW	FM	Ham
442.37500	VA3GTU	RM		103.5 PL	VA3GTU	VA3GTU	FM	Ham
442.60000	VE3CAY	RM		103.5 PL	VE3CAY	VE3CAY	FM	Ham
442.65000	VA3GTU	RM		100.0 PL	VA3GTU	VA3GTU	FM	Ham
442.70000	VE3YYZ	RM			VE3YYZ	VE3YYZ

TORONTO AND AREA FREQUENCIES OF INTEREST TO SCANNER OWNERS

TORONTO AND AREA FREQUENCIES OF INTEREST TO SCANNER OWNERS.

THE FOLLOWING ARE ONLY SOME OF THE MANY FREQUENCIES IN USE IN THE TORONTO
AREA.  THE LISTING THAT FOLLOWS ARE THE MOST ACTIVE DAILY.

                                   MHZ
PEARSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT-    118.0    control tower
                             -    118.7    clearance/departures-arrivals
                             -    119.3    VFR-Tower
                             -    120.825  ATIS
                             -    121.3    ground control
                             -    121.65   ground control
                             -    121.9    ground control
                             -    122.35   TERMINAL FORCASTS
                             -    125.4    Toronto Arrivals
                             -    124.475  Toronto Arrivals
                             -    125.775  Toronto Arrivals
                             -    127.0    Toronto Center
                             -    128.275  Toronto Center
                             -    128.8    Toronto Center
                             -    129.275  Air Ambulance (MEDCOMM)
                             -    130.375  Toronto Stock (AirCanada)
                             -    130.8    Canadian Airlines Int.
                             -    133.1    ATIS
                             -    134.575  Toronto Center
                             -    135.62   Toronto Center
                             -    236.8    Toronto Center
                             -    294.5    Toronto Center
                             -    461.3625 Air Canada Cargo
                             -    462.425  Air Canada Base
                             -    467.4375 Air Canada Load


                                                         
FIRE DEPARTMENTS             -    154.325  Etobicoke

                             -    153.830  North York - Operations
                             -    153.395  North York - freq 2

                             -    154.400  East York

                             -    154.890  York 
                                               
                             -    154.430  Scarborough - Operations
                             -    154.265  Scarborough

SURVIVALIST RADIO FREQUENCY LIST BASIC CHART

SURVIVALIST RADIO FREQUENCY LIST BASIC CHART

Thanks to the boys up in King City for this Prepper Frequency list. They had a wonderful bug out exercise last weekend during the saturday power outage and the warmer weather gave the troops a chance to bivouac overnight. I had never heard so much low band FM activity that weekend that I could have sworn we were in huangsan with the PRC-25s. Well you are right the VX-1210 and PRC-25s were deployed. Papa Victor 7 and Anom 75 chose to haul around the FT-897D which with its internal battery packs were heavier than necessary and Hotel Bravo 99 ended up dropping his Ft817 in the canal up near Holland Landing. Losing a beloved 817 is hard on ones pocket book unlike the bevy of Baofeng WS-888 units configured as Intra Squad radios.