AUSTRALIAN RATEL | Radio Checks
- D. M. Wright
- May 13
- 2 min read
Updated: 3 days ago
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SIGNAL STRENGTHS COMPARED
When conducting radio checks, a callsign will ask another 'CALLSIGN (receiver), THIS IS CALLSIGN (transmitter), RADIO CHECK, OVER.'
'ALPHA ONE, THIS IS BRAVO SIX, RADIO CHECK, OVER.'
The receiving callsign will comment on the signal strength of the original transmitter. 'CALLSIGN (transmitter), THIS IS CALLSIGN (receiver), LOUD AND CLEAR (signal strength), OVER.'
'BRAVO SIX, THIS IS ALPHA ONE, LOUD AND CLEAR, OVER.'
The transmitter callsign will then reply with how well they can hear the other. 'CALLSIGN (receiver), LOUD AND CLEAR (signal strength), CALLSIGN (transmitter), OUT.'
'ALPHA ONE, LOUD AND CLEAR, BRAVO SIX, OUT.'
SIGNAL STRENGTH AND QUALITY
Your response to how you are receiving another's transmission should be divided into two. The volume of the transmission and its quality.
You can use any from the left column, then combine it with any from the right.
VOLUME | and / but | QUALITY |
Loud (The transmission of their voice is loud.) | Clear (Their transmission is clear of static and interference.) | |
Weak | Readable (Their transmission may be full of static, but you can still understand what they're saying.) | |
Very weak | Unreadable (The transmission may be full of static and you cannot understand what they're saying to you, regardless of their volume.) | |
Fading (Their volume is going up and down / the signal is dipping in and out.) | Broken (Their transmission is cutting in and out.) | |
Nothing heard | ||
Examples:
'LOUD and CLEAR'
'WEAK but READABLE'
'VERY WEAK and BROKEN'
'FADING but CLEAR'
The transmission has no static or interference and I can hear them clearly.
'LOUD and CLEAR'
The transmission is full of static but I can hear them clearly.
'LOUD and READABLE'
The transmission has no static or interference but I can hardly hear their voice.
'VERY WEAK but CLEAR'
The transmission is cutting in and out, and the volume of their voice is going up and down.
'FADING and BROKEN'
Transmission in full:
'ALPHA ONE, THIS IS BRAVO SIX, RADIO CHECK, OVER.'
'BRAVO SIX, THIS IS ALPHA ONE, LOUD AND CLEAR, OVER.'
'ALPHA ONE, LOUD AND CLEAR, BRAVO SIX, OUT.'
NOTHING HEARD
If the transmitting callsign requesting a radio check, but they receive no response at all from the other callsign within five seconds, they are to request the radio check a second or third time. If there still no response, the transmitting callsign will state 'Nothing heard' and end the transmission. They may then call another callsign and ask them to attempt radio contact.
'ALPHA ONE, THIS IS BRAVO SIX, RADIO CHECK, OVER.'
Waits 5 seconds.
'ALPHA ONE, THIS IS BRAVO SIX, RADIO CHECK, OVER.'
Waits 5 seconds.
'ALPHA ONE, THIS IS BRAVO SIX, NOTHING HEARD, OUT.'
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