Table 4-2.—Prowords
PROWORD
EXPLANATION
EQUIVALENT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE
An instruction to the addressee that the message must be acknowledged.
ZEV
(ACK)
ADDRESS GROUP
The group that follows is an address group.
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ALL AFTER
The portion of the message to which I have reference is all that which
AA
f o l l o w s
.
ALL BEFORE
The portion of the message to which I have reference is all that which
A B
p r e c e d e s
.
ANSWER AFTER
The station called is to answer after call sign
when answering
ZGO
transmissions.
ASSUME CONTROL You will assume control of this net until further notice.
ZKD
AUTHENTICATE
The station called is to reply to the challenge which follows.
INT ZNB
AUTHENICATION
The transmission authentication of this message is
.
ZNB
IS
BREAK
I hereby indicate the separation of the text from other portions of the
BT
message.
BROADCAST
Link the two nets under your control for automatic rebroadcast.
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YOUR NET
CALL SIGN
The group that follows is a call sign.
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CLOSE DOWN
Stations are to close down when indicated. Acknowledgements are
Z K J
required.
CORRECT
You are correct, or what you have transmitted is correct.
C
CORRECTION
An error has been made in this transmission. Transmission will continue
EEEEEEEE
with the last word correctly transmitted
.
An error has been made in this transmission Ior message indicated).
C
The correct version is
.
That which follows is a corrected version in answer to your request for
C
verification.
DISREGARD THIS
This transmission is in error. Disregard it. (This proword is NOT to be
EEEEEEEE
TRANSMISSION-OUT used to cancel any message that has been completely transmitted an for
which receipt or acknowledgment has been received.)
DO NOT ANSWER
Stations called are not to answer this call, receipt for this message, or
F
otherwise transmit in connection with this transmission. When this
proword is employed, the transmission shall be ended with the proword
O U T .
EXECUTE
Carry out the purpose of the message or signal to which this applies. (To
IX (5 sec dash)
be used only with the executive method.)
EXECUTE TO
Action on the message or signal which follows is to be carried out upon
IX
FOLLOW
receipt of the proword EXECUTE. (To be used only with the delayed
executive method.)
EXEMPT
The station(s) immediately following is (are) exempted from the collective
XMT
call or from collective address.
FIGURES
Numberals or numbers follow.
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