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Interesting read 
http://wiki.bf2s.com/tactical-guides/radio-communication-guide
I bet if we could all start doing this (hl2.net that is) we'd be an unstoppable force of death on the field.
Summary of the following: http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1847675&postcount=7
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ALL MEMBERS OF THE BF2 HL2.NET FORCE/CLAN/GROUP/WHATEVERS PLEASE READ THIS!!!
Please make sure you understand the following in vague, even if you do not plan to use it, so that you can respond to any of the following commands swiftly and accurately while in the field. I know i'll be using a bunch of these, and I sure as hell don't want anybody going "WTF DID YOU JUST SAY?"
These are direct snips from the formentioned link, with my own snippets for usage and modifications.
Proword Meaning
RADIO CHECK What is my signal strength and readability, i.e., how do you hear me? (See Figure A & B)
HOW TO USE RADIO CHECK.
You state "Recieving you R by S", where R is your signals readability, and S is your signals strength.
Figure A: Report of Signal Strength
10 TOO LOUD Strong to an extent that readability is effected (I made this up for HL2.net usage only! It is not proper millitary radio etiquet)
5 LOUD Your signal is very strong.
4 GOOD Your signal strength is good.
3 WEAK Your signal strength is weak.
2 VERY WEAK Your signal strength is very weak.
1 FADING Your signal strength fades to such an extent that continuous reception cannot be relied upon.
Figure B: Report of readability
5 CLEAR Excellent quality.
4 READABLE Quality is satisfactory.
3 UNREADABLE The quality of your transmission is so bad that I cannot read you.
2 DISTORTED Having trouble reading you because your signal is distorted.
1 WITH INTERFERENCE Trouble reading due to interference.
So if you heard me go "RADIO CHECK!" over VoIP, and my signal was nice and loud, but you could hear a lawnmower in the background, you'd respond "Recieving you 5 by 1", or if my mic was too soft, and was warbly, then "Recieving you 1 by 2". All you really need to remember is that it goes from 1 to five, with five being good.
ROGER I have heard and understood your transmission.
WILCO I have heard and understood your instructions, and will comply with them.
DO NOT SAY "ROGER WILCO"!!! You are being redundant, and it makes no sense!
For our use though, there really isn't any reason to say "Wilco". Just say "roger" and whoever issued the order should get the idea.
OVER I have finished my transmissions and turn the channel over to you to transmit.
CLEAR I am finished with this communication and am standing by on the channel.
OUT I have completed transmission and am completely finished and closing this station or switching to another channel.
AFFIRMATIVE Yes.
ALL AFTER The portion of the message to which I make reference is all which follows.
ALL BEFORE The portion of the message to which I make reference is all which comes before.
BREAK I hereby indicate the separation of text from other portions of the message.
CORRECT You are correct, or what you have transmitted is correct.
CORRECTION An error has been made in this transmission. Transmission will continue with the last word correctly sent. The correct version is...
FIGURES OF SPEACH
FROM The originator of this message.
I SPELL I shall spell the next word phonetically.
OPS NORMAL Used to say the patrol is normal in all respects, “operations normal”.
OUT Used following the last line of the message transmitted, signifying the end of the transmission and nothing follows. No reply is required or expected.
OVER Used following a transmission when a response from the other station is necessary. It is an invitation to the other station to transmit.
NEGATIVE No.
ROGER I have received your transmission satisfactorily.
I SAY AGAIN I am repeating transmission or the portion indicated
DO NOT CONFUSE THIS WITH "REPEAT"! Repeat means to repeat the previous action, while I Say Again means to repeat the previous transmittion. If I shot you right after going "Crackle snapple pop" into my mic, and you said "REPEAT!", I wouldn't say "crackle snapple pop" again, i'd shoot you again.
REQUEST YOU SAY AGAIN you should repeat your transmission or the portion indicated.
SILENCE (Spoken 3 times and pronounced SEE LONS) Cease all transmissions immediately. Silence will be maintained until lifted. Used to clear routine transmissions from a channel only when an emergency is in progress.
WAIT for X I must pause for a few seconds for X to happen.
Not the official military usage, but I figure that knowing why the other guy has to wait would be useful
General MIC ettiquet
Try to key out as soon as possible. It's very annoying to have somebody put out their message of "Should I spawn as medic or AT?", and keep their mic keyed in so that we can hear them breathing, when I have something important to say, like "There's a tank comming up the south eastern road, get out of the way". *points at AiM*
Try to know what you're saying BEFORE you say it. Don't keep keyed in thinking how to word something. If you notice yourself pausing, go "over" and key out, so we know to expect more from you. When you're done talking, say "out", so we know you've said what you have to say. It's VERY annoying to have somebody key in and say something like "tank comming up the road", then key out, we all get into position to attack the tank, then he keys back in saying "there's also a jeep", keys out, keys back in and goes "and there's um... one two three Five Supports following him". This guy could have gone "Tank comming up the road, over" "Jeep following, over" "and umm, over" "five Supports following, out". With that, after each time he goes "over", we know to expect more from him on his current situation. This would save the trouble of having everybody spawn AT, when what we really needed was one AT and a few medics.
When somebody asks you to do something, try to be clear that you either can or can't do it. If I tell you "ok, rondevous at the North gas Station", don't reply with "yeah". Be clear, and say something like "got it", "Roger", or "On my way". Just going "yeah" is very vague. If you can't, be clear that you can't, and say WHY you can't. Don't go "Negative", because i'll just waste time going "Why? What's going on?". And just like the former, be clear. Don't just no "nope", say something like "no can do", "Negative", "After this", or "wait".
So what you'd want to say in the "no can do" situation is something like "Negative. Wait, got a tank on my ass".
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Now you don't have to memorize everything by heart, just take in what you think you'll need in the field. But if you say "there's a tank comming from the north end of Beach with about 5 guys following it, got that?", and I go "Negative. Say Again All After Tank Comming From the North End of", you better know what to do.
http://wiki.bf2s.com/tactical-guides/radio-communication-guide
I bet if we could all start doing this (hl2.net that is) we'd be an unstoppable force of death on the field.
Summary of the following: http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1847675&postcount=7
++++++++++++
ALL MEMBERS OF THE BF2 HL2.NET FORCE/CLAN/GROUP/WHATEVERS PLEASE READ THIS!!!
Please make sure you understand the following in vague, even if you do not plan to use it, so that you can respond to any of the following commands swiftly and accurately while in the field. I know i'll be using a bunch of these, and I sure as hell don't want anybody going "WTF DID YOU JUST SAY?"
These are direct snips from the formentioned link, with my own snippets for usage and modifications.
Proword Meaning
RADIO CHECK What is my signal strength and readability, i.e., how do you hear me? (See Figure A & B)
HOW TO USE RADIO CHECK.
You state "Recieving you R by S", where R is your signals readability, and S is your signals strength.
Figure A: Report of Signal Strength
10 TOO LOUD Strong to an extent that readability is effected (I made this up for HL2.net usage only! It is not proper millitary radio etiquet)
5 LOUD Your signal is very strong.
4 GOOD Your signal strength is good.
3 WEAK Your signal strength is weak.
2 VERY WEAK Your signal strength is very weak.
1 FADING Your signal strength fades to such an extent that continuous reception cannot be relied upon.
Figure B: Report of readability
5 CLEAR Excellent quality.
4 READABLE Quality is satisfactory.
3 UNREADABLE The quality of your transmission is so bad that I cannot read you.
2 DISTORTED Having trouble reading you because your signal is distorted.
1 WITH INTERFERENCE Trouble reading due to interference.
So if you heard me go "RADIO CHECK!" over VoIP, and my signal was nice and loud, but you could hear a lawnmower in the background, you'd respond "Recieving you 5 by 1", or if my mic was too soft, and was warbly, then "Recieving you 1 by 2". All you really need to remember is that it goes from 1 to five, with five being good.
ROGER I have heard and understood your transmission.
WILCO I have heard and understood your instructions, and will comply with them.
DO NOT SAY "ROGER WILCO"!!! You are being redundant, and it makes no sense!
For our use though, there really isn't any reason to say "Wilco". Just say "roger" and whoever issued the order should get the idea.
OVER I have finished my transmissions and turn the channel over to you to transmit.
CLEAR I am finished with this communication and am standing by on the channel.
OUT I have completed transmission and am completely finished and closing this station or switching to another channel.
AFFIRMATIVE Yes.
ALL AFTER The portion of the message to which I make reference is all which follows.
ALL BEFORE The portion of the message to which I make reference is all which comes before.
BREAK I hereby indicate the separation of text from other portions of the message.
CORRECT You are correct, or what you have transmitted is correct.
CORRECTION An error has been made in this transmission. Transmission will continue with the last word correctly sent. The correct version is...
FIGURES OF SPEACH
FROM The originator of this message.
I SPELL I shall spell the next word phonetically.
OPS NORMAL Used to say the patrol is normal in all respects, “operations normal”.
OUT Used following the last line of the message transmitted, signifying the end of the transmission and nothing follows. No reply is required or expected.
OVER Used following a transmission when a response from the other station is necessary. It is an invitation to the other station to transmit.
NEGATIVE No.
ROGER I have received your transmission satisfactorily.
I SAY AGAIN I am repeating transmission or the portion indicated
DO NOT CONFUSE THIS WITH "REPEAT"! Repeat means to repeat the previous action, while I Say Again means to repeat the previous transmittion. If I shot you right after going "Crackle snapple pop" into my mic, and you said "REPEAT!", I wouldn't say "crackle snapple pop" again, i'd shoot you again.
REQUEST YOU SAY AGAIN you should repeat your transmission or the portion indicated.
SILENCE (Spoken 3 times and pronounced SEE LONS) Cease all transmissions immediately. Silence will be maintained until lifted. Used to clear routine transmissions from a channel only when an emergency is in progress.
WAIT for X I must pause for a few seconds for X to happen.
Not the official military usage, but I figure that knowing why the other guy has to wait would be useful
General MIC ettiquet
Try to key out as soon as possible. It's very annoying to have somebody put out their message of "Should I spawn as medic or AT?", and keep their mic keyed in so that we can hear them breathing, when I have something important to say, like "There's a tank comming up the south eastern road, get out of the way". *points at AiM*
Try to know what you're saying BEFORE you say it. Don't keep keyed in thinking how to word something. If you notice yourself pausing, go "over" and key out, so we know to expect more from you. When you're done talking, say "out", so we know you've said what you have to say. It's VERY annoying to have somebody key in and say something like "tank comming up the road", then key out, we all get into position to attack the tank, then he keys back in saying "there's also a jeep", keys out, keys back in and goes "and there's um... one two three Five Supports following him". This guy could have gone "Tank comming up the road, over" "Jeep following, over" "and umm, over" "five Supports following, out". With that, after each time he goes "over", we know to expect more from him on his current situation. This would save the trouble of having everybody spawn AT, when what we really needed was one AT and a few medics.
When somebody asks you to do something, try to be clear that you either can or can't do it. If I tell you "ok, rondevous at the North gas Station", don't reply with "yeah". Be clear, and say something like "got it", "Roger", or "On my way". Just going "yeah" is very vague. If you can't, be clear that you can't, and say WHY you can't. Don't go "Negative", because i'll just waste time going "Why? What's going on?". And just like the former, be clear. Don't just no "nope", say something like "no can do", "Negative", "After this", or "wait".
So what you'd want to say in the "no can do" situation is something like "Negative. Wait, got a tank on my ass".
++++++++++
Now you don't have to memorize everything by heart, just take in what you think you'll need in the field. But if you say "there's a tank comming from the north end of Beach with about 5 guys following it, got that?", and I go "Negative. Say Again All After Tank Comming From the North End of", you better know what to do.
