Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT.
‘WPC Wing, Department of Telecommunications
Sanchar Bhawan, 20, Ashoka Road,
New Delhi: 110001
No: P-14027/04/09-COP: Dated: 6/01/2010
Office Memorandum
Sub; Recommended abbreviations that can be used by the Examiners and
Candidates for RTR (A) examination
Vide this Ministry Office Memorandum of even no dated 28/10/2009; it has
been made mandatory that all the candidates would be required to record the
Radio Telephony log in the prescribed format. A sample log also was posted on
the Website for the understanding of the candidates. This new procedure shall be
introduced from the February, 2010 examination stated to be held at Mumbai
from 22/2/2010 onwards. Time allocated for record of the RT log is 25 Minutes
per candidate
2 — Allist of commonly used abbreviation in the aeronautical field is enclosed
herewith for the benefit of all. The candidates are hereby advised to use these
recommended abbreviations while writing their logs in order to save their time. It
may be noted however that their use is not mandatory and instead the use of full
text is also acceptable.
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Encl: As above Assistant Wireless AdvisorRecommended abbreviations & symbols
For RTR(A) examination.
Following abbreviations and symbols may be used by examinee while writing his
answers in RTR(A) examination part-I.
A
Abm.
Abt
Aby
Acft
ACC
Ale
Ack
Acpt
AD
Adj
Ady
Adz,
Aft
Agn
Attn
Alt
Alu
AP
AP
Apch
App
Apa
Apne
Apv
Amg
Ase
ATA
ATC
ATD
Attn
Auth
‘Avbl
AWY
Ag
Abeam
About
Above
Aircraft
Area control or Area control centre
Aircraft
Acknowledge
Accept or Accepted
Aerodrome
Adjacent
Advise; Advisory
Advice
After (time or place)
‘Again
Attention
Altitude
Alternate
Airport
Auto pilot
Approach
‘Approach control or Approach control service
‘Apron
Approximate or approximately
Approve or approved
Arrange
Ascent or Ascending to
‘Actual time of arrival
Air traffic control
‘Actual time departure
Attention:
Authorized or Authorization
Available
Airway
AzimuthCid
Captain
Cumulonimbus
Confirm
Cloud
Clear(s) or cleared to, or Clearance
Close, or closed, or closing
Climb or climbing to
Complete
Cancel
Communication
Condition
Continuous
Co-ordinate or coordination
Course
Caution
Decision altitude
Direct
Deviation
Divert or diverting
Departure
Deteriorate, Deteriorating
Descend to or descending to
Destination
Decision height
Distance
Delay
Danger
Document
DurationGid
East bound
Electric, Electricity
Elevation
Emergency
Engine
Engineering
Equipment
Estimate or estimated
Exercises or Excepted or exercise
External
Extend or extending
Forecast
Flight level
Flares
Flashing
Flight
Fluctuating or fluctuated or fluctuation
Follow (s) or Following
From
Full stop landing
Forward
Go around or Going around
Glider
Grd
Glide Path,
Group
Ground speed
Glide slope
Heading
Height
Holding
Hours
HydraulicIdent
Impr
Imt
Inbd
Info
Inop
Instr
Int
Intst
Isol
Identification
Improve or improving
Immediate or immediately
Inbound
Information
Inoperative
Instrument
Intersection
Intensity
Isolated
Latitude
Landing
Length
Light
Lighted
Left hand
Localizer
Longitude
Line squall
Level
Landing weight
Mach number (followed by figures); Metres (preceded by figures)
Meter
Magnetic
Maintenance
‘Maximum
Meteorology
Middle marker
Minimum
Monitor or monitoring or monitored
Maintain
Maintaining
Moderate
MessageNia Not available or not applicable
Nav Navigation
NC No change
Ngt Night
NM Nautial mile
Nil Normal
Ne Number
Nxt Next
oO
Obs Observe or observed or observation
Obstr Obstruction
om Outer marker
Opn Open or opened or opening
P
P... Prohibited area (followed by identification)
Parl Parallel
Pax Passenger (5)
Per Perforniance
Perm Permanent
PIE Parachute jumping exercise
PN Prior notice required
POB Persons on board
Poss. Possible
Pri Primary
Pikg Parking
Prov Provisional
PS Plus
Psn Position
Pt Point
Pm Procedure turn
Pvt Private
Pwr Power
Q
Quad QuadrantBE7P™
RCF
RCL
Rdo
Rec
REDL.
Ref
RENL
Rerte
RG
RLCE
Rif
ROD
RON
RPLC
RTE
Rwy
SAP
SAR
Sfe
Sgl
Spd
SPOT
SQ
Sry
Rescue area (followed by identification)
Runway (runway identification)
Radius
Rain showers
Radio communication Failure
Runway center line
Radial
Radio
Road
Right hand
Receive or receiver
Runway edge light (s)
Reference to or refer to
Registration
Runway end light (s)
Report or reporting or reporting point.
Request
Reroute
Range
Rescue Helicopter
Request level change en-route
Resume rdritial navigation
Re-clearance in flight
Rate of climb
Rate of descent
Receiving only
Repetitive flight plan
Replace or replaced
Repeat
Report reaching
Route
Runway
As soon as possible
Search & Rescue
Seconds
Sector
Surface
Signal
Speed
Spot wind
Squall
SecondarySTA
Std
sin
Stnr
Subj
Svebl
WEF
WIE.
WIP
Straight in approach
Standard
Station
Stationary
Subject to
Serviceable
System.
Temperature
Transition altitude
Tail wind
‘True air speed
Taxi
Traffic
Touch & go landing
Through
Until
Takeoff
Take off
Top of climb
Top of descent
Training
Turbulence
Tower
Taxi
Type of aircraft
Until further notice
Unable
Unreliable
Unserviceable
Visibility
Variable
Vertical speed
Wind direction Indicator
With effect from
With immediate effect
Work in progressWot Way point
Wing Warning
Ws Wind shear
wt Weight
wx Weather
WXR Weather Radar
x
x Cross
Xng Crossing
XCVR —_—Transreciver
XER ‘Transfer
Xmtr Transmitter
Y
Yr Yours
Zz
SYMBOLS
Maintaining My
Climb .
Descent v
Co-ordinate/d eS
Passing level +56
Reached level 70—
More >
Less <SPECIMEN
Q ‘Normal Abbreviated
No/Time
1 VT XYZ after departure climb | VIXYZ aft dep omb 3500
straight ahead. 3500, tum teft, | ( or’P3500), 3500, TL, X Ral 180,
cross radial 180,15 DME or | at 15 DME/<, FL 50/>, then
less, flight level 50 or below, —_| RNN, cmb FL 290 (or TFL290)
then resume normal navigation | RLCE
climbing to FL 290, request
level change en-route.
2 Delhi approach VI XYZ 50 _| DP (or Dih or Del) Apch VT.
DME distance from Delta Papa_| XYZ, 50 DME DPN, Rall 125, FI.
November, Radial 125, 70 Mning (>) req dese. clr.
maintaining flight level 70,
request descent clearance.
3 Ahemdabad control VI NMK | AH ACC VTNMK, PG 11:05, req
over Partapgarh, 11:05, request | div AH due Wx ahead.
divert to Ahemdabad, due
weather ahead
4 03:55 | Delhi tower 15 DME, Radial | DP twr 15 DME, Rdl 210 DPN,
210 DPN, runway in sight, Rwy in sight, req visual appch
request visual approach‘ead y you 5 (Loud and Clear)
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“Take off
Transmitter _
‘Transmit
‘VMC Visual Meteorological co tions
(Weather _
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‘Acknowledge ‘Let me know that you have received and understood this!
message
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‘Break Break‘Establish communication wit with
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Isay again __I repeat for clarity or yr emphasis _ _. i:
Maintain Continue in accordance with
Monitor |Listen out on (—--- frequency) |
‘Negative _ No / Permission not granted .
Over |My transmission is ended and I expect a response from you |
'Remarks: Not used in VHF communication '
Out (Tis exc ‘exchange of transmission is ended and no response Is;
jemars Not used in VHF communication
‘Read back "Repeat all, or the specified the part, of this message back to wel
exactly as received
iA change has been made to your last Glearance and this new:
ur previous clearance or part there of i
'Thave received all your la last transmission ;
of you your last t transmission +
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‘Speak slower
Standby
Verify wl and or
AWILCO '| understood your message and will comply with it